Who we are
Health Justice Australia is the national centre of excellence for health justice partnership, supporting collaborations between services to achieve better health and justice outcomes for vulnerable communities.
What we do
Our work builds expertise, identifies system barriers, creates opportunities for systems change, and enables health justice partnerships to expand and increase their impact.
We’re connecting the evidence, expertise and experiences of a diverse range of professionals, researchers and communities to explore partnership to address inequities in health and justice.
We work to build the confidence, skills and readiness of health and justice practitioners, advocates and leaders to work together towards better outcomes for their patients and clients.
We’re working towards lasting systems change through strategic advocacy toward reforms in policy settings, service design and funding.
Upcoming events
Co-hosted by Health Justice Australia and the NSW CLC HJP Network, Health Justice Practitioners who are members of the National HJP Practitioner Network are invited to join a special networking event on Tuesday 2 December.
News & ideas
It’s uncomfortable. It’s messy. It’s seen as disruptive and divisive. So, what can we do about it? In this blog post, we’re diving into a discussion about power. Partnerships Director, Lottie Turner, looks at how to identify, work with and disrupt power balances when working in partnership, and how it can be a game-changer in addressing when it comes to health justice partnership.
Resources
This Legal Health Check is designed to help health and wellbeing staff identify legal issues that can worry people, and where a community lawyer may be able to help.
When looking to build an HJP, it’s important to take the time to learn about the legal assistance sector and which legal services are available for the patients / clients your service supports. This resource outlines community-based legal services in states and territories across Australia.
We break down the basics of the Australian legal system and how ordinary people interact with it.
HJP practitioners are putting partnership principles into practice in a range of different ways when talking about information sharing and effective collaboration. This resource contains some of their practical insights.
But in all the talk of budgets, workforce participation, and technological innovation, one critical ingredient is often missing: people’s wellbeing. Here’s our submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable.
Where are partnerships operating as of December 2024? Who’s partnering? What problems are they addressing?
