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The Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators (AJJA)

The Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators (AJJA) is a Standing Committee of the Community and Disability Services Minister's Advisory Council (CDSMAC) which provides support to the Community and Disability Services Minister's Conference (CDSMC). This internet site has been established to facilitate the work of the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators. Access beyond this screen, is available only to AJJA representatives and authorised staff of the relevant Departments.

AJJA Membership

AJJA membership comprises a minimum of one senior executive officer from each of the Australian state or territory departments and New Zealand who is responsible for the delivery of juvenile justice services.

Terms of Reference

AJJA works collaboratively to:

• set the strategic direction for juvenile justice in Australasia;
• provide leadership in the field of juvenile justice;
• provide relevant, accurate and research based information and advice to CDSMC and CDSMAC on juvenile justice matters; and
• share information of relevance for the benefit of all juvenile justice jurisdictions;

• establish working groups to progress the work of AJJA;
• continually develop and review the work plans of its working groups;
• work with national bodies such as the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in the collection of data;
• support and contribute to national research and reports;
• develop a Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set; and
• continually promote national standards for juvenile justice.

Chairing

A Chair and Deputy Chair is appointed every two years.

Decision Making

AJJA does not have statutory powers. AJJA representatives work collaboratively and employ a consensus decision making model and the development of a national approach on any topic takes account of the views of all jurisdictions including divergent positions.