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.
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.
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.
Domestic violence advocates have called Katherine one of the most dangerous places in Australia to be a woman after the suspected homicide of a 22-year-old woman on the outskirts of town.
A baby born in the Territory today will die 13 years earlier than a bub in the neighbouring cot because of a single factor.
For three-years running Territory prisons have failed to meet their training targets. Here’s how a new partnership could turn the tide of reoffending.
Aboriginal leaders have been forced to cough up an $8000 bill five days before a planned Survival Day march, sparking concerns about barriers to protest freedoms.
A nurse who missed a possible opportunity to rush a dying prisoner to hospital while he was suffering a heart attack has vowed to ‘be a better clinician’. Latest from the inquest.
A $2.41m program could help abusive men deal with their anger and break the cycle of domestic violence, but experts warn more of these programs are needed before a controversial legal reform ticks into effect.
Changes to disability support access for prisoners could have a huge impact on the Territory’s crime rate. Read how.
Landmark changes to the age of criminal responsibility could be reversed under a CLP election push.
The Australian and Northern Territory’s top legal officers have demanded that NAAJA open its books and reveal how funding has been spent amid a staffing crisis.
A public hearing discussing the Territory’s own Voice to Parliament has hit an eleventh-hour stumbling block.
A national body trying to change attitudes that lead to domestic violence has told a coronial inquest it’s ‘nearly impossible’ to work in Territory communities where people don’t feel safe.
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