Papunya, NT
A community-led justice reinvestment program being implemented by Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation, taking a coordination and referral approach focused primarily on the young people of Papunya, Mt Liebig and Haasts Bluff, under a Local Decision Making agreement with the NT Government, NIAA and the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department.
Impact on the record
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The ledger in plain view
Funding on record (lead organisation)
$2,538,039
Cost of detaining one child for a year
$1,300,000
ROGS 2026 national average
Equivalent child-years of detention
2
This is funding recorded against the lead organisation, not the site-specific federal allocation, which governments publish only as national envelopes. The comparison sets what a community receives against the price of a single cell, so the question moves from whether to fund the community to why we still fund the cell.
What runs here
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Justice Reinvestment (Papunya, Mt Liebig, Haasts Bluff)
Aboriginal-led Justice Reinvestment program covering three Central Australian communities: Papunya, Mount Liebig, and Haasts Bluff. Includes Child and Family Centre in Papunya with outreach services, coordination and referral for young people, and 10-year plan covering training, housing, community…
The people
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The arc
1985
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 414) incorporated in August 1985 under the Aboriginal Corporations Act 1976, originally to receive and distribute statutory royalties from Mereenie and Palm Valley oil and gas operations to affected Aboriginal communities.
Source →2024
Ngurrajuta Pmara/Ntjarra Local Decision Making (LDM) Agreement signed 11 April 2024 between Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation, the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and the NT Government, covering Papunya, Mt Liebig and Haasts Bluff in Stage 1. The agreement includes implementing a Justice Reinvestment Program across the three communities in partnership with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department.
Source →In the record
NT Government — Local Decision Making · 2024-04-11
Mirage News
Minister for Indigenous Australians (Malarndirri McCarthy) · 2025-07-17
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