The 2016 4Corners footage of Dylan Voller strapped to a chair with a spit hood over his head in NT's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre shocked PM Malcolm Turnbull & the nation. NT CM Lia Finocchiaro has just brought them back. #ntpolwww.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Controversial devices were barred by former Labor government but will return to watch houses after tough-on-crime CLP’s election win
Which is how Australia gets "solutions" and the excuse to be "tough on crime": 1) statements.qld.gov.au/statements/9...humanrights.gov.au/about/news/n...www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07...#qldpol#ntpol#nswpol#auspol
Redfern Legal Centre and law firm Slater and Gordon say hundreds of people have come forward seeking damages over police actions during strip searches at music festivals, including alleged assault, ba...
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro's plan to throw 10 year olds into the prison system is only going to make the situation worse, the NT Children's Commissioner Shahleena Musk warns. We're about to do something similar here in Queensland. #ntpolwww.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
In an interview with Stateline, NT Children's Commissioner Shahleena Musk says the government's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10 will only entrench cycles of disadvantage...
I have a mandate. NT CM Lia Finocchiaro refuses to listen to the Productivity Commission on lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10, labelling an article in the Australian a scare campaign & the authors as political commentators. #ntpolwww.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...
The NT chief minister has dismissed warnings from the Productivity Commission about her government's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10, saying the party has a mandate to change yo...
“Lowering the age of criminal responsibility to ten “allows us to make sure that young people who are falling into a life of crime can be diverted into a better pathway,” she said.” BETTER PATHWAY? Sure, because gaol always leads to better life outcomes. #AusPol#RaiseTheAge#PublicHealth#NTPol
Indigenous doctors join chorus of concerns about Northern Territory plans to lower age of criminal responsibility https://www.croakey.org/indigenous-doctors-join-chorus-of-concerns-about-northern-territory-plans-to-lower-age-of-criminal-responsibility #publichealth
Middle arm - better known and brilliantly written about as the Middle Finger Development: www.themonthly.com.au/the-politics...#auspol#fossilfuels#ntpol
Last time the CLP won government in NT it was August 2012 with Terry Mills becoming Chief Minister. By March 2013 he was gone. An Adam Giles led coup was executed while Mills was in Japan & he was informed by phone. #ntpolwww.abc.net.au/news/2013-03...
Terry Mills has been dumped as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, with Adam Giles becoming the first Indigenous leader of a government in Australia's history.