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‘Over 120 people’ left without accommodation as Minister urges YiSSA extension
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has implored the Northern Territory Gove...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Oct 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor
The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's larg...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Sep 2026
Minister attacks critics as NT pushes through controversial child protection laws
Northern Territory Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill says the Territory is...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Jul 2026
NT’s child protection overhaul ignores decades of evidence, advocates say
Australia's peak advocate for First Nations children says changes to a principle...
Dechlan Brennan 15 May 2026
Former cop who said policing is incompatible with Closing the Gap appointed to investigate child protection in the NT

An investigation into the Northern Territory's child protection system in the lead-up to the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby will be led by a former police commissioner who previously argued making off...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 14, 2026
NT Government pushes ahead with Indigenous child placement law changes despite expert warnings

The Northern Territory government has disregarded expert advice and will significantly alter a principle designed to ensure Aboriginal children removed from their families remain connected to culture.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
Three NT child protection department staff members stood down as minister launches investigation of circumstances regarding Kumanjayi Little Baby

Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned this report includes the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Three Northern Territory's child protection department staff members...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
Mandatory sentencing won’t keep Territory women safe, Justice Reform Initiative warns

The Northern Territory government's plan to reinstate mandatory sentencing for domestic violence offences is a "knee-jerk approach that will not work to keep women and families safe in the long term"...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 25, 2025
NT government devotes $850,000 to public housing support services

Mission Australia, the NT Department of Children and Families, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development are working in collaboration to provide services to Litchfield...

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