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Project 10% rolls out state-wide
Project 10% has begun to rollout across the State with community meetings being held in Cairns, Townsville, Yarrabah, Mareeba, Dalby, Wooribinda and Cherbourg. These meeting follow on from the community meetings held last year in the South East corner gathering community voices on solutions to incarceration rates in Qld. The State government is pulling together a new Justice Strategy and Project 10% is calling for action in the Five Areas of At Risk, Police Contact, Sentencing and Remand, Incarceration and Post Release Support.
YOU CAN HELP - Reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates in Qld
You can help reduce the devastating rates of imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children by signing the Project 10% Call to Action.
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Project 10% met with Social Justice Commissioner in May
Members of Project 10% met with the Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda in May to talk about the goals of the Campaign. The meeting looked at lobbying strategies and how the issues of incarceration can be added to the National agenda. For more information call the office on 3844 9800 or contact Murri Watch on 3844 1540.
Justice, Rights and then Reconciliation - PRESS RELEASE 26th May 2010
PRESS RELEASE – For IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26th May 2010
On Sorry Day and the eve of National Reconciliation Week, ANTaR Qld President, Kitty Carra, questioned the use of the word reconciliation in relation to
ANTaR Qld E - Bulletin - Reconciliation Week 2010
ANTaR Qld met with the Attorney General in May
ANTaR Qld and the Project 10% co-chair Ken Georgetown met with the Attorney General, Cameron Dick, to discuss the goals of Project 10% - reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Imprisonment Rates in Qld by 10% a year for 10 years. The discussion included practical measures required to address these issues and accountabiulities under the National Framework on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice. For more information please contact the ANTaR office on 3844 9800 or email office@antarqld.org.au.
Project 10% met with the Qld Opposition in April
Members of the Project 10% lobbying group met with the Qld Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek and the Shadow Attorney General Lawrence Springborg in April, to discuss the failure of the government to keep to the 2001 Justice Agreement promises. There was a committment by both parties to keep the government accountable and to find a way forward to reduce the devastating imprisonment rates in Qld. For more information please contact the ANTar office on 3844 9800 or email office@antarqld.org.au
ANTaR Qld met with Shadow Minister for Police and Corrective Services in February
Members of the ANTaR Qld Project 10% Working Group and campaign co-chair Ken Georgetown met with Shadow Minister Vaughn Johnson in February to discuss the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isalnder people in Queensland prisons, and the committment of the Qld Opposition to finding solutions to this devastating problem. For more information please contact the campaign at project10percent@gmail.com or call ANTaR office on 3844 9800.
ANTaR Qld met with Police in January
ANTaR Qld met with Police in January to talk about reducing the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the the criminal justice system. Discussions included the implementation of the CMC Report on Policing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Crime Prevention Startegies, Palm Island and diversion options. For more information contact the working group via the ANTaR Qld office on 3844 9800 or office@antarqld.org.au.
