QLD Youth Justice
The State, The Funnel, The Money, The Network, The Evidence, The Place
Australia's most-debated youth-justice system, sourced. Live watchhouse occupancy refreshes from QPS twice daily. Funding flows through the QLD state budget, federal procurement, and foundation giving. Cross-system pathways from child protection, disability, AOD, and education traced via 13 QLD LGAs. ALMA evidence base shown in ยง5โยง17, where each count carries its filter (e.g. 16 QLD-tagged YJ interventions in ยง16; 5 effective-but-unfunded in ยง17; 23 MH-typed and 12 AOD-typed across the national catalogue, ยง6).
Detention spend doubled. Recidivism rose with it.
Same time axis, two ROGS lines. The yellow markers below the chart are the legislative moments. Spend climbed; the bills got tighter; the reoffend rate kept rising.
Spend, +144% over the window (2015-16 โ 2024-25). Recidivism, +11.0pp (2014-15 โ 2022-23). The blue dip in FY20 is a covid artefact, lockdowns shrank the opportunity to offend, but the rate snapped back above pre-pandemic levels and kept climbing. The political answer to a rising reoffend rate has consistently been to expand custody, not community capacity. Source: Productivity Commission ROGS 2026, jurisdictional youth-justice tables.
QLD already supervises ~860 young people in the community every day, 2.9ร the number locked up. Yet detention costs $2,845 per child per night, and 72% of children released come back within 12 months. The case for community-based support isn't hypothetical, it's already running, underfunded.
40% First Nations ยท live from QPS, refreshed twice daily.
$298M รท 287 avg nightly ร 365 (2024-25)
ROGS Section 17. Trended up over the past five years while detention spend more than doubled.
Live from QPS ยท today ยท 40% First Nations.
AIHW avg nightly ยท 2024-25Q4 ยท ~264 on remand (89%), not yet sentenced.
ROGS avg daily ยท 2024-25. Roughly 2.9ร more young people on community orders than locked up, yet detention takes 1.3ร the spend.
Expanding. +120 beds in build (Woodford 80 + Cairns 40), Wacol opened 2025.
Hardening. Adult-time provisions; bail tightened twice in 14 months; HR Act overridden twice.
Contracting. Path to Treaty repealed. ACCO share 12%. 0 grants tagged mental-health/AOD.
Two budget windows: Cumulative dataset $1.88B detention vs $1.49B community (2008โ2026, justice_funding). Current-year ROGS recurrent: $298M detention (2024-25). Same direction of travel; different denominators. Full explainer in ยง8.
Got 5 minutes? The shortest path through the report
Five sections, in order, that carry the argument. Skim them and you have the whole report's spine.
- 01ยง3Are we closing the Closing-the-Gap target?โ
- 02ยง8How many detention dollars per dollar of community-based services?โ
- 03ยง10Where is the ACCO funding gap?โ
- 04ยง17Which effective programs are running with no funding link?โ
- 05ยง25.5What does the synthesis actually say?โ
Each anchor jumps to the corresponding section in the long report. Read all five and you have the cold-arrival case in roughly five minutes.
children in adult police watchhouses ยท 40% First Nations
detention dollars for every $1 of community-based services ($1.88B vs $1.49B)
ACCO funding share (CivicGraph, justice_funding) vs First Nations share of children in QLD detention (AIHW Youth Detention Population 2024-25, range across quarters)
year-over-year continuity of community-controlled YJ providers ยท 2017-18โ2018-19 peak โ 2024-25โ2025-26
YJ-relevant bills tracked, major Acts since 2024 are custody-expanding
Woodford (80) + Cairns (40) in build ยท Wacol Remand (76) opened 2025
in-custody / YJ-flagged inquests ยท 27 recommendations on Pilkington alone
QLD-tagged ALMA programs ยท 5 effective ones with no funding link
gap from the trajectory toward a 30% reduction by 2031, widening, not narrowing
The State Today
Live data from the police-custody publication, audited spend lines, and First Nations over-representation trends.
In QLD watchhouses, right now
Auto-refreshed twice daily from the Queensland Police Service watchhouse-occupancy publication. Last snapshot: 14 June 2026, 8:00 pm.
Across 13 watchhouses
8 of 20. ~5% of QLD's 10โ17 population.
Adult cells, no programs. Longest: 5d.
Of 444; 31% First Nations. Longest 16d.
| Watchhouse | Age | In custody | First Nations | > 7d | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caloundra Watch-house | Child | 4 | 1 (25%) | โ | 2 |
| Toowoomba Watch-house | Child | 3 | 3 (100%) | โ | 5 |
| Ipswich District Watch-house | Child | 2 | 0 (0%) | โ | 2 |
| Townsville Watch-house | Child | 2 | 2 (100%) | โ | 1 |
| Brisbane Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 4 |
| Mackay Watch-house | Child | 1 | 1 (100%) | โ | 2 |
| Southport Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 2 |
| Maroochydore Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | โ |
| Hervey Bay Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 4 |
| Pine Rivers Watch-house | Child | 1 | 1 (100%) | โ | 4 |
| Caboolture Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 2 |
| Cairns Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 2 |
| Logan District Watch-house | Child | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | 1 |
| Brisbane Watch-house | Adult | 73 | 15 (21%) | 6 | 16 |
| Southport Watch-house | Adult | 58 | 5 (9%) | 6 | 12 |
| Townsville Watch-house | Adult | 37 | 27 (73%) | โ | 6 |
| Cairns Watch-house | Adult | 36 | 23 (64%) | โ | 6 |
| Ipswich District Watch-house | Adult | 23 | 2 (9%) | 1 | 16 |
| Mount Isa Watch-house | Adult | 22 | 22 (100%) | 7 | 11 |
| Maroochydore Watch-house | Adult | 16 | 1 (6%) | โ | 7 |
| Caboolture Watch-house | Adult | 16 | 2 (13%) | 1 | 9 |
| Richlands Watch-house | Adult | 16 | 6 (38%) | 1 | 8 |
| Mackay Watch-house | Adult | 16 | 2 (13%) | โ | 7 |
| Gladstone Watch-house | Adult | 14 | 5 (36%) | โ | 5 |
| Logan District Watch-house | Adult | 14 | 1 (7%) | โ | 5 |
| Rockhampton Watch-house | Adult | 12 | 5 (42%) | โ | 4 |
| Pine Rivers Watch-house | Adult | 12 | 2 (17%) | 1 | 9 |
| Toowoomba Watch-house | Adult | 10 | 1 (10%) | 1 | 9 |
| Bundaberg Watch-house | Adult | 9 | 1 (11%) | 2 | 10 |
| Maryborough Watch-house | Adult | 8 | 0 (0%) | โ | 7 |
| Hervey Bay Watch-house | Adult | 6 | 0 (0%) | โ | 6 |
| Caloundra Watch-house | Adult | 6 | 1 (17%) | 1 | 8 |
| Cleveland Watch-house | Adult | 6 | 0 (0%) | โ | 3 |
| Mareeba Watch-house | Adult | 6 | 5 (83%) | โ | 6 |
| Dalby Watch-house | Adult | 5 | 4 (80%) | โ | 5 |
| Warwick Watch-house | Adult | 5 | 0 (0%) | โ | 3 |
| Gympie Watch-house | Adult | 5 | 0 (0%) | โ | 3 |
| Normanton Watch-house | Adult | 3 | 3 (100%) | โ | 1 |
| Emerald Watch-house | Adult | 2 | 0 (0%) | โ | โ |
| Murgon Watch-house | Adult | 2 | 2 (100%) | 1 | 10 |
| Innisfail Watch-house | Adult | 2 | 0 (0%) | โ | 1 |
| Doomadgee Watch-house | Adult | 2 | 2 (100%) | โ | 1 |
| Longreach Watch-house | Adult | 1 | 1 (100%) | โ | โ |
| Whitsunday Watch-house | Adult | 1 | 0 (0%) | โ | โ |
The bed problem, detention occupancy + watchhouse-as-overflow
QLD operates 3 youth-detention facilities with a combined capacity of 220 beds. When detention runs near capacity, watchhouses become overflow. Below: facilities + a 60-day trailing average of children in police watchhouses.
Operational facilities
Planned + recently-opened (curated)
Announced 21 Sep 2023 (Palaszczuk Labor Government). Officially opened and began transferring young people in early 2025 under the Crisafulli LNP Government. Operates remand-only, reduces watchhouse overflow but adds detention capacity rather than community alternatives.
QLD Government statement (Sep 2023) โSod turned February 2024 (Palaszczuk Labor); BESIX Watpac (QLD) Pty Ltd appointed as lead contractor. Project continues under the Crisafulli LNP Government. Completion target 2026.
QLD Department of Youth Justice, Woodford โAnnounced under Palaszczuk Labor; site selection consultation through 2024. Forecast operational 2027. Combined with Woodford, adds 120 beds to QLD detention capacity.
QLD Department of Youth Justice, Cairns โCurated from public QLD-government announcements. Not yet ingested into the structured detention dataset; we're building the pipeline.
Methodology: capital figures sourced from industry trackers and ministerial statements. QLD Budget Paper 3 line-by-line reconciliation pending.
Children in watchhouses ยท 60-day trend
Who's in custody, Closing the Gap target 11 progress
National Agreement on Closing the Gap: target 11 commits to reducing the rate of First Nations young people in detention by 30% by 2031. Below: QLD's actual rate vs the target trajectory.
AIHW Youth Detention Population 2024-25, range across quarterly snapshots. Compared to ~5% First Nations share of QLD's 10โ17 population.
Aboriginal Community-Controlled share of justice_funding dollars (CivicGraph). Frame your grants against the AIHW denominator, not the population baseline.
Source: v_ctg_youth_justice_progress. Trajectory computed from official Closing the Gap baseline year (2018-19) per National Agreement.
The Funnel
Cross-linked pathways: child protection, disability, mental health, addiction, and education disengagement that funnel children into the youth-justice system.
The pipeline, vulnerability hotspots by QLD LGA
Top 15 QLD Local Government Areas ranked by pipeline intensity, a composite score from lga_cross_system_stats combining welfare-recipient density, school disadvantage, and Indigenous-population share. With cross-system context: NDIS youth, JobSeeker, schools, and tracked funding.
| LGA | Youth pop | Pipeline intensity | Indig. % | NDIS youth | JobSeeker | Schools | Funding tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockyer Valley | 4,560 | 70.0 | 12.2% | 1,366 | 1,740 | 26 | $66.6M |
| Mareeba | 2,465 | 49.2 | 27.1% | 599 | 1,690 | 14 | $181.6M |
| Somerset | 2,730 | 49.2 | 14.0% | 886 | 1,110 | 19 | $35.0M |
| Southern Downs | 3,894 | 49.2 | 13.9% | 1,318 | 1,690 | 35 | $37.2M |
| Tablelands | 2,835 | 43.1 | 23.7% | 756 | 1,465 | 17 | $130.4M |
| Douglas | 1,334 | 43.1 | 17.5% | 252 | 705 | 8 | $94.6M |
| Scenic Rim | 4,706 | 41.5 | 7.8% | 1,405 | 1,655 | 29 | $202.3M |
| Toowoomba | 18,909 | 36.9 | 12.9% | 6,182 | 6,525 | 88 | $339.0M |
| Ipswich | 26,119 | 30.8 | 13.2% | 9,931 | 10,570 | 80 | $184.2M |
| Brisbane | 137,609 | 25.5 | 5.1% | 29,711 | 32,335 | 318 | $17.04B |
| Cairns | 18,241 | 24.6 | 22.9% | 4,890 | 8,175 | 51 | $957.0M |
| Gold Coast | 69,273 | 18.5 | 5.0% | 16,827 | 18,820 | 110 | $1.40B |
| Goondiwindi | 1,087 | 18.5 | 20.3% | 238 | 390 | 11 | $31.4M |
Source: lga_cross_system_stats. Pipeline intensity is a composite score (welfare density + school disadvantage + Indigenous share). Youth pop estimated from QLD state-level 10โ17 share (10.4% per ABS ERP June 2024) where per-LGA ABS data not yet ingested, flagged in sources.youth_population_method. Per-LGA youth-offender rates aren't yet sourced into this dataset for QLD. Funding = grants traced through this LGA in our dataset.
Disability & justice, NDIS youth in QLD
The disability-criminalisation pipeline: cognitive impairment, autism, FASD and intellectual disability are over-represented in detention. Below: NDIS youth (15โ18) by category in QLD overall.
Source: v_ndis_youth_justice_overlay. AIHW Youth Justice reporting identifies cognitive disability over-representation in the cohort; NDIS data is one of the only structured records of disability supports for young people 15โ18. Categories are not mutually exclusive: a participant can hold more than one primary disability classification, so the autism / intellectual / psychosocial counts may sum higher than the youth (15โ18) total.
The mental health & AOD blind spot
The data gap is the policy gap. CivicGraph indexes thousands of QLD justice-funding rows and ALMA-catalogued programs. Mental-health and alcohol-and-other-drug surface counts:
Out of thousands of grants. The funding stream doesn't name the issue.
Identified by intervention type or description.
Alcohol, drug, addiction-tagged programs.
AIHW Youth Justice reporting consistently identifies high rates of mental-health and substance-use co-morbidity in the cohort. The QLD justice-funding stream tags 0 rows for mental health or AOD. If you can't name the issue in the data, you can't fund it accountably.
Education disengagement โ welfare โ offending
Welfare payments (Disability Support Pension, JobSeeker, Youth Allowance) cluster in the same QLD LGAs as low-ICSEA schools and high youth-offender rates. The pipeline doesn't start with the police, it starts with disengagement.
The ยง4 hotspot table above shows that LGAs with the highest pipeline-intensity scores also carry the highest count of low-ICSEA schools (the ACARA Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage; lower scores indicate concentrated disadvantage). The system doesn't fail at the courthouse; it fails at the schoolyard.
Top 10 hotspot LGAs vs the rest of QLD
The top 10 hotspot LGAs by pipeline intensity hold 69.6% of QLD's population, but a disproportionate share of the welfare and disadvantage signals that precede the courthouse. The disengagement pipeline shows up in the data before the offending does.
1,972,710 of 2,832,709 QLD residents.
58,740 of 82,265 on Disability Support Pension.
59,485 of 88,035 on JobSeeker.
7,240 of 10,395 on Youth Allowance.
40 of 64 below-average schools.
Hotspot share roughly tracks population share. Blue bars = signals running at or below population share.
Source: lga_cross_system_stats ยท DSS Demographics + ABS ERP + ACARA ICSEA aggregates.
| LGA | Youth pop | DSP | JobSeeker | Youth Allow. | Low-ICSEA / total | Avg ICSEA | Indig. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockyer Valley | 4,560 | 2,135 | 1,740 | 225 | 1 / 26 | 957 | 12.2% |
| Mareeba | 2,465 | 975 | 1,690 | 245 | 5 / 14 | 937 | 27.1% |
| Somerset | 2,730 | 1,540 | 1,110 | 125 | 2 / 19 | 950 | 14.0% |
| Southern Downs | 3,894 | 2,045 | 1,690 | 210 | 4 / 35 | 951 | 13.9% |
| Tablelands | 2,835 | 1,230 | 1,465 | 160 | 4 / 17 | 938 | 23.7% |
| Douglas | 1,334 | 535 | 705 | 70 | 1 / 8 | 957 | 17.5% |
| Scenic Rim | 4,706 | 1,830 | 1,655 | 180 | 0 / 29 | 993 | 7.8% |
| Toowoomba | 18,909 | 7,760 | 6,525 | 1,190 | 8 / 88 | 982 | 12.9% |
| Ipswich | 26,119 | 10,815 | 10,570 | 1,845 | 9 / 80 | 977 | 13.2% |
| Brisbane | 137,609 | 29,875 | 32,335 | 2,990 | 6 / 318 | 1078 | 5.1% |
| Cairns | 18,241 | 5,750 | 8,175 | 1,155 | 13 / 51 | 964 | 22.9% |
| Gold Coast | 69,273 | 17,070 | 18,820 | 1,700 | 0 / 110 | 1037 | 5.0% |
Read horizontally: each LGA's welfare load + school-disadvantage profile + Indigenous share. ICSEA: ACARA Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage; 1000 is the national mean. Schools below 970 carry meaningful disadvantage; cells highlighted in red. Five-or-more low-ICSEA schools in an LGA also flagged. Source: lga_cross_system_stats ยท DSS Demographics 2024 + ACARA ICSEA + ABS ERP.
The Money, and the gaps in support
QLD already supervises ~860 young people in their communities every day, 2.9ร the number locked up. Community-based work isn't theoretical; it's the largest part of how QLD already runs the system. The question this volume answers is why the dollars don't follow the supervision, and where the gaps in support sit.
What โnot being supportedโ looks like in five numbers
The detention-vs-community ratio is the headline. The gaps inside the community line are the deeper story. Five signals make the support deficit concrete, each is sourced live below from a different part of the dataset.
~264 of ~296 children in detention each night, locked up while waiting for court, no community plan.
QLD justice-funding rows tagged mental-health or AOD, out of thousands. AIHW reports high MH/AOD comorbidity in the cohort. The funding stream doesn't name the issue.
ALMA-listed QLD interventions graded โProvenโ or โEffectiveโ with no traceable funding link. They run; they work; they don't scale.
ACCOs delivering YJ work in 2017-18โ2018-19 vs still funded in 2024-25โ2025-26. Children losing their providers mid-system.
For ~40% First Nations share of children in custody. The mismatch is the cleanest single signal of who's underfunded relative to need.
justice_funding topic tags (ยง6) ยท mv_yj_report_unfunded_programs (ยง17) ยท v_acco_yj_retention_qld (ยง10) ยท mv_yj_report_acco_gap (ยง10).Volume 3 cites two spend figures intentionally. Cumulative dataset spend ($1.88B detention / $1.49B community) covers every QLD justice line item in justice_funding across the indexed window (2008-26). Current-year recurrent ($298M detention (2024-25)) is the latest single year from ROGS Section 17. Same direction of travel; different denominators. The 1.26:1 ratio above is from the cumulative window.
Detention vs community, the structural ratio
From the QLD state-budget Youth Justice expenditure lines, queried live from justice_funding. $1.88B detention vs $1.49B community-based vs $101.4M group conferencing. Ratio: 1.26:1 detention to community.
QLD justice-tagged spend by year + topic
* Partial-coverage years (FY13โ15 missing source rows; FY25โ26 in progress) are shown at 40% opacity. Treat their bar heights as a floor, not a real budget movement.
Where the community $1.49B actually goes
Top 15 QLD recipients of youth-justice-tagged grants (excluding state department line items) with at least one grant since FY22. National NGOs hold the largest contracts. Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations are funded, but at smaller dollar amounts (see ยง10). Recipients with no grants since FY22 appear in the historical section below.
| Recipient | Total | Grants | Last grant FY | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglican Diocese of Brisbane | $22.8M | 8 | 2025-26 | Detail โ |
| The Ted Noffs Foundation | $16.6M | 4 | 2025-26 | Detail โ |
| Shine For Kids | $13.3M | 2 | 2025-26 | Detail โ |
| YouthLink | $13.1M | 16 | 2023-24 | Detail โ |
| Life Without Barriers | $12.7M | 7 | 2025-26 | Detail โ |
| Bridges Health & Community Care | $12.2M | 6 | 2025-26 | โ |
| Youth Housing and Reintegration Service Including After Care Service (Inala) | $10.4M | 9 | 2023-24 | โ |
| Save The Children Australia | $9.4M | 11 | 2025-26 | โ |
| Youth Housing and Reintegration Service including After Care Service (Townsville) | $8.9M | 9 | 2023-24 | โ |
| Youth Housing and Reintegration Service including After Care Service (Toowoomba) | $7.9M | 9 | 2023-24 | โ |
| Youth Housing and Reintegration Service including After Care Service (Rockhampton) | $7.8M | 9 | 2023-24 | โ |
Historical (pre-FY22) recipients14 recipients ยท last grant before 2021-22โผ expand
| Recipient | Total | Grants | Last grant FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeline Community Care | $30.1M | 3 | 2010-11 |
| Relationships Australia (Qld) | $25.5M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Mission Australia | $20.1M | 6 | 2016-17 |
| UnitingCare Community | $12.7M | 1 | 2011-12 |
| Youth and Family Service (Logan City) | $11.4M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Australian Red Cross Society | $10.8M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Wesley Mission Brisbane | $9.4M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Palm Island Community Company | $8.7M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Abused Child Trust | $8.7M | 3 | 2010-11 |
| Anglicare North Queensland | $8.4M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| ACT for Kids | $8.2M | 2 | 2011-12 |
| Centacare Townsville | $8.2M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| South Burnett CTC | $7.7M | 4 | 2011-12 |
| Micah Projects | $7.7M | 4 | 2011-12 |
What was announced, and what's actually locked in
19 major QLD youth-justice initiatives, each laid out as a circuit diagram: Announcement โ Bill โ $ Funded โ Delivery โ Circuit breaker. Where a node is missing, the gap is the data: an announcement without a bill is rhetoric; a bill without a funded program is paper; a funded program without an announcement is invisible. Each row ends with the explicit Circuit breaker, the leverage point that would change the trajectory.
Each card maps an announced initiative through five questions: (1) what was said publicly, (2) was a bill passed, (3) is there money flowing, (4) what's the delivery status, (5) what would unblock or break the pattern. The fifth question is where the work is, for boards, funders, journalists, and sector peaks.
Making Queensland Safer, adult crime, adult time
Hon D Crisafulli MP
source โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Removed "detention as last resort" principle from Youth Justice Act. 13 listed offences carry adult sentencing exposure for children. UN CRC chair Ann Skelton called it "flagrant disregard of children's rights".
Reinstate "detention as last resort." A custody-expanding Bill that passes without a parallel community-services appropriation in the same package locks in a one-way ratchet. The legislative pattern itself is the circuit, break it by requiring matching community capacity in every YJ Bill.
Making Queensland Safer (Adult Crime, Adult Time) Amendment Bill 2025
PASSED ยท 2025-05-21
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Added ~20 further offences to the adult-sentencing list including arson, attempted murder, torture, rape. UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to Australian authorities expressing concern.
External standard: UN Special Rapporteurs and the National Children's Commissioner have written publicly. The legislative direction is heading away from international child-rights compliance. The circuit-breaker is a federal Treaty / National Children's Commissioner finding that names QLD's legislative trajectory non-compliant, not a state-level negotiation.
Statewide police crackdown targets youth crime crisis
Hon L Gerber MP
source โExpanding Adult Crime, Adult Time and Taking a Strong Stance on Drugs and Anti-Social Behaviour Amendment Bill 2026
PASSED with amendment ยท 2026-04-23
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Most-recent expansion. Three components: more adult-time offences, drug penalties, anti-social behaviour. Greens (Berkman) opposed.
A second LNP MP, a coronial finding, or a public-service walkout. The legislative floor of opposition voices is one Greens vote (Berkman). For this trajectory to break, opposition needs to come from inside the LNP party room, usually triggered by a coronial event or a federal compliance finding.
Stronger youth bail monitoring laws to make Queensland safer
Hon L Gerber MP
source โYouth Justice (Electronic Monitoring) Amendment Bill 2025
PASSED ยท 2026-02-12
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Two related bills passed within 60 days. Electronic monitoring expanded to Toowoomba, Mt Isa, Cairns. Police no longer required to consider alternatives to arrest for breaches. Predictable knock-on: more children on remand, more watchhouse-as-overflow.
Bail-support funding indexed to the bail-tightening population. Tightening bail without scaling community-bed capacity moves children from community to remand. The fix is a hard appropriation rule: every additional child on monitored bail = N hours of paid wraparound + 1 family-conferencing slot.
Youth bail monitoring devices to restore community safety
Hon L Gerber MP
source โYouth Justice (Monitoring Devices) Amendment Bill 2025
PASSED ยท 2025-04-02
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Companion to the Electronic Monitoring Bill. Operational rollout via DYJ + monitoring-device contractor.
Independent evaluation of monitoring outcomes. Devices are procurement; "does it reduce reoffending" is unresearched in QLD's rollout. The fix is a sunset clause requiring published evaluation data before any further roll-out is funded.
Criminal Code (Defence of Dwellings and Other Premises,Castle Law) Amendment Bill 2026
Referred to Committee ยท 2026-03-04
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
KAP private bill on home-defence. Surfaces in YJ debate by association rather than direct YJ effect.
Not a YJ-leverage point. Listed for transparency about what surfaces in YJ debate by association.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
$250M+ build ยท ~$150M ops first 3 years
76 beds, remand-only. Opened early 2025 under Crisafulli LNP. Reduces watchhouse overflow but adds detention capacity rather than community alternatives.
Already built. The leverage now is operational: how the beds are used (remand vs sentenced), what wraparound services are colocated, whether ACCO programs are commissioned to deliver inside. Each opened bed without an ACCO partnership is a 30-year lock-in.
Woodford Youth Detention Centre construction begins
Palaszczuk Labor Government (sod-turn)
source โNo bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Up to $627.61M reported (industry tracker)
80 beds, north of Brisbane. BESIX Watpac (QLD) lead contractor. Completion target 2026. Project continues under Crisafulli LNP.
A capital-budget freeze before commissioning. Operational appropriation is decided in the Budget that turns construction into operations, typically 12 months pre-opening. That window is the public-finance leverage point.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
TBD
40 beds, Far North Queensland. Site selection through 2024. Forecast operational 2027. With Woodford + Wacol = +120 beds added to QLD detention capacity.
Pre-construction. The most leverageable item in this registry. Cancel the build, redirect ~$200M to FNQ ACCO + community-bed capacity, and the regional disengagement-pipeline (ยง7 hotspots: Mareeba, Tablelands, Cairns 13 low-ICSEA schools) gets the closest thing to a place-based justice-reinvestment allocation in QLD's history.
Circuit Breaker Sentencing, intensive rehabilitation as alternative to detention
Hon L Gerber MP
source โNo bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Circuit Breaker Sentencing in justice_funding ($20M FY25-26 ยท $80M over 4 yrs to DYJ)
Court-ordered intensive youth rehabilitation as alternative to detention. Two remote facilities (North and South QLD), capacity up to 60 youth offenders. Delivery commencing 2026. The largest single named "alternative to detention" appropriation in the registry, but with a sentencing-court gateway and remote-facility delivery model, sits between custody and community.
Where it gets delivered. Remote-facility models (i.e., bush camps) have a mixed evidence base. ACCO governance + local-area culturally-grounded design is the difference between this becoming a real alternative to detention and becoming a softer-skinned custodial line. The $80M is the right scale; the delivery design is the unresolved leverage point.
โถ Show all delivering organisations1 organisation ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support | $20.0M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Circuit Breaker Sentencing%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
No public announcement located. Likely a recurrent contracting line, not a launched initiative.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Tribe of Mentors - Circuit Breaker Project ($142K to Adapt Mentorship, FY22-23)
Intensive 30-week immediate response for re-offending young people. Includes 7-month cultural project providing cultural mentoring and connection to First Nations community. Funded program in justice_funding, small but explicitly culturally-grounded.
Scale + duration. $142K for 30-week intensive cultural mentoring is one cohort. The fix is multi-year contracting and geographic expansion, this is exactly the kind of program ยง17 (unfunded effective programs) is asking the system to scale.
โถ Show all delivering organisations1 organisation ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adapt Mentorship ABN 81429537800 | $142K | 1 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Tribe of Mentors%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
New Townsville Youth Step Up Step Down facility site confirmed
Hon T Nicholls MP (Health)
source โNo bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Mental Health Levy (hypothecated), separate funding stream from Youth Justice budget
Short-stay residential MH beds, intermediate between community and inpatient. Funded through MH levy, NOT Youth Justice budget, invisible from a justice-funding search. The most-tangible preventive announcement of the past 12 months. Site selected; build timeline TBD.
Cross-stream tagging. The fix is administrative: every MH-levy / NDIS / Health appropriation that serves YJ-cohort youth gets a cross-tag so it surfaces from a justice-funding search. Until that tagging exists, "no MH funding for YJ youth" remains the apparent answer to anyone querying the justice stream, even when the funding exists.
Kickstarting new early intervention programs to restore safety to Wide Bay
Hon L Gerber MP
source โNo bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Kickstarter Grants line in justice_funding ($3.8M, 12 recipients)
Branded as "Kickstart" / "Kickstarter Grants" across Brisbane (Mar 2026), Toowoomba (Mar 2026), Cairns (Jan 2026), Wide Bay (Apr 2026), Far North QLD, Moreton Bay, Central QLD, Wide Bay-Burnett. Multiple announcements over 6 months. ~$3.8M total funded across 12 recipients in dataset.
Scale. $3.8M against $1.88B detention is symbolic. The fix is a 100ร expansion (~$380M) and a multi-year contracting cycle so providers can hire and retain staff. At current scale, Kickstart is a press-release vehicle, not a system-shift program.
โถ Show all delivering organisations13 organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page reception@cqid.com.au |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page reception@jabalbina.com.au |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page YJ_Grants@youthjustice.qld.gov.au |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page info@desertpeamedia.com |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page brodiegermainefitness@gmail.com |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page info@nquc.org |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Kickstarter Grants%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
No public announcement located. Likely a recurrent contracting line, not a launched initiative.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Bail Support Service ($16.7M / 26 recipients) + Bail Support Program ($10.7M / 15 recipients)
Long-running line, pre-dates current government. Continues under contract. Tightening of bail laws (above) increases the population this program is meant to support without proportionate funding increase.
Multi-year contracts. ACCOs and small community providers can't scale on 12-month contract cycles. The fix: minimum 4-year contracts for all bail-support providers, with cost-of-living indexation, so staffing decisions can be made beyond a single budget cycle.
โถ Show all delivering organisations43 organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cairns and Yarrabah Youth Bail Support Service (CYYBSS) ABN 34797758772 | $3.7M | 5 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page admin@yeti.net.au |
SWAP Bail Support Service ABN 43289699774 | $3.6M | 5 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Inspire Youth and Family Services ABN 43289699774 | $2.6M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Youth Empowered Towards Independence Inc ABN 34797758772 | $2.5M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Save The Children Australia ABN 99008610035 | $2.3M | 2 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
The Youth Hub - After Hours Diversion Service - Upper Ross ABN 66010113603 | $2.1M | 4 | 2021-22โ2024-25 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
TAIHS Bail Support Townsville ABN 66010113603 | $2.0M | 4 | 2020-21โ2023-24 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
Caxton Legal Centre Inc ABN 57035448677 | $1.8M | 3 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page |
Caxton Legal Centre ABN 57035448677 | $1.8M | 1 | 2019-20 | โ open entity page |
Yangah Program (Bail Support-Gendered Response to girls and young women in South East Queensland) ABN 94859410728 | $1.7M | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
MY JUST Bail Support Service (Mackay) ABN 99008610035 | $1.7M | 5 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
Sisters Inside Ic. ABN 94859410728 | $1.6M | 2 | 2018-19โ2019-20 | โ open entity page |
Darumbal Community Youth Service Inc ABN 55066537031 | $1.5M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Youth Advocacy Centre Inc ABN 11746358763 | $1.5M | 3 | 2015-16โ2021-22 | โ open entity page |
Anglicare Logan Bail Support ABN 39906010979 | $1.5M | 3 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page |
Bridge's U18 Bail Support Service ABN 45402866190 | $1.3M | 5 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
The Corporation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba CatholicCare Social Services ABN 78793694389 | $1.3M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
DCYSI Bail Support and Walali Bili Service ABN 55066537031 | $1.2M | 3 | 2021-22โ2023-24 | โ open entity page |
Mercy Community Services SEQ Limited ABN 51166477318 | $1.1M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
MY JUST Bail Support Service (Mt Isa) ABN 99008610035 | $1.1M | 4 | 2020-21โ2023-24 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
Yangah Program ABN 94859410728 | $1.0M | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page |
Hervey Bay Bail Support Service ABN 99008610035 | $1.0M | 2 | 2023-24โ2024-25 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
Bridges Health & Community Care Ltd ABN 45402866190 | $1.0M | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Toowoomba and Remote South West Bail Support Service ABN 78793694389 | $966K | 4 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page |
Mercy Community Services Cherbourg and South Burnett Youth Bail Support ABN 51166477318 | $901K | 4 | 2020-21โ2023-24 | โ open entity page enquiries@mercycommunity.org.au |
Sisters Inside Inc ABN 94859410728 | $840K | 3 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page |
DCYSA Bail Support and Walali Bili Service ABN 55066537031 | $749K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Kurbingui Youth & Family Services - Community Youth Response Diversion (CYRD) ABN 47298315697 | $635K | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page reception@kurbingui.org.au |
Redcliffe Area Youth Space ย Remand Reduction Response ABN 17724640741 | $463K | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
TAIHS Youth Hub ABN 66010113603 | $375K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
Community Services Tablelands Inc ABN 19549242329 | $318K | 2 | 2014-15โ2015-16 | โ open entity page |
South Burnett Youth Bail Support Service ABN 85399349965 | $313K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page info@sbctc.com.au |
Young People Ahead Inc ABN 35424394822 | $279K | 2 | 2014-15โ2015-16 | โ open entity page admin@ypa-isa.com.au |
DCYSI Bail Support ABN 55066537031 | $257K | 1 | 2020-21 | โ open entity page |
YANGAH ABN 94859410728 | $247K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Youth Bail Accommodation Support Service ABN 11746358763 | $240K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Mission Australia ABN 15000002522 | $239K | 2 | 2015-16โ2016-17 | โ open entity page fowlerst@missionaustralia.com.au |
TAIHS Emergent Accommodation ABN 66010113603 | $111K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
DCYSI Walali Bili Mentoring and Afterhours Diversion Service ABN 55066537031 | $110K | 1 | 2020-21 | โ open entity page |
Atherton Bail Support Service ABN 19549242329 | $106K | 1 | 2016-17 | โ open entity page |
Remand Reduction response ABN 11746358763 | $83K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Murri Watch ABN 75628946046 | $78K | 1 | 2014-15 | โ open entity page |
TAIHS youth Hub ABN 66010113603 | $55K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Bail Support%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
No public announcement located. Likely a recurrent contracting line, not a launched initiative.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Young Offender Support Service ($24.2M / 43 recipients) in justice_funding
Recurrent community-supervision support. 43 funded recipients across 2014-15 to 2024-25.
ACCO retention (ยง10), provider continuity has fallen from 100% to ~25%. The fix is a procurement reform: lengthen contracts, prefer ACCO-led delivery, and protect retention as a measured KPI alongside the spend.
โถ Show all delivering organisations43 organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Youth Bail and Order Support Service ABN 11746358763 | $3.0M | 3 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page |
Family and Youth Support Service (FAYSS) ABN 19879103916 | $2.1M | 6 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page admin@tbssinc.com.au |
Strong Together ABN 34797758772 | $2.1M | 7 | 2017-18โ2024-25 | โ open entity page admin@yeti.net.au |
Noffs Street University ABN 49018049971 | $1.9M | 2 | 2022-23โ2023-24 | โ open entity page |
Mornington Island Strong Culture, Strong Tomorrow ABN 99008610035 | $1.7M | 6 | 2020-21โ2023-24 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
Changing Lanes (YOSS) ABN 97075403959 | $1.5M | 4 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Strong Together & Resilient (STAR) ABN 15000002522 | $1.1M | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page fowlerst@missionaustralia.com.au |
Murri Watch Youth Cultural Support Program ABN 75628946046 | $965K | 2 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page |
Palm Island Young Offender Support Service ABN 14640793728 | $904K | 4 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page picc@picc.com.au |
Strong Together Cairns ABN 34797758772 | $799K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page admin@yeti.net.au |
Young Offender Support Service (Changing Lanes) ABN 97075403959 | $785K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page |
Doomadgee Strong Culture, Strong Tomorrow ABN 99008610035 | $714K | 7 | 2020-21โ2023-24 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services (NWQICSS) Mount Isa Transitional Hub Pilot (The Hub) ABN 96636036934 | $693K | 1 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page mai |
Strong Together and Resilient, (STAR), Atherton ABN 15000002522 | $580K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page fowlerst@missionaustralia.com.au |
Storyline - Cherbourg (YOSS) ABN 51166477318 | $425K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page enquiries@mercycommunity.org.au |
YOSS Mornington Island ABN 54626633931 | $422K | 2 | 2023-24โ2024-25 | โ open entity page gm@morningtonisland.com.au |
Storyline Cherbourg ABN 51166477318 | $413K | 3 | 2022-23โ2023-24 | โ open entity page enquiries@mercycommunity.org.au |
YOSS Cherbourg ABN 55414872249 | $398K | 2 | 2023-24โ2024-25 | โ open entity page admin@cherbourgwellbeing.org.au |
Afterhours Diversion Service ABN 66010113603 | $394K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
Youth Advocacy Centre Director ABN 11746358763 | $392K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page |
Kalpinngurru Katjarra ABN 96636036934 | $384K | 3 | 2020-21โ2022-23 | โ open entity page mai |
North West Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Association Inc ABN 54107116799 | $369K | 1 | 2014-15 | โ open entity page |
Inala Youth Care Community Incorporated ABN 43289699774 | $346K | 1 | 2014-15 | โ open entity page |
Hervey Bay Bail Support Service ABN 99008610035 | $316K | 1 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
Strong Culture Strong Tomorrow ABN 99008610035 | $281K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ open entity page scasainfo@savethechildren.org.au |
RAYS Remand Reduction Response ABN 17724640741 | $275K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page |
YINDA Cultural Mentoring Service ABN 33186707759 | $269K | 2 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Goodna/Ipswich Youth and Community Action Association Inc ABN 19879103916 | $223K | 1 | 2014-15 | โ open entity page admin@tbssinc.com.au |
Breakthrough program ABN 54107116799 | $196K | 2 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
STAR - Strong, Together & Resilient ABN 15000002522 | $172K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page fowlerst@missionaustralia.com.au |
Strong Together and Resilient (STAR) ABN 15000002522 | $161K | 1 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page fowlerst@missionaustralia.com.au |
Ferdy's Haven Youth Service Palm Island ABN 66010113603 | $140K | 1 | 2020-21 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
PICC YOSS ABN 14640793728 | $113K | 1 | 2021-22 | โ open entity page picc@picc.com.au |
Sitella Street Project ABN 43289699774 | $112K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Townsville Flexible Learning Centre ABN 96372268340 | $84K | 2 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Kalpin Ngartathati ABN 18410990342 | $77K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
StoryLine ABN 51166477318 | $70K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page enquiries@mercycommunity.org.au |
Ferdy's - Palm Island ABN 66010113603 | $70K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page ceo@taihs.net.au |
The Base ABN 19879103916 | $67K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page admin@tbssinc.com.au |
Strong Culture, Strong Tomorrow - Mornington Island ABN 79685451696 | $54K | 3 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Strong Culture, Strong Tomorrow - Doomadgee ABN 79685451696 | $51K | 2 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
YAC Director ABN 11746358763 | $45K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
Family Support Worker ABN 11746358763 | $34K | 1 | 2017-18 | โ open entity page |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Young Offender Support Service%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
No public announcement located. Likely a recurrent contracting line, not a launched initiative.
No bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
Family Led Decision Making trial ($2.0M / 5 recipients)
Aligns with "Youth Justice family-led decision making" intervention in ALMA, graded Effective. Funded but not scaled; one of the smaller programs in the registry.
Geographic scaling. The trial is real and the evidence in ALMA grades it Effective. The fix is to scale from 5 recipients to every QLD region with hotspot LGAs (ยง4), particularly Lockyer Valley, Mareeba, Tablelands, Cairns. The evidence is in. The capital is the constraint.
โถ Show all delivering organisations14 organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity page (governance ยท board ยท all funding flows)
| Organisation | $ Total | Grants | Years | CivicGraph entity ยท contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kurbingui - YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 47298315697 | $992K | 4 | 2020-21โ2024-25 | โ open entity page reception@kurbingui.org.au |
QATSICPP YJFLDM Training and Evaluation Support ABN 21132666525 | $935K | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page administration@qatsicpp.com.au |
Goolburri - Youth Participation Program (YJ Family Led Decision Making Program) ABN 33139659331 | $742K | 4 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page te-nikab@goolburri.org.au |
ATSICHS - YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 22009943435 | $729K | 4 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page admin.reception@atsichsbrisbane.org.au |
Wuchopperen _ YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 15010112580 | $667K | 3 | 2022-23โ2024-25 | โ open entity page enquiries@wuchopperen.org.au |
ATSICHS - YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 40084136508 | $435K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page admin.reception@atsichsbrisbane.org.au |
Goolburri ย YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 33139659331 | $434K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page te-nikab@goolburri.org.au |
Wuchopperen - YJ Family Led Decision Making Trial ABN 15010112580 | $412K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page enquiries@wuchopperen.org.au |
QATSICPP ย Youth Justice Family Led Decision Making Training and Evaluation Support ABN 21132666525 | $330K | 2 | 2020-21โ2021-22 | โ open entity page administration@qatsicpp.com.au |
Kurbingui Youth Development Limited ABN 47298315697 | $219K | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
WuChopperen Health Service Ltd ABN 15010112580 | $219K | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement Company Limited ABN 33139659331 | $219K | 1 | 2021-22 | no entity match |
Kurbingui - YJ Family Led Decision Making program ABN 47298315697 | $189K | 2 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page reception@kurbingui.org.au |
Wuchopperen - YJ Family Led Decision Making Program ABN 15010112580 | $56K | 1 | 2022-23 | โ open entity page enquiries@wuchopperen.org.au |
โ open entity page reveals the full CivicGraph profile per org: directors ยท board interlocks (ยง14) ยท cross-system funding (procurement, donations, contracts, grants) ยท governance + relationships graph ยท ALMA evidence-base links ยท ACNC profile. Pattern matched: program_name ILIKE '%Family Led Decision Making%' against justice_funding (state=QLD, topics โ youth-justice).
New youth criminal rehabilitation program making Wide Bay-Burnett safer
Hon L Gerber MP
source โNo bill, administrative / appropriation / facility / funded-program initiative.
No matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Multiple regional rehabilitation announcements (Wide Bay-Burnett 5 Dec 2025, SE QLD 20 Nov 2025). No matched line in justice_funding for these specific announcements yet, possibly delivered via existing community-services contracts.
Disclosure. Either (a) the appropriation exists under a generic line ("Social Services" / "Young People") and needs to be tagged, or (b) the announcement was unfunded press. A FOI on Treasury Cabinet submissions for these specific announcements would resolve the ambiguity.
Path to Treaty Act repealed
Crisafulli LNP Government (first sitting day)
source โRepeal bundled into Brisbane Olympic Games Act amendment
PASSED ยท 2024-11-28
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Removed institutional architecture (First Nations Treaty Institute + Truth-telling Inquiry) that explicitly addressed YJ over-representation. QAIHC and Indigenous health peaks publicly opposed. No replacement architecture announced.
Federal action or state-government turnover. The repeal happened on the LNP's first sitting day; reversal at state level requires the same political moment in the other direction. Federally, the Voice / Treaty / Truth conversation continues, federal architecture would partially fill the gap.
Children-in-adult-watchhouses authorisation
Hon Mark Ryan MP (Police)
source โChild Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023
PASSED ยท 2023-08-25
bill text โNo matched funding line in justice_funding. Either: not yet costed, funded via a separate department (Health / NDIS / Education), or sentencing/legislative change with no direct $ vehicle.
Overrode QLD HR Act for the second time; explicitly authorised holding children in adult watchhouses. Originally framed as temporary until 31 Dec 2026.
The 31 December 2026 sunset. The override was framed as temporary. Whether it expires, is renewed, or is made permanent is the single most-leveragable structural decision in this registry. Public pressure between now and end-2026 is the window. Once permanent, the architecture loses meaningful HR-Act protection for children.
Reading the patterns: a row with a red Bill PASSED badge and no matched funding line is custody-expansion law without parallel community investment, a one-way ratchet. A row with announcement + funding match but no bill is a community program running on appropriation, vulnerable to defunding without legislative friction. A row with announced, no bill, no funding visible is rhetoric until proven otherwise. Limits: 19 major initiatives curated. Pair this registry with the per-recipient drill-downs (Detail โ on each row of the ยง9 table) to see who's actually delivering each funded line.
The ACCO funding gap, 12% of dollars for the majority First Nations in-custody cohort
Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations consistently outperform mainstream NGOs in retention and outcomes for First Nations young people. The dollar share doesn't reflect this. Closing the Gap target 11 commits to addressing it.
$121.6M across 135 organisations
Avg per recipient: $900K
$894.6M across 1,130 organisations
Avg per recipient: $792K
Foundation landscape, billions in adjacent giving, none anchored to QLD YJ
The 12 largest Australian foundations whose stated thematic focus includes justice / youth / children / First Nations / disability / mental health. Annual giving listed; most are not anchored specifically to QLD youth-justice work.
| Foundation | Annual giving | Thematic focus |
|---|---|---|
| Yajilarra Trust | $214.0M | indigenous, health, environment, community |
| Minderoo Foundation | $210.0M | arts, indigenous, health, education, environment |
| BHP Foundation | $195.1M | indigenous, community, human_rights, environment, education |
| Rio Tinto Foundation | $153.7M | indigenous, community, cultural_heritage, employment, economic_development |
| The Smith Family | $144.6M | education, youth, employment, community, digital_inclusion |
| Partners 4 Health | $64.9M | health, aged_care, indigenous |
| Barnardos Australia | $60.2M | community, youth, education |
| Healthy North Coast | $57.6M | health, aged_care, indigenous, community |
| Fortescue Foundation | $54.9M | indigenous, community, education, environment, youth |
| National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation | $51.4M | health, indigenous, community |
| Australian Committee For UNICEF | $39.9M | health, education, human_rights, youth |
| Australia For UNHCR | $38.1M | community, human_rights, youth |
Federal procurement, Austender contracts to YJ-relevant suppliers
Top 12 federal Austender suppliers with names matching common YJ / community-services keywords (Mission Australia, Anglicare, Uniting, PCYC, Halikos, Liquidlogic, Save the Children).
| Supplier | Total | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Anglicare NSW South NSW West and ACT | $421.8M | 5 |
| Mission Australia | $400.6M | 101 |
| The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) as delegated through to Uniting (NSW.ACT) | $362.6M | 22 |
| Halikos Pty Ltd | $174.9M | 11 |
| save the children australia | $169.9M | 24 |
| Uniting (NSW.ACT) | $128.5M | 20 |
| Anglican Community Services T/A Anglicare | $119.2M | 8 |
| Anglicare Tasmania | $100.0M | 1 |
| Anglicare | $88.6M | 6 |
| Save the Children | $31.8M | 4 |
| The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) on behalf of Uniting (NSW.ACT) | $29.8M | 12 |
| Anglicare Victoria | $27.7M | 5 |
The Network
Multi-system providers, director board interlocks, political donations from contractors. Who's connected to whom, and what that does to accountability.
The multi-system providers, orgs operating across 3+ sectors
QLD providers with funding flows tagged across at least 3 of: youth-justice, child-protection, disability, NDIS, family services, Indigenous services, mental health, homelessness, AOD, family violence. These are de-facto integrated service hubs, fragmented across siloed funding mechanisms.
| Provider | Sectors | Topic tags | Total $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Care: Head Office | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $1.07B |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $360.9M |
| Ozcare | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $327.4M |
| Life Without Barriers | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $277.9M |
| Lifeline Community Care | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $238.0M |
| UnitingCare Community | 4 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $223.9M |
| Churches of Christ in Queensland | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $167.1M |
| Anglican Diocese of Brisbane - Spiritus | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $166.0M |
| FSG Australia | 3 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท ndis | $161.6M |
| Anglican Diocese of Brisbane | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $122.7M |
| Anglican Diocese of Brisbane - Anglicare Southern Queensland | 5 | child-protection ยท family-services ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $114.3M |
| Multicap | 4 | child-protection ยท indigenous ยท ndis ยท youth-justice | $109.4M |
Director interlocks, who sits on multiple boards
People holding 5+ board / advisory positions across charities or Indigenous corporations connected to justice funding. The federation's shadow network: governance, advocacy, and funding all run through a small cohort. Read the $ figures as network-cumulative, not per-person: if two listed directors sit on the same board, both rows include that board's funding total, so the same dollars appear against multiple people. The point of the table is the overlap, not an individual exposure.
| Person | Boards | $ Procurement in network | $ Justice in network |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Wakefield | 9 | $27.5M | $1.64B |
| Bruce Moore | 11 | $47.6M | $1.63B |
| Adam McIntosh | 11 | $48.7M | $1.63B |
| Cheryl Herbert | 10 | $45.9M | $1.61B |
| James Demack | 6 | $28.3M | $1.56B |
| Mellissa Naidoo | 8 | $423.1M | $1.55B |
| Susan Rix | 10 | $103.4M | $1.55B |
| Justine Cain | 10 | $27.9M | $1.55B |
| Suzanne Marlow | 7 | $27.5M | $1.55B |
| Alison Quinn | 8 | $27.5M | $1.55B |
| Natalie Smith | 10 | $27.5M | $1.55B |
| Gregory Adsett | 6 | $27.5M | $1.55B |
Political donations by orgs that hold QLD YJ funding
Cross-reference: QLD youth-justice-funded recipients (by ABN) appear in the federal political-donations register. These donations may relate to any of the donor org's activities, not specifically to youth-justice work. Read as a structural-overlap signal, not as a YJ-attributable transfer.
Lifetime AEC disclosures from this donor pool
Cumulative across the disclosure window, all themes, not YJ-specific
Source: political_donations federal register. Caveat: state-level donation registers and individual-director donations are not in this dataset; lifetime totals span all causes the donor org has funded.
The Evidence
What works, what's funded, what's not. The Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA) catalogues evaluated programs; we cross-reference them against funding flows.
The ALMA evidence base
The Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA), a civil-society register of community-endorsed and evaluated diversion / wraparound / justice-reinvestment / therapeutic / community-led programs. National counts by type, and the top 16 QLD-relevant interventions ranked by evidence + portfolio score.
Methodology: Evidence levels are self-attributed by ALMA submitters at registration time, not independently graded by CivicGraph. โProvenโ / โEffectiveโ / โPromisingโ reflect the program's own claim about its evaluation status, read as a starting point, not a verdict.
Interventions by type (national)
The unfunded effective programs
ALMA-listed programs at "Proven" or "Promising" evidence levels that have NO funding link in CivicGraph. These exist; they work; they're not being scaled.
The royal-commission inheritance
Six landmark inquiries shape what's known about youth-justice failures in Australia. QLD has not had a major youth-detention royal commission of its own; it inherits the lessons.
Don Dale tear-gassing footage triggered the inquiry. NT government accepted most recommendations in principle; on-the-ground implementation remains partial nearly a decade on.
Implementation lagging across all jurisdictions; deaths in custody continue.
Indigenous over-representation reform agenda; partial implementation at federal level.
Stolen Generations inquiry, basis for ongoing reparations work.
Inquest into death in QLD detention; recommendations pending.
Target 11 progress tracked above (ยง3); all-jurisdiction commitment.
The Place
Geography matters. The system fails specific places repeatedly: Townsville, Logan, Mount Isa, Cherbourg. The hotspots aren't random.
Place case studies, top 4 QLD LGAs by pipeline-intensity score
The ยง4 table ranks the top 15 QLD LGAs by pipeline-intensity score. Below: a fact card per LGA showing the cross-system context.
QLD LGAs ranked by pipeline-intensity score
The hotspot pattern is geographic. Top 15 QLD LGAs ranked by the composite pipeline-intensity score (welfare-recipient density + school disadvantage + Indigenous-population share), with funding tracked through CivicGraph's dataset shown as the bar magnitude. Per-LGA youth-offender rates aren't yet sourced into this dataset.
Red bars indicate LGAs with no tracked funding for community-based alternatives in CivicGraph's dataset.
Justice reinvestment, the Bourke benchmark
Bourke (NSW) is Australia's longest-running place-based justice-reinvestment site. Outcomes are evaluated and published. QLD has no operational equivalent at scale; the model is replicable but unfunded for QLD hotspots.
23% drop in family-violence incidents (2017 baseline year)
- ยท 31% increase in Year 12 retention
- ยท $3.1M gross impact estimated in the evaluation year, KPMG analysis
- ยท Aboriginal-led, place-based, data-driven cross-agency coordination
- ยท QLD has emerging place-based pilots; no operational equivalent at the same scale, time-horizon, or evaluation rigor
Source: KPMG (2018) Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project Impact Assessment.
Policy & capacity signals
Live QLD ministerial statements scraped daily from statements.qld.gov.au, filtered to youth-justice keywords and tagged by direction-of-travel.
All 23 QLD ministerial announcements about youth community programs
Every QLD ministerial statement on youth community programs, Circuit Breaker Sentencing ยท Kickstart Early Intervention ยท Step Up Step Down ยท Career Pathways ยท youth criminal rehabilitation ยท family-led decision making ยท diversion ยท prevention, pulled live from civic_ministerial_statements. Sorted newest first. Click any card for the full statement at statements.qld.gov.au. Pair with ยง9.5 Programmes Registry for the funded-program match per announcement.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Kickstarter Grants in justice_fundingโถ Show 13 delivering organisations ยท click each for full CivicGraph entity profile
| Organisation | $ | Grants | Years | CivicGraph profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple community organisations (grants program) | $12.5M | 1 | 2025-26 | no entity match |
Central Queensland Indigenous Development ABN 60110812489 | $900K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Bori Muy Limited ABN 43682387300 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation ABN 79611886178 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Aspire Cairns Community Limited ABN 15651164082 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Indigenous Mana Limited ABN 82679578977 | $300K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Prosocial Skills Development ABN 26635173635 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Thrive and Connect ABN 69677779029 | $290K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Desert Pea Association Inc ABN 38854047029 | $285K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Brodie Germaine Fitness Aboriginal Corporation ABN 57591914579 | $280K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Silver Lining Foundation ABN 92625056108 | $275K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
NQ Ummah Care ABN 95636275075 | $146K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Lookout 07 ABN 87666455661 | $131K | 1 | 2024-25 | โ entity page |
Click any โ entity page for the org's directors, board interlocks (ยง14), all funding flows across sectors, ACNC profile, and relationships graph.
Source: civic_ministerial_statements ยท 36-month window ยท keyword-matched to community-program / early-intervention / wraparound / diversion / Circuit Breaker / Step Up Step Down / Kickstart / family-led / youth justice. Why this matters: 0 grants in justice_funding are tagged mental-health or AOD, but 23 announcements above mention these supports. The mismatch tells you announced services for justice-system youth move through Health / NDIS / Education funding doors, not through Youth Justice. The justice stream looks empty even when the support exists.
What QLD ministers are saying about youth justice
The 12 most-recent statements from statements.qld.gov.au. Each is auto-tagged by direction-of-travel: punitive (custody-expanding), preventive (community-investing), mixed. Read horizontally for the system's real direction.
Source: civic_ministerial_statements via the scrape-ministerial-statements agent. Classifier reads headlines, e.g. โAdult Crime, Adult Timeโ โ punitive; โearly interventionโ โ preventive. Click a card to read the full statement on statements.qld.gov.au.
Structural policy backdrop
The major QLD legislative and treaty-framework moves over 2023โ2024 that frame every announcement above. These are curated reference items linked to the underlying QLD legislation register.
Strengthening Community Safety Act 2023, first override of QLD Human Rights Act
Reinstated the breach-of-bail offence for children. Overrode Queensland's own Human Rights Act 2019, the first such override since the Act commenced. Set the precedent for subsequent youth-justice legislation overriding rights protections.
AHRI, Overriding the Queensland HR Act โPath to Treaty Act 2023, established Truth-telling and Treaty Body
Act No. 12 of 2023, passed 10 May 2023. Established the First Nations Treaty Institute and a Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry, institutional architecture for addressing the systemic conditions (including youth-justice over-representation) that a treaty / truth process is intended to confront.
QLD Legislation, Path to Treaty Act 2023 โChildren-in-adult-watchhouses Act, second HR Act override
Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) and Other Legislation Amendment Act. Overrode QLD HR Act for the second time; explicitly authorised holding children in adult watchhouses. Then-Police Minister Mark Ryan described as a temporary measure until 31 December 2026.
Al Jazeera coverage โMaking Queensland Safer Act 2024, "adult crime, adult time"
Act No. 54 of 2024, assented 13 December 2024. Removed the "detention as a last resort" principle from the Youth Justice Act. Children charged with 13 listed offences (incl. murder, manslaughter, robbery, dangerous operation of a vehicle) face the same maximum, mandatory and minimum penalties as adults. Restorative justice removed as a sentencing option for those offences. UN CRC chair Ann Skelton called it "flagrant disregard of children's rights".
QLD Legislation, Making QLD Safer Act 2024 โPath to Treaty Act repealed, first sitting day of new government
Crisafulli LNP Government repealed the Path to Treaty Act on its first day of sitting. Repeal bundled into a Bill amending the Brisbane Olympic Games Act. QAIHC and Indigenous health peak bodies publicly opposed. Removed the institutional treaty/truth framework that explicitly addressed YJ over-representation.
QLD Statement, Repeal (Nov 2024) โBail Act amendments, wider presumption-against-bail list
Police no longer required to consider alternatives to arrest for bail-condition breaches by children. Presumption-against-bail expanded: unlawful use of motor vehicle (aggravated), burglary, entering premises to commit indictable offences. Electronic monitoring of high-risk youth on bail expanded to Toowoomba, Mt Isa and Cairns. More children on remand for longer.
QLD Department of Youth Justice, Changes to Acts โAdult Crime Adult Time Amendment Bill 2025, proposed expansion to ~33 offences
Sought to expand the adult-crime-adult-time list by ~20 further offences including arson, attempted murder, torture, rape, attempted rape, attempted robbery and trafficking in dangerous drugs. UN Special Rapporteurs Alice Jill Edwards (torture) and Albert K. Barume (Indigenous peoples) wrote to Australian authorities expressing concern.
OHCHR, UN experts on Australian youth justice (May 2025) โOversight, inspection & coronial findings
What independent inspectors and oversight bodies have found about the QLD youth-justice operation. Sourced from the Inspector of Detention Services, the Australian Human Rights Commission, and human-rights research bodies. Each entry links to the originating report.
Important clarification
The high-profile Cleveland Dodd coronial inquest (16-year-old Yamatji boy who died in October 2023) is a Western Australian case at Unit 18, Casuarina Prison, not QLD's Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville. Public reporting often conflates the two given the shared name. We do not surface the Dodd inquest in this QLD report. WA Coroner's findings (Dec 2025) called for Unit 18 to close as a matter of urgency.
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre Inspection Report, separation due to staff shortages
Inspector Anthony Reilly tabled findings of chronic staff shortages causing children to be locked alone in their rooms. On one inspection day, 40% of Cleveland's 96 inmates were held in bare cells. Average separation length in 2022โ23 was 8 hrs 36 min, reduced to 4 hrs 24 min by mid-2024. 15 recommendations.
QLD Ombudsman, Cleveland inspection report โCairns and Murgon Watch-Houses Inspection Report, focus on detention of children
Inspection of Cairns and Murgon watch-houses with specific focus on the detention of children. Documented operational and welfare issues at both regional sites, directly relevant to the watchhouse-as-overflow pattern in Volume 1.
QLD Ombudsman, Cairns + Murgon inspection โCombined Youth Detention Centres Inspection Report
Combined inspection report covering all QLD youth detention centres. Read alongside the 2024 Cleveland report for the across-system pattern.
QLD Ombudsman, combined YDC inspections 2025 โChildren in Brisbane City Watchhouse, 89 children, isolation incidents
ABC Four Corners + Amnesty International documented 89 children held in the Brisbane City Watchhouse at one point in May 2019. Reported incidents included children losing fingers in cell doors and one young person held in isolation for 23 days. Triggered international and federal-level scrutiny.
Human Rights Watch, Australia's terrifying watch-houses โNational Children's Commissioner, public criticism of QLD reforms
The National Children's Commissioner publicly criticised QLD's 2024 youth-justice reforms as a breach of Australia's international child-rights obligations.
AHRC, Statement on QLD reforms โSource: QLD Ombudsman / Inspector of Detention Services (ombudsman.qld.gov.au) and Australian Human Rights Commission.
Recent QLD coronial findings ยท custody / youth-relevant
The 8 most-recent QLD Coroners Court findings flagged as in-custody or youth-justice-relevant by keyword classifier. Scraped via Playwright from coronerscourt.qld.gov.au/findings-upcoming-inquests/search-findings. Each card links to the originating PDF; deceased-identifier fields respect QLD coronial-suppression rules and may be initials only.
Source: qld_coroners_findings populated by scrape-qld-coroners agent. Title parsing is best-effort from page DOM; metadata extraction (age, finding date, coroner, recommendations) regex-derived from PDF text via Jina Reader. Verify against coronerscourt.qld.gov.au before publication.
QLD Parliament, what MPs are actually saying
Most-recent youth-justice mentions in QLD Parliament Hansard, scraped from parliament.qld.gov.au. Each card shows the speaker, party, sitting date, and the opening of their contribution. Filter: keyword match in body_text on youth justice / adult crime / detention / watchhouse / bail / Making Queensland Safer.
Verify before citing
Speaker names below are parsed from QLD Parliament Hansard PDFs and may render as surname only or partial titles. Snippets are the opening characters of a contribution, not necessarily a complete or self-contained quote. Always confirm against the official transcript at parliament.qld.gov.au before publication.
Source: civic_hansard table populated by scrape-qld-hansard agent. 10 most-recent youth-justice mentions shown; party-bar covers the last 12 months. Speaker-name parsing is best-effort from PDF text and may render as surnames only.
Currently before QLD Parliament
QLD bills introduced but not yet passed (or defeated / lapsed / withdrawn). Read for what's about to land before it makes it into ยง24.7's passed-legislation list. Includes adjacent legislation (criminal code, sentencing, dwelling-defence, etc.) that surfaces in YJ debate.
Criminal Code (Defence of Dwellings and Other PremisesโCastle Law) Amendment Bill 2026
Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
Civil Liability (Holding Institutions Accountable for Child Abuse) Amendment Bill 2026
Source: parliament_bills WHERE status not in (PASSED, defeated, lapsed, withdrawn). Track here for early signal of what's about to be debated. Click through for Bill text + Explanatory Note + Statement of Compatibility.
YJ-relevant bills ยท already-passed
Bills passed (or with amendment) since 2024, scraped via Playwright from the official QLD Parliament register. Each card opens to a curated drawer with key amendments + opposition voices + capital backing + outcome proxies. Read alongside ยง24.6 (active) for the full pipeline.
The same bill names extracted from civic_hansard.body_text via v_qld_yj_bills_active, how often each appeared in debate. Yellow rail = YJ-specific by name pattern.
Expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time and Taking a Strong Stance on Drugs and Anti-Social Behaviour Amendment Bill 2026
YJ-specificEducation (General Provisions) Amendment Bill 2025
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
Criminal Code (Defence of Dwellings and Other PremisesโCastle Law) Amendment Bill 2026
Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
ParliamentโGreenhouse Gas Storage Amendment Bill 2025
ParliamentโHeavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2025
ParliamentโMajor Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
ParliamentโTobacco and Other Smoking Products (Dismantling Illegal Trade) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Queensland Institute of Medical Research Bill 2025
Bill names extracted by regex from PDF Hansard text, minor edge-case captures may include leading sentence fragments. Verify against the QLD Bills register at parliament.qld.gov.au before quoting. The proper bills-register scraper is queued, Hansard-derived list is a free interim cut.
Promise โ action โ outcomes, does the chain hold?
For each major QLD policy promise we map the chain: the announcement (what was said), the bill (what was passed), the implementing department or contractor (who delivers), and the live outcomes data we can read against it (what changed). Where the chain breaks, where promise outpaces action, where action lands but outcomes don't move, or where the system pretends two contradictory promises can both be delivered, the gap is the story. Four chains, ordered roughly by the gap between announcement and outcome.
Expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time Amendment Bill 2026
Sponsor: Gerber LNP ยท PASSED with amendment 23 Apr 2026 ยท ยง24.7
QLD Department of Youth Justice
Capital backing: Wacol $250M+, Woodford up to $627.61M, Cairns 40 beds ยท ยง2
- ยท Watchhouse children today: 20 (40% First Nations)
- ยท CTG gap: +8.0/10K from trajectory (widening)
- ยท ACCO funding share: 12% (unchanged)
- ยท 8 live coronial findings flagged in-custody
Bundled into Brisbane Olympic Games Act amendment
28 Nov 2024 (first sitting day) ยท QAIHC publicly opposed
Crisafulli LNP Government
No funding allocation (institutional removal of Treaty Body + Truth-telling Inquiry)
- ยท ACCO funding share: 12% (unchanged)
- ยท First Nations % of in-custody children: 40%
- ยท CTG target 11 trajectory: widening
- ยท No replacement institutional architecture announced
โNew Townsville Youth Step Up Step Down facility site confirmedโ
Tim Nicholls (Min. Health) ยท 4 Feb 2026 ยท ยง23
Mental health levy revenue (election commitment)
Levy hypothecated to youth mental health services. No specific bill, administrative + capital appropriation.
QLD Department of Health
Step Up Step Down model: short-stay residential mental-health beds, intermediate between community and inpatient. Townsville site selected; build timeline tbd.
- ยท Site confirmed; not yet operational
- ยท QLD justice grants tagged mental-health/AOD: 0
- ยท Cleveland (Townsville) detention occupancy: 76โ92%, pre-existing demand
- ยท Read against ยง6 mental-health blind spot for whether the system funds-what-it-names
โStronger youth bail monitoring laws to make Queensland saferโ
Gerber ยท 10 Dec 2025 + 12 Feb 2026 (twice) ยท ยง23
YJ (Monitoring Devices) Amendment Bill 2025 โ YJ (Electronic Monitoring) Amendment Bill 2025
PASSED 2 Apr 2025 + PASSED 12 Feb 2026 ยท Gerber LNP ยท ยง24.7
QLD DYJ + monitoring-device contractor
Roll-out expanded to Toowoomba, Mt Isa, Cairns regional areas. Police no longer required to consider alternatives to arrest for breaches.
- ยท Children >2 days in watchhouse: 6 today (avg cell, no programs)
- ยท Adults >7 days in watchhouse: 40 ยท longest 16d
- ยท Detention occupancy: 76โ92% across BYDC, Cleveland, West Moreton (overflow โ watchhouses)
- ยท Remand-as-default pattern: data point we're building (proxy = watchhouse-pop trend, ยง2)
Wacol Remand 76 beds, Woodford 80, Cairns 40, 196 new beds total
Palaszczuk Labor 2023โ24 announcements; Crisafulli LNP continues
Multiple ministerial statements + capital appropriation
Construction underway 2024โ2027 timeline
QLD DYJ + BESIX Watpac (Woodford lead contractor)
$1B+ combined capital across the three facilities
- ยท Wacol Remand: opened early 2025 (76 beds added)
- ยท Woodford: targeting 2026 completion
- ยท Cairns: targeting 2027 operational
- ยท No equivalent community-services capital allocation in the same window
Method: each chain anchors a high-profile QLD YJ policy promise and traces it through the live data we hold, ministerial statements (ยง23), bills register (ยง24.7), watchhouse occupancy (ยง1), CTG progress (ยง3), ACCO funding share (ยง10), capital backing (ยง2), and coronial outcomes (ยง24). Where outcome data is missing or moves the wrong way, the chain's โstatusโ line surfaces it. We're building richer outcome ingestion (recidivism by year, detention bed-day cost, ACCO retention rates) for next iteration.
The shape of the choice
Each new bed announcement is a structural commitment for 30+ years. Each new piece of bail-tightening legislation lengthens the average remand period. Each repealed prevention framework removes a counter-balancing institution. The cumulative direction of travel, combining the dataset numbers above (ยง3, ยง8, ยง10) with the policy moves in ยง23, is unambiguous: QLD is structurally expanding custody capacity faster than community capacity. The same dollars could have funded the operational scale-up of every โpromisingโ ALMA intervention listed in ยง16, with evaluation budget left over.
Expanding. Multiple new facilities announced; Wacol remand opened; existing centres still running near capacity.
Hardening. โAdult crime, adult timeโ introduces adult sentences for child offences. Bail provisions tightened.
Contracting. Path to Treaty repealed. ACCO funding share unchanged at 12%. $101.4M for group conferencing, the most-evidence-backed line.
What would shift this
A $200M reallocation is roughly a 13% expansion of the $1.49B community-services line, enough to scale-up the most-promising ALMA interventions across the regional QLD network. Detention costs more per child than every alternative.
From 12% toward the in-custody share, the AIHW 2024-25 range puts First Nations representation at ~65โ75%, so a target near that band, not a fixed multiplier of the current share. Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations consistently outperform mainstream NGOs on retention and outcomes for First Nations young people.
The reason most ALMA interventions sit at "promising" rather than "proven" isn't that programs don't work, it's that programs are funded to deliver, not to be evaluated. A small percentage of every grant going to monitoring closes the evidence gap within a budget cycle.
QLD has overridden its own HR Act twice in 18 months to expand custody powers over children (ยง23.1). Each Act passed under the current Government has expanded custody, none community capacity. Reversing that legislative direction is the precondition for moves 1โ3 to land.
What this means for you
- 12% of dollars for the majority First Nations in-custody cohort (~65โ75% across AIHW 2024-25 quarters). Frame your grants against this denominator. ACCOs deliver better outcomes; they don't get the dollars.
- Evidence-vs-spend gap is real and quantifiable. $101.4M group conferencing, the most-evidence-backed early intervention in the budget, versus $1.88B for detention services.
- $1B+ committed to detention capacity expansion (ยง2: Wacol $250M+ build + ~$150M ops first 3 yrs; Woodford up to $627.61M reported; Cairns TBD). Foundation giving is adjacent, not anchored, see ยง11.
- Watchhouse data should sit on every QLD YJ board agenda. It's public, daily, and tells you who's in custody right now. Today: 20 children, 40% First Nations.
- Audit your evidence-level disclosure. If your programs sit at "promising" or "untested", you need an evaluation strategy. Funders are starting to ask.
- Map your funder concentration. Most QLD YJ NGOs run a single Justice department line item as their lifeline. Diversify before the cycle ends.
- Live coronial findings (8 in-custody / YJ-flagged in ยง24). Pilkington 27 recommendations ยท Schafer prison-murder ยท Valera family-violence/suicide. PDFs link direct to the QLD Coroners Court source.
- 6 live YJ bills tracked from parliament.qld.gov.au with sponsor + party + status (ยง24.7). Pair with the watchhouse refresh and the live ministerial-statement feed for any contemporary story.
- Director networks in ยง14 connect QLD YJ orgs to national NGO boards, advocacy peaks, and government advisory committees. The shadow network is small.
- $1.88B detention vs $1.49B community is a campaign-grade statistic. Detention isn't cheaper; it's structurally larger.
- First Nations children at 40% of in-custody kids is a Closing the Gap target-11 signal. It's daily-data, not annual.
- 16 ALMA-listed alternatives with QLD presence are real, evaluated, community-endorsed work. The "there's no alternative" framing doesn't hold.
Two ways to take this further
The same pipeline that produced this report runs for any sector or organisation in Australia: multicultural peak bodies, ACCOs, foundations, lobbyists, federal procurement, place-based investment. Tell us what hit and what missed. Anonymously if you like.
Partnerships we're looking for: foundations co-funding sector reports ยท ACCO + community-controlled orgs that want their own version of this ยท journalists on a story ยท sector peaks pitching system change ยท researchers using the underlying dataset.
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