Anti-violence advocate questions teen social media bans
Domestic violence campaigner claims a plan to ban Aussie kids from social media needs to happen alongside education to be effective in addressing the crisis of gender-based violence.
Domestic violence campaigner claims a plan to ban Aussie kids from social media needs to happen alongside education to be effective in addressing the crisis of gender-based violence.
A federal inquiry into children’s prisons will investigate allegations of ‘torture-like’ conditions across Australia.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Territorians are celebrating a move that could expand Kakadu National Park, as a uranium-rich deposit is granted special protections.
A remote community – known as the place where the Dreaming changed shape – has struck a historic 10-year agreement with the NT government.
A town in the heart of Arnhem Land has called the Territory’s leaders to their doorstep to sign a new agreement over their community’s future.
One Territorian was locked in isolation for 144 hours for blowing a kiss. See why prisoners told the anti-torture watchdog they were being ‘broken’.
‘How much does a life cost?’: Australia’s largest ever coronial inquiry into domestic violence grills leaders over ‘piecemeal’ funding.
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy admitted to reversing disciplinary action against a senior Alice Springs cop who shared a photo of a topless Aboriginal woman in a group chat.
Educators have been kept in the dark over the funding future of a ‘life changing’ remote preschool program helping more than 2600 mums and bubs.
Territory Families has rejected calls to review the safety net which is meant to protect women at ‘high risk of serious injury or death’.
A Tiwi mum was repeatedly sedated and kept under guard while a patient for hours in hospital due to chronic ‘bed block’, coroner hears. Watch her family’s emotional tribute.
An Australian rock legend has claimed “people will be ready to rally from every corner of the nation” if a uranium licence is extended in Kakadu National Park.
A grassroots organisation has launched their report into political sentiments in some of the Territory’s safest seats.
Territorians are fighting to expand Kakadu National Park to stop another radiactive scar from being carved into Country.
‘The world around her is slowly disappearing’: Domestic violence advocates describe how Territory women are being trapped in a world of abuse, with police often adding to the danger.
The Attorney-General has recommitted NT to a Treaty pathway following last year’s Voice failure. ‘We don’t need the rest of the country’s permission to do what we need to do.’
The date for Australia’s first referendum in 24 years has finally been revealed. And Australians who fail to have their say face a huge fine.
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AFL champion Gavin Wanganeen has spoken about a memory as a seven-year-old that has stayed with him, and how it’s now inspiring him.
“There’s so many opportunities out there.” Indigenous footy legend Gavin Wanganeen has a challenge to young Indigenous people.
It’s disadvantaged, dangerous, has high unemployment, a desperate housing shortage and a lack of public transport services – and it’s just 20km from Brisbane’s City Hall.
“What about the person with no sporting ability?” A foundation run by two former Sydney Swans stars aims to close the gap – but they’re not looking for footy players.
In remote Australia two young Indigenous people lose their lives every week to a heart disease all-but eradicated 50 years ago, while others fall blind and deaf due to easily preventable illnesses.
Some of the neediest Indigenous remote communities say they neither understand nor care about the Voice, arguing there are far more pressing issues they’re dealing with on a daily basis.
In this tiny Australian town things were meant to be improving, but hardships are getting worse not better. It faces issues that locals say “city folk” couldn’t truly understand.
Of the 17 critical targets identified as part of Closing the Gap only four are being met, while nine are still not on track and the final four have gone backwards. FULL LIST
Residents in this small Aussie town were forcibly evicted, and their homes burnt to the ground. But despite all odds, the town remains and has become a symbol of pride.
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