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Canberra issues warning to NT Government over legal aid crisis amid 'tough on crime' crackdown
The federal Attorney-General has written to the Northern Territory government ex...
Dechlan Brennan 27 May 2026
No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal
Money from a joint $842 million Commonwealth-Northern Territory funding agreemen...
Dechlan Brennan 25 May 2026
NT youth justice changes risks traumatising vulnerable children, legal organisation warns
Changes to the Northern Territory's youth justice laws, which would give police...
Dechlan Brennan 22 May 2026
NT Government the 'most racist' I've seen: Lidia Thorpe
Aboriginal people are "homeless on our own country", Senator Lidia Thorpe has to...
Dechlan Brennan 20 May 2026
Legal group demands transparency over NT watch house detentions
The Northern Territory must commit to transparency over people being held in wat...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Apr 2026
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
Aboriginal nurse training program aims to strengthen local healthcare delivery

Aboriginal school leavers in the Northern Territory will be offered supported career pathways into nursing and midwifery under a new government program.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 13, 2026
Fuel crisis prompts first use of 1940s price exploitation laws in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory government says it has taken an "unprecedented" step by enacting legislation for the first time in response to the fuel cost crisis.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 31, 2026
'Wrong choice': backlash before administrator ceremony

A last-minute apology for "racist" social media posts by a territory's incoming administrator does not change anything, an Aboriginal Elder says.

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Laine Clark Feb 27, 2026
Indigenous businesses excluded from NT’s new Defence Industry Council

Indigenous business leaders in the Northern Territory say the NT government's newly announced Defence Industry Council represents "another missed opportunity" to strengthen the Territory's defence eco...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 25, 2026
Aboriginal health alliance questions NT’s domestic violence response

There is inconsistent, partial, and at times absent alignment between the recommendations made by the Northern Territory Coroner into the "national shame" of domestic violence and the NT government's...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2026
NT youth justice system failing Aboriginal children, NAAJA warns in scathing senate submission

The Commonwealth Government must take a more active role in holding the Northern Territory Government accountable for youth justice outcomes, according to the Territory's largest provider of Aborigina...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 3, 2026
NT opens women-only bail accommodation in Mparntwe/Alice Springs

The Northern Territory Government has announced the opening of a women-only bail accommodation facility in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, following months of criticism over the treatment of people held on re...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 22, 2026
Opinion: Connolly's rise reflects historical pattern of racism and exclusion

In the interests of social inclusion and genuine acceptance of Aboriginal people, the Chief Minister must not support the appointment of Mr David Connolly as the Administrator of the Northern Territor...

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Lenny Clarke Jan 21, 2026
Bail crackdown credited with crime drop as NT prison population surges

A year after the introduction of its controversial bail laws, the Northern Territory Government says crime has dropped "significantly" across the Territory, despite ongoing criticism from legal, Indig...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 12, 2026
Law and order dominates 2025 as NT faces record incarceration and mounting human rights concerns

Twelve months ago, National Indigenous Times described a "horror" year for the Northern Territory — one that began with a curfew in Alice Springs and ended with a "record" number of people impri...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 22, 2025
NT crime numbers fall, but critics say government ignoring rising prison numbers and human rights concerns

The Northern Territory government's celebrations about reduced crime and fewer victims have been criticised as failing to reflect the full impact of its policies on First Nations people.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 22, 2025
NT blocks UN prison inspectors amid accusations of hiding 'torture and abuse'

The Northern Territory's refusal to let United Nations inspectors enter its prisons has intensified nationwide concern over detention conditions, prompting Senator Lidia Thorpe to accuse the governmen...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 9, 2025
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