Mount Isa Men's Group

Yurru Ngartathati Men’s Group

An integral part of the success of the Mount Isa Murri Court, is the support of offenders before the Court. The Mount Isa Murri Men’s Group is being promoted through the Murri Court and other social justice organizations as a model for other such groups.

The prime purpose is to deal with issues around family violence and past events in their lives, which may contribute to offending.

The programme is expanded by the Group discussing drinking, violence, family pressures, relationships, anger management and life skills. Sharing is a vital component of the programme, as is an evaluation process around feelings and learning from the meetings. Older Indigenous men attend to mentor and offer support by offering stories, experiences and solutions from their own lives.

Yurru Ngartathati is from the local Kalkadoon language and means “Men Sitting Down.”

Run-on, the same basis as the Murri Men’s Group, the Murri Women’s Group, also meets weekly, every Tuesday.

Murrabi Ngarthati is from the local Kalkadoon language and means “Women Sitting Down.”