‘I haven’t changed’: Teen films his escape from NT bootcamp

A SHOCKING video has emerged of a teenage boy filming himself allegedly fleeing a controversial NT bootcamp in a stolen vehicle. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

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A SHOCKING video has emerged of a teenage boy filming himself allegedly fleeing a controversial NT bootcamp in a stolen vehicle.

A young Tasmanian involved in the Brahminy program for troubled kids has filmed himself driving a stolen vehicle at high speed, explaining to the camera why the program hasn’t worked.

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The program is run by Allan Brahminy at a remote property near Batchelor.

“You know what? My family have been messaging me lately and they’ve been saying I haven’t changed,” the teenager says.

“Well, to be honest, maybe I f***ing haven’t changed. This is my life and I’m going to live it.”

“I just stole it. F***ing Toyota troopy.”

“Sixty k’s over motherf******, going 100. It’s a community area. The cops come, I don’t give a f***. Wooo.”

Territory man Allan Brahminy has worked with troubled youths for 25 years on his property near Batchelor.

It comes after two young boys from Tasmania ran away from the camp last October and hitchhiked and walked all the way to the Darwin airport before being picked up by police.

The Tasmanian government is paying $274,000 per child per year for the NT program, which, uses tough love techniques for children who are not suited to mainstream programs.

Tasmania’s Human Services Minister Roger Jaensch recently said he would send a senior staffer to the NT to check on the welfare of six Tassie children at the bootcamp while the state “looks into” the program.

It is understood no Territory kids are currently placed at the camp.

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Amnesty International has called on the Tasmanian government must remove six Tasmanian children from the camp while an investigation is under way.

The NT’s Acting Children’s Commissioner, and Allan Brahminy has been contacted for comment.

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