North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)
Major practice areas criminal and civil
Key people Priscilla Collins, Vernon Patullo
Date founded 2006
Website www.naaja.org.au
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) in Darwin.

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) is an non-for-profit legal service which provides criminal and civil law services to Aboriginal people and their families in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.

History

NAAJA was established in February 2006 as an amalgamation of the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (NAALAS), Katherine Regional Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (KRALAS) and Miwatj Aboriginal legal Service (MALS).[1] The first NAAJA Chairperson was Eddie Cubillo.[2]

It is now the largest legal service in the Northern Territory with more than 90 staff across offices in Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine.[3]

Civil law accounts for approximately 40% of NAAJA's work across family law and child protection, welfare, tenancy and housing rights, police and government accountability, adult guardianship, mental health and coronial inquests.

NAAJA received a National Crime Prevention Award in 2012 for its Throughcare program, which works to reduce rates of reoffending in the Northern Territory.[2]

Notable work

References

  1. ↑ "NAAJA History". NAAJA. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "NAAJA CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICES IN THE TOP END 1972 to 2012" (PDF). NAAJA. Norther Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). NAAJA. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Majindi v The Northern Territory of Australia, Miller and Fitzell [2012] NTSC 25" (PDF). Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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