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Kurduju Project

Aim

The overarching aim of the Kurduju project is to improve community safety and justice outcomes for Warlpiri communities, including Yuendumu, Lajamanu, Ali Curung and Willowra.

Objectives

The objectives of the project are to:

1. Consult and educate the community in a participatory fashion, in relation to community courts and the criminal justice system generally.
2. Support communities to implement safety and justice initiatives in their region, and in particular to identify how the community courts can best work in their communities, where applicable.
3. Provide the NT Department of Justice non-governmental support and advice in relation to the Community Courts in the Warlpiri communities, and advise on the evaluation of these courts.
4. Support Warlpiri communities in their reinvigoration of Law and Justice Committees and Kurduju committee when requested, seeking to integrate these committees where applicable into the Community Court processes so as to enable them to continue to have a role after the life of the project.

In addition to the Kurduju project, Tangentyere Council has a role in remote communities through other programs such as CAYLUS and return to country assistance, and through enterprises of Tangentyere, including Constructions.

For many years, Tangentyere Council provided a range of support to locally managed night patrols in remote communities, particularly in the areas of training and development, coordination and brokerage support. Night Patrols are now managed by the new local government Shires.