This Writer -

a)       notes that you are calling for an overhaul of child justice system predicated on findings in 'Help way earlier!' - 24 recommendations "focusing on elevating child wellbeing to a national priority, coordinating action on child justice reform across Australia's federation, and ensuring any reform is based on evidence and human rights". and

b)      invites the Australian Human Rights Commission to appraise the Pilot of Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' RTV Social Inclusion Early Intervention Philanthropic Programme restricted to Six Townships in the Northern Territory (a Prototype in one or two NT high schools could commence at the start of the 2nd Term in 2025.  But ideally a full year Pilot to commence when high school resumes towards end January 2026) that -

*        will demonstrably Close the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage with millions of RTV Viewers (from Nov 2026) learning inter alia the How and Why in Four Proposed RTV Programmes because of the Powerful Phenomenon that is Reality TV and the Motivational Incentive of RTV;

*        will -
 (a)      motivate both sporting and non-sporting Indigenous senior school students to Attain Teenager Life Skills; and

         (b)      enable Year 9 Indigenous school students to commence the three years' ATLSEIPP, effectively extending the scope of the School to Work transition program;

*        is partially Administered and fully Funded by Ten Corporate Sponsors for the Thirteen Deliverables from the 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Philanthropic Programme involving 140 Accepted Year 9 Aboriginal Students drawn from the Selected Six Townships in the Northern Territory with a Population >2000;

*        is fully Funded by Ten Corporate Sponsors for the Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors;

*        involves a high percentage of Aboriginal administration, including the Indigenous Principle's Representative and 18 Indigenous Local Connectors that each live in one of the Six Regional Townships in the N.T. that would be Elders at the Coal Face to assist each of the Ten Regional Township Teams in the prepare for and compete in the Three Motivational Teams Challenges, in the Pilot in the N.T., starting with the Year 9  Mixed Teams' Tri-Sports Challenge in School holidays - Sept /Oct 2026; and

*        will broaden School2Work's scope to a fifth State/Territory, namely the Northern Territory "... following access to work experience opportunities, industry visits and workshops across Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria".

*        accords with Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner,  Chapter 7 and the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership where "Levels of philanthropy have tapered off in recent years, with Australia now lagging behind other countries".

In the Propagation Phase (from Jan 2027) also to the six Australian states and the ACT, tens of thousands of indigenous Australians would be able view 34  x  One Hour RTV Episodes of "Attaining Teenager Life Skills" that will equip them to better evade:

                  youth suicide, assault, break and enter, motor vehicle theft, malicious damage to property, child sexual abuse, neglect, family violence, school absenteeism, boredom, Social Disadvantage, dilapidated housing, early experimentation with alcohol, petrol sniffing and excessive cigarette smoking.

Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence.  In the Promulgation Phase (4th phase from Prototype, Pilot, Propagate, Promulgate) the Ten Corporate Sponsors could offer to provide a Pilot of ATLSEIPP to our nearby Pacific Island neighbours -  not limited to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. 

This Writer watched your address on ABC TV to the National Press Club on Wed, 2 Oct 2024.

Below is a quote from your recent interview with ABC TV political journalist, Dan Bourchier, that is why I have provided my 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Early Intervention Philanthropic Program to you that would be fully Funded by Ten Corporate Sponsors for Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors:

        "Focus on underlying drivers of this kind of negative behavior - poverty, homelessness, disadvantage - kids who are missing out on the basic levers of life."

Below is a pertinent extract from Help way earlier (Executive Summary):

        "They want to participate in positive activities, and they want friends and supportive family relationships."

Philanthropy is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective.  Philanthropy may encompass any altruistic activity or community structure which is intended to promote good or improve the QOL of those less fortunate. 

By drawing upon the Motivational Incentive of RTV and Corporate Philanthropy, Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' RTV Social Inclusion Early Intervention Philanthropic Programme (explained herein) will inter alia reduce indigenous incarceration empirically more than programs that cost more than $130.2 billion over the eight years to 2016.  ATLSEIPP will not cost the Public Purse a solitary dollar because it would be partially Administered and fully Funded by the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement for the Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors.

References:

1. Amnesty International Australia's comprehensive, 871-page report opines on governments’ lack of progress in implementing many of the 339 Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody, in particular "Breaking the cycle: programs for Aboriginal youth (recommendations 234-245)"

2. Professor Patrick Dodson's call for accountability from legislators almost 25 years later (at the National Press Club Address on Wed, 13 April 2016) re a lack of attention to most of the 339 Recommendations

3. ABC The Drum programme on Monday, 16 Dec 2019 where Arthur Moses (then President of Law Council of Australia) was critical of Governments ineptitude, particularly in not raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years old.

4. The hidden report that spells out the dismal failures of youth detention policy in Australia -  ABC - 15 Nov 2022

5. Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory - Recommendations - Nov 2017

6. "The Northern Territory Government would save hundreds of millions of dollars by implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection, the heads of the Commission have said."

7. Uluru Statement from the Heart

8. Coalition of Peaks and National Agreement on Closing the Gap - 2020

9. My submission to the NRL 'School to Work administrators' dated 4 June 2021

10. School to Work Program -  Corporate-Brochure

11. National Rugby League School to Work (S2W) Programme – Australia

12. NSW Government - School to Work program

13. Former NRL star, Timana Tahu, determined to change lives of Indigenous youth through education and employment - SMH  -  29 May 21 - Chloe Hart

14. The Writer's Letter to 'School to Work' Administrators dated 4 June 2021

Motivational Incentive of RTV highlights the enormous driving force upon all competitors appearing on national RTV programmes for 'mundane challenges' (eg. cooking contests, dancing or renovating the third bedroom or the backyard).  Similar incentive from national exposure on Four Proposed RTV Programmes would for the Pilot in the N.T. -

*          motivate Ten Regional Township Teams drawn from Six Townships in the Northern Territory with a Population >2000 to train diligently to compete in Three Separate Annual Motivational Teams Challenges, as well as receive Mentoring Support Messages at On-Site Workshops; and 

*          marshal Thirty Philanthropic Elder Colleagues who possess Three WOO Qualities to use their Project Development Expertise and bring Complimentary Low Cost Initiatives to -
+       assist Socially Disadvantaged Indigenous Australians "Our Indigenous kids, they are not all athletes," Tahu said"; and
+       evidence Corporate Social Responsibility, thereby enhance the Brand Name of the Ten Corporate Sponsors.

Pursuant to representations in the School to Work website, the Writer invites you as the National Childrens Commissioner to -

(i)         review Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' RTV Social Inclusion Early Intervention Philanthropic Programme (Pilot); and

(ii)        rate it between 0 and 10 under each of Ten Business Case Parameters for its cost-effective utility to address the four 'Closing the gap' targets that are still not on track to be achieved - (Executive Summary - page 9 of PDF): children's school-readiness, incarceration rates, suicide rates and child-removal rates - four targets going backwards.

Inter alia, the Pilot known as ATLSEIPP:

(A)       Would be ostensibly  Administered and fully Funded by the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement for the Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors to provide Thirteen Deliverables which include Overriding Purpose Of 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Philanthropic Programme.

(B)       Entails Three Philanthropic Elder Colleagues From Each Of Ten Corporate Sponsors Providing Different Project Development Expertise.

(C)      Draws on the potent Motivational Incentive Of RTV and taps into the burgeoning number of Baby-Boomers that possess Three WOO Qualities under the Private Sector Philanthropic Administrator Model.

(D)      Enables New Role Models In Isolated Country Towns By Building Upon Valuable Survival Skills - Enhance Pride In These Towns.

(E)      Would Mitigate Risks to Corporate Brand Names.

(F)      Will cost the a television production company, the ABC, SBS or the Life Skills Philanthropic Service Movement  a  Peppercorn Fee of $10 to purchase from the 'Life Skills' Philanthropic Programme Developer (Writer) the I.P. associated with the many months (ave. 35 hours a month) R&D to prepare 'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' RTV Early Intervention Philanthropic Programme.

The Writer's final position at Commonwealth Bank prior to retirement (in Feb 2007) after a 37 years' career was in Social & Corporate Infrastructure after previously acting as a Fiduciary (under the Principle-Agent Relationship) for 18 years to syndicates of first ranking banks that funded a welter of very large social, corporate and transport infrastructure projects such as the privatisation of Sydney Airport and Brisbane Airport, construction of Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Australian Gas Networks nee Envestra Gas Pipelines.  In acting as a Fiduciary for large syndicates of 1st and/or 2nd ranking debt providers, the Writer dealt with talented lawyers, civil and structural engineers, accountants, CFOs and global bankers.  These parties were senior execs well used to completing complex projects on time and within budget.  Hence, sourcing Three Philanthropic Elder Colleagues that possess Three WOO Qualities from each of Ten Corporate Sponsors would be a veritable walk in the park due to the Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors.

The Writer -

(a)      is confident of sourcing two of the Ten Corporate Sponsors from former business contacts when he worked at CBA in Infrastructure Finance (a major Australian law firm, one of the Four Pillar banks and an Investment Bank); and

(b)      will answer in writing all written questions put to him by anyone that reviews the Pilot known as ATLSEIPP -  written questions evidence more effective appraisal.

Aforementioned Recommendation 236, Chapter 7 behoove the National Childrens Commissioner to appraise inter alia the Thirteen Deliverables from ATLSEIPP.

'Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Programme Budget Costs provides an Excel spreadsheet 'Life_Skills_Programme_Budget.xlsx' (for the initial three years of the Max 4¾ Years of the Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills Coverage Period).  It contains 19 linked worksheets of all costs for the Cross Section Of Mentors and Various Parties, including substantive travel costs for the 120 circa Accepted Year 9 Aboriginal Students to attend each of the Three Motivational Teams Challenges:

*         1st worksheet 'Summary Costs & Receipts' and a $50,000 pa Pro-rata Annual Contribution To Budget Costs Funded by each of the Ten Corporate Sponsors which aggregates to $1,500,000 for the initial three years of the Max 4¾ Years of the Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills Coverage Period. 

*         2nd worksheet 'Summary Budget item costs' provides a detailed break-up of the extensive budget items which aggregate $1,393,653 over three years which is 92.91% of the $1,500,000 Pro-rata Annual Contribution To Budget Costs from the Ten Corporate Sponsors, leaving a forecast surplus of $106,347 even after providing a 'Contingency' of $30,000. 

*          2nd worksheet 'Summary Budget item costs' calcs that each of the 30 Indigenous Local Connectors roles (who live in each of the Six Regional Townships in the N.T. that would be Elders at the Coal Face to assist each of the Ten Regional Township Teams prepare for and compete in the Three Motivational Teams Challenges) would each be paid $7,350 p.a. and be covered for out-of-pocket costs $2,000 circa pa. 

The above programme costs are very low, because the Pilot in the N.T (known as  ATLSEIPP} is Administered, in concert with the Indigenous Principal's Representative and the Indigenous Local Connectors in each of the Six Regional Townships, by Thirty Philanthropic Elder Colleagues who possess Three WOO Qualities to use their Project Development Expertise and bring Complimentary Low Cost Initiatives to -
+       assist Socially Disadvantaged Indigenous Australians; and
+       evidence Corporate Social Responsibility thereby enhance Brand Name of Ten Corporate Sponsors.

The Pilot  ATLSEIPP is not a dozen pages of ideas.  It is hundreds of pages of intertwined detail to review:

1.     What, Who, Where, When, Why, How & How much?  

2.     SWOT Analysis  

3.     Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills' Structure Diagram

4.     Executive Summary

in order to answer nine Business Case Questions to thereby provide evidence that each 'reviewer' possesses the concentration and capacity to properly appraise ATLSEIPP that the Writer has expended many hundreds of hours structuring, drawing upon 18 years working in Infrastructure Finance at CBA. 

The afore-mentioned disappointing results in Closing the Gap across 17 Targets whilst continuing to pour billions of the Public Purse into failed programs, are to some extent due to administrators and politicians not possessing the capacity, or interest, to appraise detailed business plans and quantify the associated Cost-Benefit Analysis.  Annexure A chronicles a myriad of recent rail infrastructure projects where the costs vastly exceed the benefits when cheaper transport alternatives were available. When politicians fail to require a Conforming Cost-Benefit Analysis be prepared before digging, costly mistakes often follow.  Both the Victorian and NSW Govt budgets are now in huge debt.  Cheaper to prepare a comprehensive Business Plan than to charge off into the unknown. 

Under a crawl before walk risk mitigation strategy, the Pilot of ATLSEIPP involves Ten Regional Township Teams drawn from Six Townships In the Northern Territory With A Population >2000.  Upon the 1st year of the Pilot programme completing successfully, ATLSEIPP could be Propagated to a national RTV Social Inclusion Early Intervention Philanthropic Programme involving schools from all six states and two territories, known as TLSEIP - commencing late January 2027.

Pursuant to " ....identify opportunities and obstacles to increasing such giving...", this Writer beseeches the National Childrens Commissioner to review ATLSEIPP which -

1.)       due to the Motivational Incentive of RTV and Corporate Philanthropy will reduce Aboriginal incarceration rates (measured and publicised annually due to the Max 4¾ Years of the Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills Coverage Period under the Propagation Phase to the six States and both Territories - from Jan 2027) more effectively than achieved over the eight years to 2016 on programs whose costs exceeded $130.2 billion;

2.)       will further increase indigenous Australians gaining meaning employment and commence tertiary studies (would be measured and publicised annually during the Max 4¾ Years of the Aboriginal Teenager Life Skills Coverage Period; and

3.)       not cost the Public Purse a solitary dollar because ATLSEIPP would be fully Funded by Ten Corporate Sponsors for inter alia the Three Benefits To Ten Corporate Sponsors.