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Rock star Elder hails Gove mining closure as land win
For Yothu Yindi founding member and senior Yolngu Elder Witiyana Marika, the end...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
'Only intensifies distrust': McCarthy criticises NT child protection laws
Controversial child protection laws in the Northern Territory have been criticis...
Dechlan Brennan 22 Jul 2026
Inquiry submissions overwhelmingly oppose NT child protection reforms
The overwhelming majority of submissions to a Northern Territory parliamentary i...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Jun 2026
NT Chief Minister dismisses child protection criticism as 'hysteria'
Just a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged governments to engage res...
Dechlan Brennan 22 May 2026
NT Indigenous Business Network's Budget response urges greater focus on Aboriginal economic development
The Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network has responded to the NT Budge...
Giovanni Torre 5 May 2026
Thorpe criticises government inaction over NT Administrator appointment as Larrakia Elder is arrested during protests

Senator Lidia Thorpe says the federal government should have done more to block the appointment of David Connolly as Northern Territory Administrator, after he was sworn in on Friday amid protests out...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 27, 2026
Larrakia Elder charged as controversial NT Administrator is sworn in amidst protests

Larrakia Elder Uncle Eric Fejo has been arrested during a protest outside Parliament House in Darwin, as David Connolly was sworn in as Administrator of the Northern Territory.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 27, 2026
Labor MPs label David Connolly 'not fit' for Administrator role as controversial posts undermine neutrality

Northern Territory Labor MPs say the Chief Minister has deliberately selected an "exclusionary individual" who is "not fit" to be the NT Administrator, as outrage continues around the appointment of D...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 26, 2026
Open letter calls on PM to 'urgently rescind' controversial NT Administrator appointment

Politicians, advocates and community groups have pleaded with the Prime Minister to "urgently rescind" the appointment of the controversial incoming Northern Territory administrator, as the Chief Mini...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 25, 2026
Chief Minister says Mparntwe crime drop proves tough laws are working amid Closing the Gap pressure

The Northern Territory Government says falling crime rates in Alice Springs demonstrate its controversial justice policies are delivering results, as the federal government considers using funding pre...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 20, 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
NAAJA rejects NT Government push to redirect funding, warns comments based on 'inaccurate information'

The Northern Territory Government's calls to allocate a section of funding earmarked for the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) to Legal Aid NT (LANT) is based on "inaccurate informati...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 20, 2025
NAAJA welcomes NT Police's anti-racism strategy, but claims of systemic racism rejected by Chief Minister

One of Australia's largest Indigenous legal organisations has welcomed the Northern Territory Police's first-ever Anti-Racism Strategy, describing it as a crucial first step toward rebuilding trust be...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 10, 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
Analysis: A death, no jail time, and government silence: The CLP’s selective outrage on justice

The decision by a judge to give a young NT man no prison time for killing an Aboriginal man in a 2024 hit-and-run has left many shocked — though perhaps not surprised.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 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
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