Indigenous justice in Australia

New South Wales Government responses

The overall aims of the Aboriginal justice agreement (Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council, 2002) revolve around the key commitment to providing a fair and practicable justice system for all Aboriginal people, and include:

• Improving access to justice;
• Improving the quality and relevance of justice that Aboriginal people receive;
• Providing a framework for ongoing partnerships between the Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee and government; and
• Allowing Aboriginal people to play a leadership role in relation to the resolution of justice issues.

Other resources

• Equality before the law (PDF 902kB)
  Judicial commission of NSW, 2006
• Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council
• Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Taskforce (ACSAT)
  This taskforce was established to examine the incidence and service response of Government and non-Government agencies to child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities.
• Aboriginal projects
  Crime Prevention Division, New South Wales Attorney-General's Department
• CJCs and the Indigenous community
  In Community justice centres, NSW Law Reform Commission, 2005
• New South Wales Aboriginal Justice Plan: discussion paper
  Chris Cunneen, Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council, 2002
• Aboriginal over-representation strategic plan (PDF 160kB)
  New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice, 2001. Overview of factors contributing to over-representation; strategies and services to address Indigenous over-representation.