$400,000 FOR KOORI YOUTH PROGRAMS UNDER ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGREEMENT
Source: Victoria. Attorney General. Media Release
"A training course in youth work for young Koories at risk of being involved in the criminal justice system is among 10 programs receiving grants totalling $400,000 under the Brumby Labor Government’s Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA). At the Share Your Story II program’s registration event, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice Brian Tee launched the funding, on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls. Mr Hulls said the $400,000 funding would go towards community initiatives aimed at improving justice outcomes for young Koories, under the AJA’s 2009-10 Frontline Youth Initiatives Program. The Frontline programs help secure the future of Koori youth by re-engaging them with schooling and education, improving their social engagement, increasing their chances of employment and reducing the risk of negative contact with the criminal justice system,” Mr Hulls said."