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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
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, includ...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Nov 2026
What are they hiding? Advocates condemn refusal to allow UN scrutiny of youth prisons
The Northern Territory and Queensland governments' refusal to meet United Nation...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Nov 2026
‘Over 120 people’ left without accommodation as Minister urges YiSSA extension
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has implored the Northern Territory Gove...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Oct 2026
Out of sight, out of mind: Two years in power and the CLP are increasingly shutting out Aboriginal Territorians
Across the country, most people don't think about the Northern Territory—labelle...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Sep 2026
Feds to NT Government: Use money to Close the Gap or it'll go to organisations who can

Directly increasing funding to organisations delivering Closing the Gap outcomes, rather than the Northern Territory Government, is a possibility, the federal government says, as the NT continues to l...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 18, 2026
NT Government accused of ignoring Aboriginal organisations over YiSSA relocation

The Northern Territory Government "ignored calls to engage with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations" when it decided to move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Yiwarr McGrath makes history with Labor win in Mulka

Labor has secured the seat of Mulka in a by-election over the weekend, with Yolŋu man and registered nurse Yiwarr McGrath becoming the sixth Labor MP in the Territory Parliament.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Analysis: YiSSA and the NT Government's broken relationship with Aboriginal Territorians

When the Country Liberal Party (CLP) took office in August 2024, ending eight years of sometimes shambolic Labor rule, there was vocal concern among many First Nations groups about what was to come.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 9, 2026
Darwin shelter closure 'directly undermines’ homelessness strategy

A swathe of service providers from the Northern Territory have become the latest to call on the NT Government to negotiate with the Commonwealth to prevent the closure of Darwin's largest homeless she...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 7, 2026
‘Advice is ignored’: Justice experts, Aboriginal organisations suspend partnership with NT Gov

The relationship between the Northern Territory Government and Aboriginal organisations and peak bodies is at an all-time low, with key members pulling out of a key Closing the Gap forum over a breakd...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Plibersek: NT alone on child placement principle stance

Controversial child protection legislation passed by the Northern Territory Government flies in the face of decades of evidence, Labor's Social Services Minister says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 29, 2026
Hundreds face uncertainty as NT Government orders homelessness service to wind down

More than 300 vulnerable people, including almost 90 children, who are currently waiting for support in the Northern Territory will need to find alternative accommodation after the government ordered...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 28, 2026
National watchdogs join criticism of NT child protection changes

The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection laws has continued, with the national First Nations social justice and children's commissioners the latest to critic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 24, 2026
Exclusive: Aboriginal Tripartite Forum chair resigns, citing collapse of partnership under NT Government

The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protection reforms continues to grow, with the independent Aboriginal chair of the NT's Children and Families Tripartite Forum...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 23, 2026
CLP says the Aboriginal child placement principle is strengthened under their new laws: So why won't the Child Protection Minister back it?

The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister has repeatedly failed to confirm whether she believes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) supports the safe...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 22, 2026
'This is neglect': Controversial NT child protection laws passes despite overwhelming opposition

Controversial changes to child protection laws have passed the Northern Territory Parliament, sparking warnings the impacts will be carried by First Nations families for generations.

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