Published Aug 27 2021

‘What Happens Next?’: Can We Reinvent the Justice System?

Jacinta
Elston
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Head, William Cooper Institute
Meena singh
Legal Director of the Human Rights Law Centre
Kate burns
Lecturer, Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts
Susan carland
Academic, author and social commentator

The last episode of What Happens Next? explained what we learned from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADC) inquiry, why Indigenous incarceration rates remained so high in Australia, and its impacts on our society.

What needs to happen to shift the needle in this complex issue?

In this episode, Dr Susan Carland talks again with Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and head of its William Cooper Institute, Jacinta Elston; criminologist Kate Burns; and Meena Singh, legal director of the Human Rights Law Centre. 

These experts uncover some of the policies and initiatives needed for change, and the role of localised actions as part of the solution.

“With the last 30 years, they have been telling us, the community, what needs to be done to address this issue. So we need to be actually listening.”

Dr Kate Burns

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About the Authors

  • Jacinta elston

    Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Head, William Cooper Institute

    Professor Jacinta Elston, an Aboriginal woman from Townsville in North Queensland is the inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) at Monash University. She is the current Chair of Cancer Australia’s Leadership Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Control. Her career has focused on Indigenous health and Indigenous higher education, and she has contributed many years of service on state and federal ministerial appointments, and the boards of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.

  • Meena singh

    Legal Director of the Human Rights Law Centre

    Legal Director of the Human Rights Law Centre

  • Kate burns

    Lecturer, Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts

    Kate is a criminologist with wide public-sector experience. Prior to taking up her academic position at Monash, she worked in various public policy positions in the United Kingdom with a focus on the criminal justice system.

  • Susan carland

    Director, Bachelor of Global Studies, and Lecturer, School of Language, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics

    Susan's research and teaching specialties focus on gender, sociology, contemporary Australia, terrorism, and Islam in the modern world. Susan hosted the “Assumptions” series on ABC’s Radio National, and was named one of the 20 Most Influential Australian Female Voices in 2012 by The Age.

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