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NT Labor has appointed the first Aboriginal woman to lead a major political party in the nation's history as it regroups after a devastating election loss.

This article contains information on deaths in custody and the violence experienced by First Nations people in encounters with the Australian carceral system. It also contains references to and the names of people who are now deceased.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s approval rating continues to fall (though Peter Dutton’s isn’t doing much better), and the Greens plan to set up a renting regulator with the power to dish out fines to real estate agencies.

Legal and health experts have slammed the Northern Territory's plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility and reinstate the use of spit hoods.

If the age of criminal responsibility is lowered, almost all of the extra children arrested, incarcerated and institutionalised will be Indigenous.

Should party strategists be lobbyists? The Greens have raised concerns about a senior member of Labor’s 2022 campaign team representing a firm that will benefit from a key decision made during the campaign.

A uranium mining firm has accused the federal and Northern Territory governments of hiding their reasons not to extend a 42-year lease to the Jabiluka mine.

"We’re lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 so that young people can be held accountable."

Is the Albanese government trying to cast Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as Australia’s Donald Trump? And if so, what’s the thinking and why is Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the vanguard of the charge?

Education campaigns to change human behaviour and relocation of problem reptiles are better ways of managing risk, researchers say

The spotlight is back on speed limits, as the Western Australian government prepares to host a road safety summit in early September. Ahead of the meeting, at least one expert has called for the WA government to lower default speed limits on rural roads in WA to 100 kilometres per…