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Human rights safeguards sought after closure of NT homeless shelter
The Northern Territory Government must implement safeguards to ensure it meets i...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Oct 2026
NT Government will be to blame when homelessness numbers rise
The Northern Territory government will be to blame when there is an increase in...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Oct 2026
Shock closure of shelter leaves vulnerable in peril
The closure of YiSSA this week has laid bare the cruelty and callousness of this...
Malarndirri McCarthy 18 Oct 2026
‘Callous and heartless’: Homeless shelter closure will haunt NT Government for years
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has launched a scathing attack on member...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Oct 2026
Homeless shelter shuts, residents sent to outback town
The controversal closure of a city's largest homeless shelter has led to dozens...
Lloyd Jones (AAP) 12 Oct 2026
NT Government rejected deal to keep shelter open because it was Aboriginal-run

The Minister for Indigenous Australians has openly said what Aboriginal organisations have been claiming for months: the Northern Territory Government did not want Darwin's largest homeless shelter to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2026
Protest planned over NT Government’s decision to close homeless shelter

The closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter continues to cause anger, with a protest planned outside the Australian Homelessness Conference set to be held in the city this week.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 6, 2026
‘Over 120 people’ left without accommodation as Minister urges YiSSA extension

The Minister for Indigenous Australians has implored the Northern Territory Government to extend the life of Darwin's largest homelessness facility for at least six more months before it closes this w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 5, 2026
New homes for Homelands through self-determined investment

Six homes at Banatjarl, near Katherine, have been upgraded as part of a joint Australian and Northern Territory Government program to improve housing and essential infrastructure in remote communities...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 29, 2026
NT Government accused of ignoring Aboriginal organisations over YiSSA relocation

The Northern Territory Government "ignored calls to engage with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations" when it decided to move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Advocates welcome move to decriminalise begging in Victoria

The decriminalisation of begging in Victoria is "long awaited and much needed", legal advocates say. This week, an amendment by Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne repealing the offence of begging and g...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 2026
Darwin shelter closure 'directly undermines’ homelessness strategy

A swathe of service providers from the Northern Territory have become the latest to call on the NT Government to negotiate with the Commonwealth to prevent the closure of Darwin's largest homeless she...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 7, 2026
Aboriginal organisations condemn Finocchiaro's homeless shelter 'waste of money' comments

Comments from Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro that funding Darwin's largest homeless shelter would be a "waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money" have been condemned as "hurtful" by Ab...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Mount Isa families face eviction as Aboriginal homes head to auction

The federal government must buy Aboriginal homes being put up for auction in Mount Isa, a federal politician says, as residents face the prospect of homelessness.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Australian Research Council appoints inaugural Indigenous academic director

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has appointed Professor Bindi Bennett as its inaugural Academic Director (Indigenous). A Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi woman, Professor Bennett is a respected scholar, rese...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 2, 2026
Uibo claims CLP 'doesn't care about Aboriginal Territorians' as homeless shelter future in limbo

The future of Darwin's largest homeless shelter remains up in the air as the opposition leader has slammed the Northern Territory Government's "atrocious track record" when it comes to Aboriginal Terr...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 2, 2026
Calls for agreement as homeless shelter closure threatens vulnerable Territorians

An agreed model that supports the thousands of people experiencing homelessness in the Northern Territory is vital, advocates say, ahead of the imminent closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 1, 2026
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