Department of Education loses court case to force Adelaide River parents Kirsty and Michael Higgins to send three children to school
AN Adelaide River mum and dad have been found not guilty over their refusal to send their three children to school.
Northern Territory
Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News.
AN Adelaide River mum and dad have been found not guilty over their refusal to send their three children to school.
Chief magistrate John Lowndes told the Darwin Magistrates Court he “couldn’t be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt” Kirsty and Michael Higgins had failed to ensure the attendance of their school-aged children.
Mr Higgins said the family would not lodge an application to have the NT Department of Education pay costs associated with the legal proceedings, but noted “it has cost us in more ways than one”.
The Department took the Higgins family to court after it discovered the children had not attended Adelaide River School between March and August last year.
The children have not returned to school this year.
Coroner to investigate after boy killed in Alice Springs house fire
First responders will relive the desperate final moments trying to save a toddler trapped in a burning Alice Springs home in an upcoming coronial inquest.
Environmental referral for NT’s biggest ever water project handed to EPA
The largest water infrastructure project in the Northern Territory’s history has reached a new milestone, and Territorians are being encouraged to have their say.