Andrew Lockyer
Indigenous Throughcare Program
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
Andrew Lockyer is an Arrernte and Luritja man, who was born and raised in and around the Mbantua (Alice Springs) region. Andrew has had many years of lived experience working with, for, and through Aboriginal peoples and communities. Andrew is fluent in his grandfather’s language, western Arrernte. Andrew has been working with young Aboriginal people, in the youth justice system for the last ten years, providing support, mentoring and cultural knowledge to incarcerated young people across the Northern Territory (NT). Andrew has worked with various stakeholders and the NT Government to find better outcomes for young Aboriginal people going through the NT’s youth justice systems. Andrew currently works at the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency in the Indigenous Throughcare program, which provides wholistic support services to incarcerated adults in the NT. Andrew also provides cultural awareness sessions to various stakeholders and is a cultural mentor to many.
SESSIONS
Day 1
2.15
Panel: The intersection of justice and youth mental health: Insights from the NT
How Indigenous leadership in the NT is reclaiming safe spaces through family-inclusive, trauma-aware, and culturally responsive models
How policy can better reflect local strengths, solutions, and leadership to transform systems of care and justice
Aboriginal organisations driving change at the intersection of justice and youth mental health
Moderator: Nerita Waight, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS); Deputy Chair, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS)
Joshua Brown, Headspace Alice Springs Community Engagement Lead, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
Rocket Bretherton, Campaign and Advocate Coordinator NT, Justice Reform Initiative
Andrew Lockyer, Indigenous Throughcare Program, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency