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.
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.
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