Yuwaya Ngarra-li makes submission to NSW Select Committee on Youth Justice
Published on the 25 March 2026
The Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership has made a submission to the , which is currently inquiring into and preparing a report on evidence-based approaches to reducing the number of children in contact with the criminal justice system in NSW.
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- the availability, effectiveness, and evaluation of evidence-based and community-led responses that prevent offending and reoffending
- the specific and disproportionate impact of the youth justice system on Aboriginal children听
- alternative youth justice models and frameworks听
- the collection, use, and transparency of data.听
The submission provides insights and outcomes from our holistic community-led model of youth diversion focused on reducing the criminalisation and improving the positive life pathways of Aboriginal children and young people that we have been developing in Walgett in remote north-west NSW.
to the Select Committee鈥檚 inquiry as part of the Social Determinants of Justice Research Hub.