North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency


The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency is a non-for-profit legal service which provides criminal and civil law services to Aboriginal people and their families in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.

History

NAAJA was established in February 2006 as an amalgamation of the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service, Katherine Regional Aboriginal Legal Aid Service and Miwatj Aboriginal legal Service. The first NAAJA Chairperson was Eddie Cubillo.
It is now the largest legal service in the Northern Territory with more than 90 staff across offices in Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine.
Civil law accounts for approximately 40% of NAAJA's work across family law and child protection, welfare, tenancy and housing rights, police and government accountability, adult guardianship, mental health and coronial inquests.
NAAJA received a National Crime Prevention Award in 2012 for its Throughcare program, which works to reduce rates of reoffending in the Northern Territory.

Notable work