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NT Coroner urges ban on spit hoods in report on death in custody of Aboriginal man
Spit hoods are ineffective in protecting against transmissible diseases and shou...
Lloyd Jones 19 Dec 2025
Youth justice flashpoint: McCarthy challenges Finocchiaro’s hardline agenda
A confrontation is brewing between federal Minister for Indigenous Australians M...
NIT Staff 3 Aug 2025
First People's Disability Network condemns NT’s spit hood reintroduction: "a dehumanising policy of torture"
First Peoples Disability Network has condemned the Northern Territory government...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jul 2025
National Commissioners urge NT government to reconsider draconian youth justice plans
Australia's National Children's Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is...
Giovanni Torre 30 Jul 2025
Advocates warn against new NT laws as Indigenous deaths in custody toll since Royal Commission passes 600
Legal and justice experts and Senator Lidia Thorpe have warned of the danger pro...
Giovanni Torre 29 Jul 2025
NT youth justice amendments will cost millions and increase offending, advocates warn

The Justice Reform Initiative has slammed the Northern Territory government's latest amendments to youth justice laws as "a dangerous and regressive step which will drastically escalate children's inc...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 28, 2025
Justice advocates urge NT government to abandon "punitive attack on the rights, dignity, and lives of children" in the Territory

This report contains the name of deceased persons. The National Network has condemned the Northern Territory Government's proposed overhaul of the Youth Justice Act 2005 and Youth Justice Regulations...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 28, 2025
Lidia Thorpe grills federal government on upholding international human rights law protecting children

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has grilled the federal government on their responsibility to uphold international human rights law in relation to youth justice.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 8, 2024
Advocates urge Queensland spit hood ban as inquest into death in custody hears final witness

After over one month of hearings, on Tuesday the inquest into the death of mother, daughter, grandmother and sister Selesa Tafaifa heard from its final witness.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 21, 2024
NT Ombudsman recommends spit hoods be outlawed

The Northern Territory ombudsman has recommended the state government formally ban spit hoods as part of a groundbreaking 140 page report on the use of devices in police custody.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2023
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