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Indigenous children more likely sent to court by police
Less than half of First Nations children who broke the law were not given the op...
Finding Justice: Larissa Behrendt's new book explores 'what real justice means, and what it might yet become'
Finding Justice: From Courtroom to Country, the new book from Distinguished Prof...
Giovanni Torre 9 Nov 2026
NT Government's claims of falling crime challenged over data transparency
The Northern Territory Government has been accused of cherry-picking data to arg...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Nov 2026
Exclusive: Vic Greens to introduce legislation after federal shackling bill rejected
The Victorian Greens will introduce legislation to ban the shackling of women du...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Nov 2026
True crime series maps fallout of fatal remote shooting
When a 19-year-old Aboriginal man was fatally shot by a police officer in remote...
Keira Jenkins (AAP) 9 Nov 2026
Analysis: When it comes to children in detention, the NT Government prefers secrecy

For a government that this year has been vocal about protecting children, including lambasting all and sundry who dared to criticise its contentious child protection reforms, the Northern Territory's...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 6, 2026
Cop appeals conviction for killing Aboriginal teen

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.

'The public would be disgusted': Governments accused of hiding the truth inside youth prisons

Governments are refusing scrutiny of their prisons because they know "human rights abuses are happening regularly inside these horror houses", says federal Senator Lidia Thorpe.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 5, 2026
The devastating consequences of mass incarceration in the NT

Since the election of the CLP, the Northern Territory has imprisoned more of its citizens per capita than almost any other jurisdiction in the world, second only to El Salvador.

Systemic barriers to First Nations people serving as court jurors

Aboriginal people in South Australia are disproportionately entangled in the justice system, including being over 12 times as likely to be imprisoned, which is likely to be having an impact on their a...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 4, 2026
UN say officials blocked from inspecting youth detention centres in NT and Queensland

Advocates have criticised the Northern Territory and Queensland governments for refusing to meet United Nations officials during their visits to youth detention centres.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 2, 2026
'Communities have always had the answers': Just Reinvest NSW announces new CEO

To properly address First Peoples' over-incarceration and reduce interactions with the criminal justice system, community-led solutions and early stage prevention must come first, Just Reinvest NSW's...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 30, 2026
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell pleads guilty to attack on Camp Sovereignty

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has pleaded guilty to his role in the attack on Camp Sovereignty last year. Numerous neo-Nazis linked to the National Socialist Network (NSN) — recently classified as a te...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 28, 2026
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