Restorative Practice Resources Tagged With: canberra

'This website is for all those who are interested in sharing and learning about the applications of restorative justice practices and processes.'

The Canberra Restorative Community is a growing and open network of practitioners, professionals, academics and people interested in expanding their knowledge of restorative practice.

'In early 2016 the ACT Legislative Assembly committed to becoming a restorative city. In making this commitment, our parliamentary representatives recognised the work that had already been done to date and identified areas where restorative processes could assist in dealing with difficult social and community issues. As part of this, they committed to exploring what work needs to be done to be declared a restorative city.'

Many Canberrans are not aware that Canberra is part of a movement of cities across the globe who believe that...

'Mr Gordon Ramsay MLA, will learn and share experiences with New Zealand counterparts as he continues the push to establish Canberra as a restorative city and gathers insights from Rotorua’s Dementia-Friendly city initiative.'

Mr Gordon Ramsay MLA, will learn and share experiences with New Zealand counterparts as he continues the push to establish Canberra as a restorative city...

'Canberra – becoming a restorative city. Final report October 2018 Restorative justice is both a social movement and a particular way of implementing, managing and addressing disputes, conflicts or actions, one that focuses on harm prevention and redress. As such, it does not readily lend itself to change through legislative means. The solution the Council has recommended is to suggest a framework for such change. It recommends, first, the development of a set of ‘restorative values and principles’ to guide all government action towards restorative ends. The report provides a number of examples of such values and principles used internationally. However, these should be a starting point only. The ACT Government should develop a set of restorative values and principles unique to Canberra through community consultation. The Council suggests three models of how this framework might be implemented: '

'A RESTORATIVE CITY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES –COULD NEWCASTLE BE A MODEL?'

A/Prof John Anderson and Dr Nicola RossNewcastle Law SchoolFaculty of Business and LawUniversity of NewcastleMs Mary Porter, AMPresident, NED Incand former MLA, ACT Legislative Assembly

 

A RESTORATIVE CITY•Further than the introduction of restorative justice and restorative practices –involves transforming the culture and social fabric of a city to embed restorative practices so that they become second-nature•Models and Experiences of Restorative Cities•Hull UK -world’s first restorative city•Leeds UK•Oakland, California USA•Whanganui, NZ•Canberra, ACT Australia