NT council election called off days before polls open
The first ever election for a remote island council has been cancelled just days before polls were due to open. See why the 11th hour delay will change the shape of the future local government.
Closing The Gap
Plans to move Alice Springs kids to Don Dale amid severe prison overcrowding
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.
Remote maternity unit keeps doors open amid local staff ‘deficit’
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.
Locked up NT kids bearing the brunt of ‘a failed system’
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.
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Territory Treaty process dusted off after 12-month hiatus
The Territory has restarted consultations on a Treaty with First Nations people, a year after a $4.2m report was unceremoniously shelved.
Territory women’s life expectancy gap widens
A baby born in the Territory today will die 13 years earlier than a bub in the neighbouring cot because of a single factor.
‘Break the revolving door’: $3.4m education boost to prisoners
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.
Top End Invasion Day protests hit with $8000 fee
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.
Medicos missed chance to help dying prisoner: Expert
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.
$2.41m pilot program to reform abusers before ‘crisis point’
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.
Promise to help disabled prisoners behind bars
Changes to disability support access for prisoners could have a huge impact on the Territory’s crime rate. Read how.
‘Shame’: Why legal experts slam plan to lock up primary school kids
Landmark changes to the age of criminal responsibility could be reversed under a CLP election push.
Federal Attorney-General steps in amid NAAJA chaos
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.
Fresh delays to the Territory’s own Voice to Parliament
A public hearing discussing the Territory’s own Voice to Parliament has hit an eleventh-hour stumbling block.
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