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Security firm proposes dog squad trial for Alice Springs, minister requests greater police visibility

A private security firm wants to use a dog squad to patrol the streets of an outback town in a bid to curb rising crime rates and anti-social behaviour.

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'World-class' new Darwin Youth Justice Centre's location next to Holtze prison sparks alarm from co-commissioner Mick Gooda

The NT government says a new facility set to replace Don Dale will take a different approach to youth justice. But one of the people behind a damning Royal Commission into the sector says its location could lead to more 'punitive' treatment.

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Minister's decision to re-grant a water licence on Singleton Station was 'rational', court told

A Northern Territory minister showed "intelligible justification" when she re-granted a record-breaking water licence in 2021 amid local opposition, the Supreme Court is told.

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Traditional owners take fight against Australia's largest water licence on Singleton Station to Supreme Court

A group of traditional owners have travelled hundreds of kilometres to Alice Springs, in a bid to overturn the approval of a massive groundwater licence on Singleton Station in the Northern Territory.

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Traditional owners prepare for court challenge to NT's largest water licence on Singleton Station

A 30-year water licence in the Northern Territory is believed to be one of the largest ever awarded in Australia, and traditional owners are hoping to overturn it.

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‘Where is the evidence?’: critics take aim at NT judge who says antiracism is becoming ‘a religion’

Opponents say it is ‘surprising’ for Judith Kelly to claim that ‘on the whole, modern Australian society is not racist’, in speech on Indigenous domestic violence

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FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a time when self-harm incidents are surging inside its youth detention facilities.

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The Northern Territory is 'considering' alternatives to spit hoods on kids in police custody, but won't say if they could be banned

It has been six months since the Northern Territory government promised to look at alternatives to using spit hoods on children in police custody. It still won't commit to banning them altogether.

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Deaths of woman, baby and man on property north of Alice Springs investigated as murder-suicide

One week after three people — including a baby — were found dead at a property north of Alice Springs, more details have been released by the police minister.

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NT minister says deaths of Indigenous woman and baby should have been ‘all over the news’

Deaths prompt renewed calls for attention on First Nations domestic violence victims and needs-based funding

The Guardian - AU

Alice Springs stores rushed with customers as intervention-era alcohol ban expires in NT

Some liquor stores are being forced to intermittently shut their doors to manage high demand in Alice Springs after long-term alcohol bans ended for hundreds of remote Northern Territory communities.

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NT minister calls out media

The NT police minister says if Sunday’s shooting death of an Indigenous woman and a baby had happened to a white woman on the east coast, it would’ve been front page news, and the Victorian opposition is calling for the Andrews government to give back at least $1.3 million after…

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NT Minister 'heartbroken' over lack of national attention of alleged Indigenous domestic violence deaths

A national silence on Indigenous deaths is contributing to a lack of funding to fight domestic violence in the Northern Territory, according to its domestic and family violence minister.

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NT Police Minister labels deaths near Alice Springs a 'horrific' domestic violence incident

The NT Police Minister says "once again our hearts are broken by horrific acts which keep happening to our women and kids" following the deaths of a man, woman and infant child at an outstation near Alice Springs.

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Domestic violence help on the line in the NT with minimum wage increase set to stretch budgets more

The minimum wage rise announced this week means essential domestic violence services in the Northern Territory, crucial for women and children fleeing violence, are in jeopardy as already tight budgets are put under more pressure.

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Self-harm incidents inside Don Dale spark intervention of NT Children's Commissioner

The NT Children's Commissioner points to "continual and systematic use of extended lockdowns" inside Don Dale, which she says have increased since the NT government introduced tougher youth bail laws last year.

The Guardian - AU

‘Is it really going to take a death?’: legal advocates say Don Dale must be shut down

Teenager hospitalised this week the latest in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts at NT youth detention centre since July 2021

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Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles announces first cabinet, Eva Lawler named new Treasurer

The NT Government has named a new Treasurer, Attorney-General and police minister, while Chief Minister Natasha Fyles retains her position as health minister.

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Public housing eviction leaves mother and son homeless in 'heartless' trend in the NT

When Cherylene Campbell and her sons finally got a home with disability access, they thought it was a dream come true — until they were evicted.

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Katherine's facing a housing 'crisis'. Advocates call for short-stay centre to ease issues

People from remote Indigenous communities are sleeping rough in Katherine ahead of medical appointments and surgery, advocates say.

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NT women's shelters say Howard Springs quarantine facility could bolster domestic violence crisis housing

Darwin's once-crowded Howard Springs quarantine centre was housing just three people at one point last week. The head of a major women's shelter says it could be used for another purpose.

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NT appoints Kate Worden as its first minister for the prevention of domestic, family, and sexual violence

The newly-appointed minister, Kate Worden, is herself a survivor of domestic violence and says she knows "what it's like to be on the bottom of that pit" and wants to prevent other women from a similar experience.

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NT government documents reveal long-awaited Darwin public housing project in jeopardy

The Northern Territory government has repeatedly pointed to a new Darwin unit complex when asked about climbing housing waitlists, but an internal document trail shows the future of the long-awaited project is in doubt.

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