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Closing The Gap

Steven Edgington as the new NT Cabinet is sworn in at Government House. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

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.

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The Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre. generic inside justice youth crime Owen Springs ntn. Picture: Jason Walls

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.

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Generic imagery of Katherine Hospital. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Northern Territory

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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Northern Territory Children's Commissioner has appointed Shahleena Musk in December 2023.

Locked up NT kids bearing the brunt of ‘a failed system’

A Territory child was reported as the victim of abuse and harm 70 times before they ended up in the clink. See why the children’s watchdog believes we’re failing vulnerable kids.

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DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, NT Chief Minister and Solomon MP Luke Gosling visit the Charles Darwin University advanced manufacturing site . Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Zizi Averill

PM responds to the Territory’s ‘scourge’ of violence

The Prime Minister has revealed where he stands on needs-based funding to protect Territory women and children from disproportionate rates of violence.

Corrections Commissioner Matthew Varley, Budget Estimates 2023 at Parliament Darwin.Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘Epidemic proportions’ of violence allowed to fester in prisons

The Northern Territory’s prison boss says jails are failing to protect domestic violence victims as abusers are released without rehabilitation.

The NT government handed down its 2023-24 budget in parliament on Tuesday.Selena UiboPic: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Territory’s path forward after Voice rejection

The Territory government has committed to reforming its bush community empowerment framework following a scathing inquiry.

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Alice Springs Hospital .Thursday January,26,2023.Picture Mark Brake

66-year-old prisoner with severe dementia latest death in custody

A man with severe dementia who lost his bail after just one day of freedom will be the subject of a death in custody coronial inquest.

Vote Yes campaign material is seen at the Groom AEC Neil St polling place prepoll in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, Monday, October 9, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Territory leader and Voice campaigner passes away

‘He will be in our hearts and minds as we vote in the referendum’. Tributes are flowing for a Voice campaigner and respected Territory leader after his sudden death.

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Map reveals where Indigenous Aussies live

Our First Nations Peoples have lived on this continent for about 60,000 years. But where do Indigenous people live in Australia in 2023?

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Where Australia’s 250 languages are spoken

It may come as a surprise to many Aussies, but there are hundreds of different Indigenous languages spoken across our nation.

NSW NETWORK 25TH AUGUST 2023Pictured at Fox Sports at Artarmon in Sydney, is TV presenter Hannah Hollis.Picture: Richard Dobson

TV star reveals ‘mob’ mantra in face of racism

TV presenter Hannah Hollis has spoken about her upbringing, and how she dealt with racism as a proud Aboriginal teen. Hear audio about how it affected her.

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Top Indigenous legal expert quits university over racism claims

The former Territory anti-discrimination commissioner has stepped down from Australia’s top law school over racism claims.

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‘Stolen at 2, I felt like an intruder the day my white baby brother came home’

As a child of the Stolen Generation, documentary maker Brenda Matthews knows all-too well what it’s like to walk both sides of Australia’s race divide.

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