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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...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jan 2026
Bail crackdown credited with crime drop as NT prison population surges
A year after the introduction of its controversial bail laws, the Northern Terri...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Jan 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...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Dec 2025
Medical experts criticise NT's 'tough on crime' policy
Leading Australian psychiatrists have joined a growing chorus of criticism again...
Dechlan Brennan 3 Nov 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
Finocchiaro flags changes to Coroner's Act after Walker inquest exposes institutional police racism

Despite the coroner delivering more than 30 recommendations in the inquest into the police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — many calling for changes to police conduct — the North...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 22, 2025
Not even allowed to shower: NT Government under fire as watch house overcrowding reaches crisis point

Experts and advocates have issued urgent warnings over escalating overcrowding in Northern Territory prisons, as more than 70 correctional prisoners are reportedly being held in the Palmerston police...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2025
Northern Land Council disappointed at NT government snub of major meeting

The Northern Land Council has expressed disappointment over a snub from every NT government minister and department head it invited to its Full Council meeting in Borroloola.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 4, 2025
NT government “playing politics" with Aboriginal children, experts say

A proposed amendment to a law in the Northern Territory making it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities continues to be criticised, with the country's largest Indigenous legal or...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 21, 2025
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