The Northern Territory Government is spending more than $3600 a day to keep one youth offender in prison, a new report has found, with one research expert slamming the nation’s leaders as “failing” at early invention.
The CLP has done away with the debt cap, with borrowing expected to grow by billions in the coming years. Here’s why the Treasurer says he had no choice but to remove the goalposts entirely.
Legal activist group the Environmental Defenders Office could be stripped of its charity status if a watchdog finds it breached public trust by coaching a witness against Santos.
The son of a Territory politician has been charged with aggravated assault following an alleged incident on Boxing Day. See why he will spend the next 50 days in a cell.
The government has shut down claims police officers are being ordered to overlook non-urgent crimes, with Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley saying authorities have been instructed to “arrest as many” offenders necessary.
International witnesses will be called ahead of the Territory’s first ever industrial manslaughter trial, investigating the death of a beloved grandfather in one of Darwin’s wealthiest suburbs.
A judge said it was a ‘sad state of affairs’ that she had to order a warrant to spark some urgency in the search for a missing teenager.
David Littleproud has affirmed support for breakaway land councils if elected, decentralising the powerful bodies managing Aboriginal land and royalties in the Northern Territory.
The rainbow, transgender and Torres Strait Islander flags have suddenly been removed from Top End hospitals, with the Health Minister claiming they were not compliant with government protocols.
With a view to bolstering national security, the Commonwealth will organise a formal relationship with remote communities across the Top End, with land councils expected to receive extra resources. Read what the opposition said.
As the Finocchiaro Government grapples with overcrowded prisons and watch houses, the Country Liberal Party is planting an extra 48 beds at a Darwin facility, with Corrections Minister Gerard Maley declaring the government’s plan to keep Territorians safe “is working”.
‘What were the police doing?’: Confusion over tough bail laws meant a boy with no priors spent a week in a cell, even as his alleged accomplice with a lengthy criminal history walked free.
Public servants are “in fear” of being punished by their superiors, claims Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour, who says there is a “reluctance” by police officials to pick up her calls. But two top government leaders reject the claims.
Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour says there is a “wall of silence” concerning crime in Alice Springs, claiming the public has the “right to know” whether offenders were on bail when they committed an offence.
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