Since there are several areas of law to consider when thinking about sustainable justice, a sustainable justice think-tank seems called for, not dissimilar to the Australian Law Reform Commission, but specialising solely in sustainability, with representatives from the fields of criminal law and law enforcement, commercial law, evidence, environmental law, private law, public law, legal practice and legal education, who would continuously ponder the question:

What sustainability obstacles should [area of law] prioritize in the foreseeable future? What legal and policy actions should be implemented, and what is the rationale behind them?

Such a think tank should consist of at least nine members (but preferably double that), one (ideally two) for each field mentioned above, and a coordinator, all receiving ongoing funding to do their tasks of ongoing research into sustainable justice opportunities and make recommendations.

The wages of a team of nine to eighteen specialists would cost a million to two million dollars a year, which is little when compared to the budgets of taxpayers' money haemorrhaging from criminal law and law enforcement alone. At the time of this writing (May 2023), according to a report by the Justice Reform Initiative, late intervention in Australia has been estimated to cost $2.7bn in youth crime.[1]

[1]Eden Gillespie, 'Late intervention in Australia has been estimated to cost $2.7bn in youth crime, according to the report' (30 May 2023) The Guardian, 6:00 AEST.

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