Territorians denied rights amid ‘nightmare’ court chaos
The Territory’s justice system has been compared to the Titanic, as crippling arrest rates exceed police cell, court and corrections capacities.
Closing The Gap
Chief ‘unapologetic’ over tough bail laws amid prison squeeze
Police have lost a 100-bed facility as Corrections prepares for more Territorians to be stuck inside a cell under tough new bail laws. Click here for a rare tour inside the Top End’s main police watch house.
Calls for free blood tests for pregnant women after bub’s death
A loving and doting Territory mother was unable to be by her baby boy’s side in his dying days due to ‘fanciful’ and unfair reports by a bureaucratic government agency.
‘Overwhelming pressure’: 2598 Territorians to spend New Years in a cell
The prison boss overseeing one of the most incarcerated places per capita on the planet has warned the Northern Territory is headed for a ‘tough New Year’ as a grim new record is broken.
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NT Prison boss says compassion ‘quashed’ for terminally ill man
The Darwin prison manager has candidly told the Territory coroner, ‘I believe we’ve lost sight of the humanity aspect when we’re dealing with prisoners in most circumstances’.
Inquest into Top End toddler’s death
A Territory toddler who died in Palmerston Hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms will be subject to a mandatory death in care inquest.
‘On the brink of collapse’: $1m NT Legal Aid boost ‘insufficient’
A decade of ignored warnings about NT Legal Aid’s budget has resulted in the critical service scaling back services, despite a $1m cash injection.
Gunlom Falls exposes cracks in Kakadu Park management ‘marriage’
A five-year fight over an illegal walkway has brought up dark memories of dispossession and voicelessness for Kakadu National Park Traditional Owners.
Commonwealth to pay record-breaking fine for Kakadu sacred site breach
Gunlom Falls could reopen to the public next year as Kakadu traditional owners start the process of ‘healing’ after a five-year battle with the Commonwealth.
NT council election called off days before polls open
The first ever election for a remote island council has been cancelled just days before polls were due to open. See why the 11th hour delay will change the shape of the future local government.
Plans to move Alice Springs kids to Don Dale amid severe prison overcrowding
REVEALED: As the overcrowding crisis in NT prisons worsens, Central Australian kids may be separated from family and health and legal services and shipped 1500km away to Don Dale.
Remote maternity unit keeps doors open amid local staff ‘deficit’
Katherine mums will be able to give birth at their local hospital despite fears that critical staffing shortfalls would result in the maternity unit’s closure.
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