The essence of the work of the Justice Reform Initiative is embodied in the sentiments of a unanimous resolution passed at the last National Conference of the ALP as follows:
“Australia has a higher incarceration rate than all the countries of Western Europe and Canada imposing increasing costs on the nation and which fails to reduce recidivism, provide effective outcomes for victims of crime or to make our communities safer.
Learning from the experience of comparable countries Labor will seek cross party cooperation to lead and encourage all jurisdictions to collaborate in supporting evidence based criminal justice policies to address these issues and which rely less on high cost and harmful prisons.”
This Fringe Event presentation by the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI) will be delivered by Robert Tickner former Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs in the Hawke and Keating Governments and Chair of the Justice Reform Initiative. Robert will open up a conversation with other participants in the workshop around what the evidence based alternatives to incarceration for many offenders would look like in practice and how such reforms increasingly have attracted interest and support from across the political spectrum.
When: Saturday 15th October, 11:45am – 12:30pm
Where: St Andrew’s House, Sports Centre Ground Floor, 474 Kent St, Sydney 2000 (entrance via Sydney Square)
Speaker
Robert Tickner
Former Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs in the Hawke and Keating Governments and Chair of the Justice Reform Initiative.
