• 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

Moderator: Ragina Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI)

Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney

Tahlia-Rose Vanissum, Strategic Director, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)