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Yuwaya Ngarra-li makes submission to NSW Select Committee on Youth Justice

Published on the 25 March 2026
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The Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership has made a submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Select Committee on Youth Justice, 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.

The Yuwaya Ngarra-li submission specifically focuses on: 

  1. the availability, effectiveness, and evaluation of evidence-based and community-led responses that prevent offending and reoffending
  2. the specific and disproportionate impact of the youth justice system on Aboriginal children 
  3. alternative youth justice models and frameworks 
  4. the collection, use, and transparency of data. 

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.

UNSW Yuwaya Ngarra-li researchers focused on justice-related issues also made a submission to the Select Committee’s inquiry as part of the Social Determinants of Justice Research Hub.