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Bill Dempsey: a legend on and off the field
A giant of football, the late Bill Dempsey, is being remembered as one of the gr...
Jarred Cross 18 Mar 2026
NT Government policies ‘causing more harm than good,’ advocates warn
The Northern Territory government's tough-on-crime approach is "negatively impac...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Aug 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 th...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Aug 2025
NT Government starts PR blitz ahead of controversial capsicum spray trial
The Northern Territory Government will proceed this week with a controversial pl...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Aug 2025
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT raises alarm over critical Bicillin shortage
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory says it is "deeply c...
Giovanni Torre 24 Jul 2025
Fifty years of strength, struggle and legacy detailed in moving NAIDOC Week address

In front of more than 8,000 people gathered on Larrakia Country for the 2025 National NAIDOC Week celebration, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) CEO, John Paterson, deli...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 15, 2025
Darwin bus dress code ‘punishes poverty’, peak Indigenous health body says

Signage on Darwin buses warning passengers they may be removed for wearing stained clothing has been slammed by an Indigenous health organisation, calling it a punitive response which targets the Terr...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 26, 2025
Critics warn arming NT public safety officers a "deeply irresponsible escalation"

Plans to arm Northern Territory public safety officers have been condemned as a "deeply irresponsible escalation" which risks lives, especially those of vulnerable and Aboriginal people.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 19, 2025
NT government’s capsicum spray trial slammed by Indigenous health body as ‘dangerous and misguided’

A proposed 12-month trial allowing the public to carry Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray in the Northern Territory will put more lives at risk and fail to improve safety, according to the Territory's peak...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 11, 2025
Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT demands immediate police reform and independent investigation of deaths in custody

The Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory Aboriginal Corporation "stands in full and unapologetic solidarity" with the communities across the NT who are mourning the loss of two lives in po...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 10, 2025
Call for all parties to support better health outcomes for Aboriginal Territorians

Ten days out from the federal election, the peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Northern Territory has called on all political parties to support better health outcome...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 24, 2025
Aged care investment in the NT shows government's “genuine willingness to act”

Labor's aged care funding in the Northern Territory has been welcomed by the Aboriginal Medical Alliance, which commended the government's "genuine willingness to act".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 11, 2025
New Northern Territory DV approach "risks taking a step backward"

The Northern Territory government has axed a forum providing policy advice on the prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV), instead reconstructing the panel alongside other governmen...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 11, 2025
National Strategy a “critical step forward” in addressing remote community food insecurity

A 10-year National Strategy to improve food security in remote First Nations communities has been labelled a "critical step forward" in addressing the food crisis.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 6, 2025
$840 million pledged in 'great day for the Territory'

The federal government has committed $842.6 million over six years to the Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment, funding services like policing, women's safety, education and alcohol harm re...

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Keira Jenkins Feb 7, 2025
Agreement to deliver vital services for remote areas

Programs and services covered under a remote communities agreement go to the heart of what Aboriginal people have been asking for, advocates say. The $842.

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Keira Jenkins Feb 7, 2025
Attendees at NACCHO Male Health Day Conference apologise for hurt inflicted on Indigenous women and families

More than 100 men at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (NACCHO) Male Health Conference Day in Canberra have apologised for the "hurt, pain and suffering caused to our wives, to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 12, 2024
Experts urge NT Government to retain alcohol floor price to protect Territorians

Representatives from community, health, research and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have called on the Northern Territory government to reconsider their plan to scrap the Minimum Unit P...

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Tiesha Hewitt Nov 28, 2024
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