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Ngarrindjeri (KNYA) Justice Reinvestment

Murray Bridge, SA

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A community-led justice reinvestment initiative run by the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority Inc under the Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement (KNYA), serving Meningie, Mid Murray, Murray Bridge, Murray Mallee and Raukkan in South Australia.

Impact on the record

What the public record shows

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What runs here

Programs and approaches

KNYA Justice Reinvestment

Addresses over-incarceration under Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement with SA Government.

  • Justice Reinvestment (under the Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement / KNYA)

The lead organisation also supports

  • Ngarrindjeri Yarluwar-Ruwe Program

    Cultural and natural resource management framework using Yannarumi decision-making process. Country-based healing.

  • Working on Ruwe Rangers

    Ranger program: 500K+ trees planted over 5 years. Employment pathway connecting young people to Country.

The people

Who leads the work

  • Grant Rigney

    Chairperson, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

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  • Jaimie Pearson

    General Manager – Justice Reinvestment, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority (Gamilaroi Wiradjuri woman)

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The arc

How this site came to be

  1. 2024

    Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority named among ten community-led justice reinvestment initiatives that secured Commonwealth support, announced ~19 April 2024 as part of the federal First Nations justice package ($109 million total; $79 million allocated to support up to 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives).

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  2. 2024

    Justice reinvestment described on the NRA site as a strategic, long-term, community-led approach developed under the Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement (KNYA); NRA listed as a member of the Justice Reinvestment Network Australia (JRNA).

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In the record

News and reports

The network

Connected sites

About this page

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