Justice
The Western Australian Aboriginal Justice Agreement is a partnership framework jointly developed by the Department of Justice, The Department of Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Community Development, the Western Australia Police Service, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia.
The Agreement is intended the Agreement will enable justice-related State Government agencies to work collaboratively and in partnership with Aboriginal people to ensure that they experience the same justice outcomes as other Western Australian citizens by: developing safer and sustainable communities; reducing the number of victims of crime; and reducing over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system.
The Agreement is designed to establish an active and sustained commitment by all parties towards achieving improved justice and justice-related outcomes for Aboriginal people and their communities. It is broad in its approach to enable flexibility in its application across all justice-related sectors that provide policy, programs and services for Aboriginal people.
One of Western Influences’ senior consultants represented the Fitzroy Valley in the negotiation of the Western Australian Aboriginal Justice Agreement: 2009 – 2014. This involved extensive community consultation to determine the priorities for the community.
