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Youth justice landscape · SA

What the data shows about young people, detention, community, and money in South Australia. Every claim is sourced. Triangulation badges mark which claims are backed by three or more independent sources.

Cost asymmetry

Detention scale

Frontline organisations

2 confirmed Tier 1 · 0 Indigenous-led

Indigenous-controlled share

Live from the Tier 1 register

0%

0 of 2 confirmed Tier 1 organisations in South Australia are Indigenous-controlled.

Foundation flows into South Australia

YJ-relevance coverage incomplete

Only 2,805 of 5,918 foundation grants (47%) have been classified for youth-justice relevance. The YJ-relevant numbers below are a floor, not a ceiling. The remaining grants are being processed.

All foundation grants

$13.4M

across 193 grants

YJ-relevant share (classified so far)

$0.01M

1 grants · 0.0% of total · floor only

Top funder

Womens & Childrens Hospital Foundation Inc

$5.71M total

Top 5 funders by dollars into South Australia

  1. 1.Womens & Childrens Hospital Foundation Inc$5.71M
  2. 2.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$5.41M
  3. 3.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$2.22M
  4. 4.Flinders Foundation$0.05M

SA oversight findings

No SA-specific oversight recommendations indexed yet.

National oversight findings (federal scope)

  • National·Productivity Commission·2026-01-31

    Address widening gap in Year 9 NAPLAN results between metropolitan and remote students

  • National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25

    Implement needs-based university funding to replace demand-driven system

  • National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25

    Set a target of 80% of the working-age population to hold a post-school qualification by 2050

  • National·Australian Human Rights Commission·2023-11-20

    That all Australian governments end the use of solitary confinement, isolation, and segregation of children in youth detention, consistent with the Mandela Rules and Havana Rules

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