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President Report AGM 2024

On the 11th November 2024 the Hunter Restorative Community Inc held its AGM. HRC acknowledges the commitment of the following board members who did not recontest, Kerrie Thompson, one of the founding members and Shirley Schulz-Robinson. Ewa Korczynski, former board treasurer, stood down during the year for family reasons.

Richard De Martin was re-elected as Vice President, Biarta Rhys-Jones accepted the position of Treasurer, Paul Nield was re-elected to the board, and I was nominated as President for another term, and...

Strategic planning for the community - 2020, 2021, 2022

A diverse group of members from Newcastle Law School and the community recently collaborated in strategic planning for the community, shaping the mission, vision, values, name, strategic action areas and legal entity which will become the Hunter Restorative Community.

The first meeting to establish the new community Association, which will retain a collaborative relationship with its roots in the Law School, [was] held on the 28 th of April 2021 at The Base, 3 Tudor St, Newcastle West.

A Restorative City for New South Wales - Could Newcastle Be a Model?

This article arises from a presentation made by the authors, Dr Nicola Ross, Conjoint Associate Professor Newcastle School of Law University of Newcastle and John Anderson, Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, University of Newcastle, with Mary Porter AM at the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Second International Conference on Non-Adversarial Justice held in Sydney, NSW 6-8 April 2017.

The article contains an examination of demographics of The Hunter and Newcastle supporting the proposal of Newcastle as...

Why Newcastle?

A RESTORATIVE CITY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES – COULD NEWCASTLE BE A MODEL?

A presentation to the Second International Conference on Non Adversarial Justice, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration.

Sydney 6 April 2017

Dr Nicola Ross, Conjoint Associate Professor Newcastle School of Law University of Newcastle and John Anderson, Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, University of Newcastle, and Mary Porter AM, presented at a workshop at the conference, in Sydney.

A PDF of the presentation slides is attached. As you...

About Hunter Restorative Community

Vision, mission, values:

These were established at a restorative community strategic planning workshop on 18 Feb 2021 and subsequently informed the drafting of the HRC Inc Constitution

Vision:

Our vision is a safe and connected community that values all voices, and where relationships are nurtured.

Mission:

To inspire, listen to and collaborate with individuals, groups and organisations to grow restorative practice, education and networking opportunities.

Values:

Our values are:

Include: we bring together, respect, actively listen to...