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Plibersek: NT alone on child placement principle stance
Controversial child protection legislation passed by the Northern Territory Gove...
Dechlan Brennan 29 Jul 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...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Jul 2026
National watchdogs join criticism of NT child protection changes
The fallout from the Northern Territory Government's controversial child protect...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Jul 2026
'This is neglect': Controversial NT child protection laws passes despite overwhelming opposition
Controversial changes to child protection laws have passed the Northern Territor...
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
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
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
Ombudsman finds inmates in ‘inhumane’ NT watch houses need to be removed as a matter of urgency

All inmates currently held in Northern Territory watch houses should be removed "as a matter of urgency," the Territory's Ombudsman has found, describing the facilities as "unacceptably poor" and "inh...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 1, 2025
Medical experts criticise NT's 'tough on crime' policy

Leading Australian psychiatrists have joined a growing chorus of criticism against the Northern Territory's prison and justice systems, warning that the government's punitive approach is deepening cyc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 3, 2025
NT government to refer parents of truant children to income management

The Northern Territory Government will refer parents whose children do not attend school to income management, saying the measure is part of the CLP's plan to reduce crime and strengthen community saf...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 6, 2025
Pressure mounts on NT Attorney-General over family link to hit-and-run driver

Pressure is mounting on the Northern Territory's Attorney-General to explain why she did not disclose her family connection to a man who killed an Aboriginal man in a hit-and-run before sending racist...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 22, 2025
'We will always stand strong' - Marrickville protest demands federal action against NT government policies

Cultural warning: This article contains names of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleProtesters gathered outside the Marrickville office of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week...

NT Government policies ‘causing more harm than good,’ advocates warn

The Northern Territory government's tough-on-crime approach is "negatively impacting mainly Indigenous families and communities," while failing to improve community safety, according to more than 20 a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 28, 2025
Analysis: CLP's crime crackdown has only deepened the NT's incarceration crisis

The Country Liberal Party (CLP) has completed its first year in government in the Northern Territory, presiding over one of the sharpest rises in incarceration in the Territory's history and near univ...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 26, 2025
Central Land Council says NT government is "turning its back" on Aboriginal communities

In ignoring Aboriginal voices, the Northern Territory government is "turning its back" on Indigenous communities and making "an already dire situation worse," the Central Land Council (CLC) has warned...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 22, 2025
Family of famed NT Supreme Court judge urges PM to intervene over NT’s ‘punitive’ laws

The family of the late Northern Territory Supreme Court Justice James Henry Muirhead AC QC has called on the Prime Minister to step in and override what they describe as the "regressive actions curren...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2025
Protest planned at Palmerston watch house amid claims of overcrowding, abuse of youth detainees

A protest will be held outside the Palmerston watch house on Friday as anger at the Northern Territory Government's hardline crime policies continues to grow.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 8, 2025
NT MP Yiŋiya Guyula slams Territory government's "gross neglect"

The independent Member for Mulka, Yiŋiya Guyula, has condemned the CLP Northern Territory government for their failure to work with Aboriginal communities in a censure motion.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 29, 2025
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