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Changes to the Northern Territory's youth justice laws, which would give police the power to charge, question and detain young people for up to 48 hours without a legal guardian present, will "expose...
A number of Indigenous advocates and legal services are calling on the Northern Territory government to widen the scope of a review into the child protection system, announced in the wake of the death...
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has urged the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments to take "meaningful action on the systemic failures that continue to put Aboriginal childre...
The Northern Territory must commit to transparency over people being held in watch houses and end the long-term detention of people in such facilities, a leading Indigenous legal group says.
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...
One of the country's largest Indigenous legal services has called on the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments to "urgently fix glaring inequities and failures" in the emergency response to...
Warning: The following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, with the permission of family, as well as content and language some readers may find distressingThe sister of an...
The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister is being urged to work more closely with frontline organisations and her own department to prioritise young people, after a coalition of legal and co...
The Northern Territory's four land councils - Anindilyakwa Land Council, Central Land Council, Northern Land Council and Tiwi Land Council - have united with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Ag...
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...
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...
Northern Territory Police say they are continuing to investigate the death of an Aboriginal woman at the Tennant Creek watch house, as criticism continues over police conducting internal investigation...
The Northern Territory's controversial bail laws — which have driven a sharp increase in the number of people held on remand, the majority of them Aboriginal — are set to be challenged in...