SUBMISSION SUMMARY In June 2026, The Alternative First Responders (AFR) Team put forward a submission to The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for the Inquiry …
February 19, 2026
Open Letter: Investment in Alternative First Responders
February 19, 2026
South Australia’s political leaders are being urged to rethink how community safety is funded, with a growing demand for care-led alternatives to policing that prevent harm. Alternative First Responders are not new, they are …
AFR Team – Formal Statement
February 9, 2026
Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
February 9, 2026
Alternative First Responders Submission Summary In December 2025, the Alternative First Responder Team put forward a submission to the inquiry, with a focus on Terms of Reference 2B: evidence of …
AFR Team – Formal Statement, Submission
June 26, 2025
Alternatives not quasi-policing
June 26, 2025
The Alternative First Responders campaign is deeply concerned about the Northern Territory Government’s plan to implement law reform that would create a new police stream specifically targeting public places and …
AFR Team – Formal Statement
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- AFR Advocate interview, 3CR Radio, 30 June, 3CR Radio
- Inside Australia’s Mental Health System, 23 June, Farrago Magazine
- Alternatives to Police as First Responders, 18 June, About Time Magazine
- 3CR Radio Interview with AFR Campaign Lead, 2 June, 3CR Radio
- Why Australia Needs Alternative First Responders, 1 June, ABC Radio
- Why public confidence in the police and justice system is plunging, 25 May, Sydney Morning Herald
- No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal, 25 May, National Indigenous Times
- Kimberley Aboriginal community sets new blueprint for health and wellbeing, 16 March, National Indigenous Times
- AFR Campaign Lead Interview with 4ZZZ Radio, 7 March, 4ZZZ Radio
- Centring community and care: why Australia needs an alternative to police-first responses 11 October, Cheek Media
