ANTaR Qld accepted the role of Campaign Secretariate for the 2010 PROJECT 10% - KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD - Reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates in Qld by ten percent for ten years. Lead agencies in the campaign are Murriwatch and ATSIWLAS and together the three organisations have been rolling out the goals to Government, Community and Service Providers. For more information contact the working group via the ANTaR Qld office on 3844 9800 or email office@antarqld.org.au.

ANTaR Qld and other advocacy groups working to reactivate the issue of the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders in the criminal justice system, were acknowledged in the Qld Parliament by Minister Desley Boyle as the Qld Government announced the development of a 2010 action plan to address the issue immediately. For more information contact the working group via the ANTaR Qld office on 3844 9800 or office@antarqld.org.au.

ANTaR Qld and Project 10% partners ATSIWLAS met with the Qld Treasurer Andrew Fraser in January to talk about Justice Reinvestment and the need to fund crime prevention, rehabilitation and post prison support in order to reduce the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the criminal justice system. For more information contact the working group via the ANTaR Qld office on 3844 9800 or office@antarqld.org.au.

Members of the ANTaR Qld Project 10% working group met with retiring Crimes and Misconduct Commission CEO Robert Needham to talk through the newly released CMC Report on Policing Indigenous Communities and strategies for reducing Qld’s shocking rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Imprisonment. For more information contact the working group via the ANTaR Qld office on 3844 9800 or office@antarqld.org.au.

ANTaR Qld and MurriWatch met with the Premier in July to talk about the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Qld prisons and the need to focus on the promises made in the 2001 Justice Agreement.The Premier promised to prioritise the goals of the Justice Agreement and assigned Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Desley Boyle, to oversee and urgent review of where the Justice Agreement was at in Qld.

ANTaR Qld, MurriWatch and ATSIWLAS met with the Senior policy officers from the Departments of Communities and Justice and Attorney Generals in October to talk through aspects of the Reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Campaign. Discussion revolved around the need to refocus government attention on the goals of the 2001 Justice Agreement and strategies for getting there. The Campaign Steering Group suggested a twelve month plan by all parties to tackle issues of Government accountability, community resourcing and campaign leadership. 

In 2001 the Qld Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Agreement promised to reduce imprisonment rates in Qld by 50% by 2011. As the ten year period of the Agreement draws to a close, imprisonment rates in Qld have worsened rather than improved. With over 27% of adult prisoners being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, the effect on Qld families and communities is devasting.