• If police contact is the strongest predictor of future incarceration, what must change in policing models to improve safety without deepening racial harm?

• Hear how alternative responses, community-led policing, diversion, and accountability mechanisms can reduce unnecessary arrests while strengthening trust and public safety.

Antoinette Braybrook, Chief Executive Officer, Djirra

Brett Collins, Coordinator, Justice Action

Raagini Vijaykumar, Principal Managing Lawyer - Wirraway, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)

Nick Espie, General Manager, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS)