Rocket Bretherton
Campaign and Advocate Coordinator NT
Justice Reform Initiative
Rocket Bretherton is a proud Noongar woman and has many years experience as a campaigner and advocate. She also has deep subject matter expertise as a consequence of her own experience in the NT justice system. Rocket has been working since 2019 to raise public awareness of the failings of the justice system and is an expert advisor on a range of panels, advisory groups and projects related to justice, mental health and disability. Rocket lives and works on unceded Larrakia land.
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