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ACT Perspective on Justice Reinvestment. Social investment!. “ Dignity, freedom and humanity are achieved by re-establishing equality that has been forcibly or fraudulently taken from peoples”. Frantz Fanon, 1961. quote. 7 members hold office for a term of 3 years
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ACT Perspective on Justice Reinvestment Social investment!
“Dignity, freedom and humanity are achieved by re-establishing equality that has been forcibly or fraudulently taken from peoples”. Frantz Fanon, 1961 quote
7 members hold office for a term of 3 years Second term, next elections due NAIDOC 2014 Functions under our Act include informing the Minister, the ACT government & other stakeholders ACT Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Elected Body
Towards zero prison population growth: Understanding incarceration in the ACT and developing an evidence base for future policy. ARC Linkage Project
Justice investment Social investment • Justice Systems • Policy • Programs • Institutions • Politically popular • Social return on investment • Social fabric of society • Self worth • Measuring effectiveness • Affirming success with the people Truthfully Weighing it up
“It is easy to get trapped in the ‘rut’ of trying to solve problems as Einstein said ‘with the same level of thinking that created them’. If you have been using the same arguments for years and nothing is changing then perhaps it is the argument that needs to change ”. Hannah Dahlen 2012 quote
ATSIEB Secretariat: 02 6205 2551 Rod.Little@act.gov.au or Rod.Little@nationalcongress.com.au http://www.atsieb.com.au/