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'This is neglect': Controversial NT child protection laws passes despite overwhelming opposition
Controversial changes to child protection laws have passed the Northern Territor...
Minister attacks critics as NT pushes through controversial child protection laws
Northern Territory Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill says the Territory is...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Jul 2026
Trailblazing Indigenous leader honoured with electorate
Lowitja O'Donoghue, a trailblazing Aboriginal nurse turned Indigenous rights adv...
Ben McKay (AAP) 20 Jul 2026
Electorate honour set for Tasmanian Indigenous resistance 'hero'
Tongerlongeter may be little known, but historians have hailed the Indigenous wa...
Ben McKay (AAP) 16 Jul 2026
AEC introduces mandatory cultural training after Voice referendum voting incident

More than 100,000 Australian Electoral Commission staff will receive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency training following allegations that a First Nations family was mistreated...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 8, 2026
NT’s child protection overhaul ignores decades of evidence, advocates say

Australia's peak advocate for First Nations children says changes to a principle designed to ensure children removed from their families remain connected to culture "are devastating for Aboriginal chi...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 15, 2026
Exclusive: 'We need to fix the system' - NT Shadow Minister for Child Protection urges reforms

The Northern Territory Opposition spokesperson on child protection, Chansey Paech, says the NT needs to "fix the system, not blame people" in order to keep children and families safe.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
Traditional Owner airport takeover set to keep critical industries alive

Concerns essential services and supplies for Kakadu and West Arnhem communities would dwindle once the region's remote airport was demolished have eased.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Apr 22, 2026
Indigenous recognition touted for new electoral map

In the chaos that looms from a shake-up of Tasmania's electorate boundaries, the island state is again being offered a chance to wrestle with its ugly history.

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Ben McKay Apr 19, 2026
Vulnerable Territorians left in heat outside Mparntwe/Alice Springs Centrelink, Labor MP says

The Northern Territory opposition attorney-general has written to the federal government after community members "raised serious concerns" about the operation of the Centrelink office in Mparntwe/Alic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 9, 2026
NSW Aboriginal education advocate Aunty Linda Olive awarded Order of Australia

For decades, educators and community advocates have shaped the opportunities available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across New South Wales.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 28, 2026
Won't unite Territorians: Calls grow for NT government to rethink Administrator nomination after 'racist' social media posts

Northern Territory political figures are continuing to call on the government to reconsider the appointment of the incoming Administrator, arguing the Territory deserves someone who commands broad res...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 22, 2026
NT Labor MP launches petition over public housing neglect in remote communities

The Northern Territory Government must address the ongoing neglect of public housing in remote communities, according to a Territory Labor MP.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 14, 2026
End-of-life reform progresses in NT as Aboriginal leaders urge cultural caution

Northern Territory Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby says the CLP Government will introduce legislation on the rights of terminally ill people, following the findings of the 2025 Voluntary Assisted...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 5, 2026
Children in detention being taken from Alice Springs to Darwin without families knowing, parliament told

Northern Territory Corrections has confirmed there is no legal requirement to notify parents or guardians when their children are transferred, as the NT Government this week acknowledged children from...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 29, 2025
Chansey Paech tables unreleased report alleging mismanagement at Yipirinya School, slams disgraced former principal

Northern Territory MP Chansey Paech has tabled a previously unreleased report into Yipirinya School, accusing the CLP government of sitting on the document for months while the school was plunged into...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 27, 2025
'Disrespectful and offensive to our creative community': Top End flagship project in doubt

A government task force is deciding the future of Darwin's flagship art gallery building - and it could become a mixed-use office block instead.

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Liz Hobday Nov 14, 2025
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