Proposed bail changes are projected to turn the Territory into the most incarcerated place on the planet, with Corrections workers concerned about more people entering already crammed jails.
A Federal judge said a plan to pay $10,000 to Territorians whose wages were ‘stolen’ for decades may be seen as an ‘insult to what they and their Elders endured’, while lambasting a legal firm’s bid for another multi-million dollar payment.
Territory parents have received ‘insufficient’ warnings about the dangers of co-sleeping, experts warn, as the coroner prepares to open an investigation into the deaths of three babies in Central Australia.
The Attorney-General has not confirmed if she will take any action after a young girl was held in solitary isolation for 48 hours. See why advocates are calling for a critical bail service to be restored.
The Territory’s Domestic Violence minister failed to respond to questions as Alice Springs mourns the loss of the second woman allegedly killed since the start of the year.
The Territory’s justice system has been compared to the Titanic, as crippling arrest rates exceed police cell, court and corrections capacities.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
A Territory toddler who died in Palmerston Hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms will be subject to a mandatory death in care inquest.
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.
A five-year fight over an illegal walkway has brought up dark memories of dispossession and voicelessness for Kakadu National Park Traditional Owners.
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.
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