These discussions were informed by regional perspectives gathered by Local First Nations Voices from communities across the State, which shaped a series of recommendations made by the State Voice for consideration by the South Australian Government.

The purpose of the Cabinet meeting was for the Voice, after making its recommendations and alongside the government’s proposed responses to said recommendations, to provide further advice so that both parties could agree on key commitments, priorities, and policy areas for progress.

The Voice’s recommendations offered grassroots feedback and community-driven solutions to address the life cycle of incarceration as it relates to First Nations peoples in South Australia. These were structured under the following focus areas:

• Prevention & Diversion
• Policing
• Courts
• Incarceration & Pre-release
• Post-release & Rehabilitation
• Drug & Alcohol

Through these conversations, the Voice provided the South Australian Government with valuable insights into how matters raised by communities, within each Minister’s portfolio, affect First Nations peoples, and how the sustainable solutions identified by communities, through the Voice’s recommendations, can drive meaningful change.