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AFP death in custody: Tributes flow for Top End champion of bilingual education

‘A mentor to us all’: A Top End community is mourning the passing of a Senior man and community leader after he was taken into ‘protective custody’ by Federal Police, sparking a coronial investigation.

Hundreds of Top End residents gathered outside the NT Parliament on Wednesday for a vigil for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with a disability who died after being restrained by police in the Alice Springs Coles. Picture: Zizi Averill

‘De-escalation over death’: Emotional vigil for Kumanjayi White

Hundreds of Top End residents gathered to hear the emotional testimony of Warlpiri leaders in the wake of another death in custody for the Yuendumu community. See the photos.

Robin Granites, the grandfather of a 24-year-old man from Yuendumu walks through aisle four in Coles Alice Springs during a vigil for the young man. The young man died in custody inside the supermarket on May 27, 2025, in aisle four, the lolly aisle. Picture: Gera Kazkov

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Man had history of ‘under treatment’ for disability before death in custody

A young Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by police in the Alice Springs Coles had a history of being ‘under medicated and under treated’ while under an NDIS and guardianship plan.

Police at Coles in Alice Springs, 9.55pm Tuesday May 27, 2025. Police are investigating a man's death inside the Coles, which they say occured when he was restrained by two off duty plainclothes officers. Picture: Gera Kazakov

Alice Springs police prosecutor allegedly involved in Coles arrest

A NT Police prosecutor was allegedly involved in the arrest of a young disabled Aboriginal man in an Alice Springs supermarket, which is currently subject to a death in custody investigation.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 12, 2024: Australian Greens Senator Dorinda Cox and Senator David Shoebridge hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

First ever national inquiry into youth justice

A federal inquiry into children’s prisons will investigate allegations of ‘torture-like’ conditions across Australia.

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Mirarr Traditional Owners Yvonne Margarula met with the NT Chief Minister and Mining Minister on Friday, April 19, over the proposed Jabiluka mine lease extension. Picture: Zizi Averill

Kakadu leaders demand apology amid mine lease dispute

Territory Traditional Owners fighting to expand Kakadu National Park have called out what they claim are ‘disrespectful’ comments by mining bosses and an anti-Voice campaigner.

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CANBERRA, Australia, NewsWire Photos. May 31, 2024: Senator Anthony Chisholm appears before Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Wasteful’ Native Title inquiry knocked back

An opposition campaign to grill Aboriginal Corporations and land councils has been called ‘wasteful’ and ‘destructive’, due to an ongoing investigation into the Native Title Act.

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STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - APRIL 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Breathing tubes hang next to a man with COVID-19 on a ventilator at a Stamford Hospital Intensive Care Unit on April 24, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. The hospital opened additional ICUs to deal the the vast number of people suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, and roughly half of the patients at the hospital are COVID-19 positive. Stamford, with it's close proximity to New York City, has the highest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the state. John Moore/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

‘Dumbfounding’: The fatal error after NT mum’s minor surgery

‘I touched her body and felt her pulse, but it was the machine making her alive’: A Territory woman has described her distress watching her mother on a ventilator after a minor surgery went fatally wrong.

More than 70 households in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) sued the NT Housing chief executive over a failure to provide urgent repairs to a list of 600 issues in their homes, including Kwementyaye Young's six year wait to replace her missing door.

Why this door could cost the government $190,000

What is the price of a renter’s distress? Judges pushed to put a price tag on the feeling of ‘disappointment’ when living in a dilapidated home after an Aussie grandmother won a landmark tennant’s rights victory.

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Tiwi woman Nikita Purantatameri is part of the island's ranger group, one of 47 Aboriginal rangers groups across the NT. Picture: Annette Ruzicka, Country Needs People

$12M bipartisan promise to back Territory rangers

The Territory’s network of rangers who spend their lives on the water, out bush and caring for country could be in financial limbo. Here’s why a $12m funding pledge could provide four-years of security.

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Prison signs hang from the fence around Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Teen sets fire to own cell in infamous children’s prison

A child has reportedly set fire to their own cell in Australia’s most infamous children’s prison, while in Central Australia eight teens have caused damage and climbed onto the roof.

The CDU has launched the 2021 round of the Indigenous Pre-Law Enabling Program. The program is aims to grow the number of Indigenous lawyers in the Northern Territory. Students Hugh Woodbury is looking forward to hitting the books.Picture: Che Chorley

Embattled NT legal agency defends chair’s assault history

The NT’s Domestic Violence Minister says it’s ‘totally inappropriate’ for a perpetrator to lead the Territory’s largest justice agency, as NAAJA defends giving its chair a second chance.

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Barunga FestivalPhoto - supplied Credit - Glenn CampbellEscape 30 April 2023Festival cover story

New justice agreement to be signed at Treaty birthplace

Thirty-six years after a Prime Minister promised a Treaty at Barunga Festival, the Territory Government is expected to sign a historic agreement giving Barunga and Wugularr communities a greater say in law, culture and justice issues.

Dheran Young supports a motion for the NT Parliament to support referendum on The Voice. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Potential path to NT Voice sparks political rift

Battlelines have been drawn over an inquiry into a future Voice to parliament, with Labor calling for all future policies to provide an explanation on how it will impact the human rights of Territorians. But others warn this may become a ‘tick the box’ exercise.

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