Moree - Just Reinvest NSW

11/06/2026

📣 HAVE YOUR SAY 📣

Survey closes today!

Don't miss your chance to have your say on the use of police drones in Moree. The NSW Government is seeking community feedback through a short survey – share your views here: https://bit.ly/4awdjCf

We have significant concerns about NSW Police testing this unprecedented and intrusive technology on a small, regional community with a significant Aboriginal population. You can read about those concerns in this story from Guardian Australia: https://bit.ly/4uusJyb

You have until midnight tomorrow (Fri 12 Jun) to let the Government know what you think.

20/05/2026

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16/04/2026

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21/11/2025

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Just Reinvest NSW is concerned that the NSW Government’s Children and Young Offenders Legislation Amendment Bill introduced to parliament this week will weaken the doli incapax principle that protects children aged between 10-14 years from being criminalized, particularly Aboriginal children who already make up more than 60% of the youth incarcerated population in New South Wales.

By inserting into the legislation guidance to determine that the presumption of doli incapax (children aged between 10 and 14 are incapable of deceit) can be rebutted by evidence that they acted in a way that constituted the alleged offence and the circumstances surrounding it; completely reverses the whole point of doli incapax that children aged 10 to 13 years are not developmentally formed enough to understand that what they did was seriously wrong.

“The changes to the law and the watering-down of the implementation of the doli incapax principle will not make communities safer necessarily, however it will make the justice system more dangerous for Aboriginal children aged 10, 11, 12 and 13 years, "said Geoff Scott, CEO Just Reinvest NSW.

“The NSW Government should be looking at ways to address the drivers of offending such as poverty, homelessness, trauma, and violence – the most common circumstances of the children who encounter the justice system. If we can address these root causes, we’ll be doing far more to prevent and divert children away from the criminal justice system in the first place and create safer communities.”

More worrying is that the guidance says that this determination can be made without or despite other evidence of the child’s intellectual or moral development that is provided.

Today Dominic Toomey SC, President of the NSW Bar Association has said the Bill does not codify the common law with respect to doli incapax. "In the absence of the age of criminal responsibility being raised to 14 years, the important presumption of doli incapax should be retained and not undermined."

Just Reinvest NSW insists the amendments to redact proposed s 5 (7) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 from the bill.

13/11/2025

Premier Chris Minns, want to make the community safer and protect children?

We know that locking children up not only compounds trauma, it also increases the likelihood they will reoffend as an adolescent or adult – ultimately increasing future crime.

That’s why we’re calling on to you listen to the voices of community leaders and experts, and implement the findings of the review into doli incapax which included:

✔️ Legislating to preserve doli incapax without any changes – a legal principle that protects children under 14 years old from being trapped in the quicksand of the criminal justice system

✔️ Expanding access to therapeutic pathways that divert children aged 10-13 years old from the criminal justice system.

12/11/2025

Aboriginal ommunities across NSW are coming together to share their experiences and learn from each other's justice reinvestment approaches. WATCH this video from a recent meeting in Nowra to see what it means to be a part of the NSW JR Community of Practice.

Fabulous NSW Justice Reinvestment Community of Practice group photo from the meeting in Nowra Waminda - South Coast Women's Health & Wellbeing Aboriginal Corp.Waminda - South Coast Women's Health & Wellbeing Aboriginal Corp. Wahluu Mounty Aboriginal Youth & Community Services Learning the Macleay Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation Cowra Information and Neighbourhood Centre Maranguka

10/10/2025

Session two done and dusted! Week three is going ahead on Wednesday 15, October with a 3.30pm start. Young people are invited to participate in activities, meet services in our community or just have a space to hang out, chill and relax with each other.

Thanks to the services that have been involved so far Miyay Birray Youth Service Inc Pius X Aboriginal Corporation James Smith our local ACLO and Centacare Moree

Hope to see you there next week!!

07/10/2025

Recap from Week 1, thanks to everyone who came! 🤩 Adam and Alina will be here tomorrow with candle making + plenty more to be involved in. Hope to see you again tomorrow - 🫵 bring a friend!

07/10/2025

Take a look behind the scenes in our media room where young people and community workers talked openly and confidently about bringing awareness to having a healthy headspace.

28/09/2025

JOIN US on Wednesday October 1 between 3.30pm - 5.30pm; for week one of mental health awareness month in OUR OFFICE. Young people aged 12+ are all welcome! For details call 0499 174 882 or DM us!