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LIFE AREA

Safety & Justice

ABS: Secure
Victim of crime
Disaster or emergency
Court matter

Police, courts, family and sexual violence, scams and fraud, emergencies, corrections.

How every cohort fares in Safety & Justice

Sentiment 0-100 (lower = more pressure). Click a cohort to see the full picture.

Ideas in Safety & Justice

Police, courts, family and sexual violence, scams and fraud, emergencies, corrections.

Why it matters: Safety determines whether citizens trust other government to function — when it fails, trust collapses fast. First Nations incarceration is the most acute Closing the Gap failure. Disability Royal Commission documented violence as systemic. Visa-conditional safety blocks migrant women from reporting. Coercive control is now criminalised in several states but detection lags.

What it looks like across cohorts

CohortWhat changes
Average$2.7B/yr scam losses; opaque reporting; post-disaster insurance churn
First NationsIncarceration rates; deaths in custody; lateral violence
ImmigrantsTargeted scams; fear of reporting (visa risk); FDV services patchy
VeteransMilitary-justice carryover; veteran-specific FDV; institutional-abuse legacy
DisabilityViolence rates ~2x; restrictive practices; safeguarding gaps
Children & youth10yo age of criminal responsibility; cyber-abuse; over-policing of First Nations youth
Parents & carersChildren-as-FV-victims; coercive control; carer abuse rarely reported

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