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Aboriginal Hostels board now entirely Indigenous after new appointments
The board of Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) is now entirely Indigenous followi...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Jun 2026
Inquiry submissions overwhelmingly oppose NT child protection reforms
The overwhelming majority of submissions to a Northern Territory parliamentary i...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Jun 2026
New report shows NT's most vulnerable children left unsafe in state care
The Northern Territory's child protection system is failing to keep many childre...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Jun 2026
Commissioners urge NT Government to halt changes to Indigenous child placement laws
The Northern Territory Government must urgently halt proposed changes to legisla...
Dechlan Brennan 12 May 2026
Children's commissioner ignored on laws targeting kids
A territory government's treatment of children has gone backwards since a damnin...
No NT government department or official to appear before Senate inquiry into youth justice

An inquiry into youth justice hearings in Darwin this week will proceed without any Northern Territory government departments appearing or making submissions, despite the over-representation of Indige...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 27, 2026
NT detention transfers undermine rehabilitation, family connection as children are moved 1500km from Country

The lives of children in detention from Central Australia have been significantly affected by the Northern Territory Government's decision to transfer them more than 1,500 kilometres away from their f...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 29, 2026
New audiovisual installation examines colonial impacts on the Birrarung

A new multichannel audiovisual artwork by multi-disciplinary artist Tahlia Palmer (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay and mixed European descent), created in collaboration with Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung man Jasper C...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 27, 2026
UQ nursing graduate set for medicine pathway

Proud Mitakoodi and Dunghutti woman Mykahlia Douglas has graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Nursing and plans to study Medicine through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 15, 2026
Aboriginal Hostels Limited celebrate their graduates for 2025

Aboriginal Hostels Limited marked a proud moment in 2025 by celebrating the graduation of eight Secondary Education hostel residents who have completed Year 12.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 23, 2025
New Chair of Aboriginal Hostels Limited announced

Katrina Fanning AO PSM, the 2020 ACT Australian of the Year, has been appointed Chairperson of Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL). AHL operates a national network of accommodation facilities, providing...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 23, 2025
Historic Indigenous cattle station set for development

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name of a person who has died. Site upgrades will soon start on a 6,651-hectare Indigenous cattle st...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 21, 2025
Aboriginal teen denied food during 84-hour Don Dale isolation

The Northern Territory's Child Commissioner has criticised the treatment of an Aboriginal teenager in custody, who was denied food and access to services while being kept alone in a cell for more than...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 5, 2025
'Blackfellas' remix drops ahead of NAIDOC Week

Gomeroi artist Mitch Tambo has released a new version of Blackfellas, marking 20 years since the original song became a landmark in Blak hip hop.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 27, 2025
First Nations Commissioners and Guardians unite to urge governments to stop failing Aboriginal children and young people

Australia's leading First Nations child advocates are calling on Federal and State Governments to step up and protect children and young people's human rights at a national youth justice conference in...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 24, 2025
"Bleak”: Labor blasts CLP’s record corrections budget

A focus on prisons will lead to a "bleak" future under the Country Liberals, Labor has claimed, adding the NT government is "delusional" about the Territory's issues with crime.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 15, 2025
New NT bail laws won't fix long-standing issues, experts say

New bail laws in the Northern Territory are set to be introduced and passed on Wednesday, with parliament reconvening for an urgent session in the wake of the fatal stabbing of a shop owner last week.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 30, 2025
Northern Territory children's comissioner says "easy fix" policies won't reduce crime

The Northern Territory's Child Commissioner is urging the implementation of strategies known to work "to ensure this will never happen again," in the wake of the alleged murder of a 71-year-old man in...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 29, 2025
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