Serge credits two life experiences for having led him to work in Restorative Practice.
The first was as a child, when his parents always included him in conversations and respected his...
John has had an interest in the area for many years, having done his Phd on alternative methods of sentencing and his interest has further developed his areas of research work at Newcastle...
Peace begins with each one of us, from there, I want to share appreciation, kindness, humanity. and gratitude.
One way to make injustice and cruelty less in the whole world, is to make...
Hunter Circles was established in response to the closure of institutions in the Hunter in 2021 when hundreds of people with disability moved into group homes in the community. We understood that...
As a humanist, Peter has always been engaged with the emancipatory movements and from his perspective, education is fundamentally about self understanding and liberation.To quote his philosophical...
My interest commenced when I first met Prem Rawat in 1977. Prem has been spreading his message of peace since he was four years old. He has taken his message of peace to the world and is...
Richard undertook degrees in Peace and Conflict Studies and Law at the University of Queensland. He saw Restorative Justice was a way of addressing some of the challenges of the legal system...
First introduced to Restorative Justice in 2015, as a way of reducing harm when students were going through a conduct process. Our journey has developed from there, to now shifting the focus from...
Bronwyn was motivated to become involved with Restorative Practice in 2000 when she saw the injustices of mandatory sentencing on children in the Northern Territory. Bronwyn believes that at the...
Due to his heritage, 80 years ago, Ippei would have been "on the other side of the trenches" during WWII, coming from Japanese descent. Having lived in Darwin for over 20 years, the importance of...
We believe in the dignity of all people and the importance of strong and healthy relationships required for each of us to flourish. The us of restorative approaches fits well with our values and...
Sally had always had an interest in social justice and the reparation of harm, but did not have the opportunity to explore this when she was younger due to other constraints.
Then, as a...
As an academic in the early 1990's, David's work included co-ordinating Justice Studies at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. He was thus 'in the right place, at the right time, with the...
Nova first became exposed to Restorative Justice while a student at ANU. Dr Stephen Mugford, from the sociology department, invited speakers from the Australian Institute of Criminology, to...
The ANU has a long tradition in both Restorative Practice and Restorative Practice research and the establishment of the centre was an effort to consolidate that knowledge and to expand that...
Debra intuitively knew the principles of what she now knows to be Restorative Practice were a more appropriate way to manage, however a chance meeting with Terry O'Connell gave her the framework...
To provide survivors of sexual violence, those responsible, their families and communities with a survivor-oriented restorative practice in the community. Our approach, Practice Framework and...
Michael Power at the Queensland Health Victim Support Service was aware there was no structured opportunity for communication between people who had been harmed by mental health consumers and...
I spent many years working in Youth Justice and got to a stage where I was watching the sector not know how to treat those whose job it was to support our most at risk young people, families and...
Angela spent almost 30 years in the Royal Australian Navy and during her career she held a role responsible for the management, training and reporting of unacceptable behaviour and conflict...
RASA were aware of the shocking statistics relating to the removal of children into care' particularly in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities. This coincided with a visit to South...
Shawn believes Restorative Practice is especially powerful in facilitating change, healing and development in times of conflict due to its capacity to address issues related to the past, the...
Malcolm was practicing the principles of Restorative Justice long before he ever knew such a thing existed.
Some 20 years ago, Malcolm was a salesman selling equipment to surf lifesaving...
The Dispute Resolution Centre was established in 1990 and in 1992, Marg O'Donnell, the then Executive Manager, became aware of the early work of Terry O'Connell in the Restorative Justice field....
A significant gap had been identified within the release and parole arrangements for Aboriginal prisoners who did not have strong connections to the community.
Prisoners and their families...
William is interested in innovative justice pratices that address the needs and accountability of offenders, allow victims to directly participate in and have redress for harms caused to them, and...
In 2014, CIJ undertook a research project into innovative responses to sexual offending. Following this, a pilot project was established in 2016/18 to offer Restorative Justice processes for...
The program was originally developed by Dan Van Ness, and Prison Fellowship is recognised internationally as the leading organisation for the adoption of Restorative Justice within the prison...
Ruth's first exposure to Restorative Justice was as a young activist lawyer in South Africa during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996.
As South Africans, she describes how they...
Sunny's interest in Restorative Practice was born out of living at 'Bend', a consensus based intentional community in Bega, on the NSW far south coast. About 10 years ago, the community was...
Known internationally as the ‘cop from Wagga Wagga’, Terry developed a conference script [and restorative questions] in 1991 that are now used by the restorative movement throughout the world. ...
In 2018 Alison visited the restorative cities of Hull and Leeds to understand better how restorative principles are applied. She was persuaded that there was an opportunity to incorporate...
While working on my PhD, I came into contact with Professors John and Valerie Braithwaite from Regulatory Institution Network at the ANU, and realised the synergies that existed between the role...
FISH is a children's rights and parent and family led organisation. We aim to improve outcomes for children through greater family inclusion. Children in Australia may experience damaged family...
Researching restorative approaches in child protection with Nathan Harris and Valerie Braithwaite in 2007 at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet, Australian National University...
Katrina has worked in youth counselling, and as a school chaplain, and had always had an interest in the restorative process. She had the opportunity of observing how the process was conducted...
Conflict Resolution Service has been operating for more than 30 years and continues to support families, workplaces and the community to prevent, manage and resolve conflict. CRS is a nationally...
A combination of professional and personal experience led me to join the Canberra Restorative Community Network in 2016. As a student I had volunteered in local organisations such as Legal Aid ACT...
Sarah is passionate about developing responses to harm that give a voice to and are directed by those who have experienced harm. Sarah has experienced the harm and limits of adversarial system...
John believes that existing responses to each other when things go wrong, or when one of us harms another, almost always seem to be inappropriate, blunt, often making things worse, exclusive and...
Matt was first introduced to Restorative Justice by Terry O'Connell in 1991 when he was Chief of Detectives in Goulburn. It immediately resonated with him due to his inchoate intuition that...
Kate has always been looking for ways to respond to conflict other than those she has learned and her culture which often lead to war, violence and separation.
Restorative Practice and...
When researching business regulations in the 1980's, John would see things that were called 'exit conferences' at the end of inspections of coal mines and nursing homes, where many stakeholders...