Ragina Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI)
Ragina Rogers is a proud freshwater Wiradjuri woman with strong ties to the Bundjalung Nation and a respected leader in Indigenous governance and systems reform. As CEO of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, she works to strengthen governance as a foundation for self-determination, community wellbeing, and long-term structural change.
With a cross-sector background spanning health, social services, and community governance, Ragina brings deep insight into the structural drivers of justice outcomes, including culturally safe services, housing, and community-led leadership. Beginning her career as a paramedic and clinical educator, she is passionate about shifting systems upstream—supporting First Nations communities before crisis or justice system contact occurs.
Ragina holds a Master’s in Governance and Leadership and is committed to advancing justice reform through culturally strong, community-led solutions.
SESSIONS
Day 1
10:10
Panel: Shifting the system upstream: Preventing justice contact before it begins
If early contact with the justice system is driven by structural inequality, intergenerational trauma and systemic racism, how can governments and justice institutions intervene earlier to prevent First Nations people from entering the system in the first place?
Explore how upstream, cross-portfolio prevention (i.e. family support, therapeutic services, housing stability, education and employment) can reduce first-time justice contact
Ragina Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI)
Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Melissa Clarke, Strategic Director, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)