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Northern Territory
Children's commissioner ignored on laws targeting kids
A territory government's treatment of children has gone backwards since a damnin...
Aboriginal teen denied food during 84-hour Don Dale isolation
The Northern Territory's Child Commissioner has criticised the treatment of an A...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Sep 2025
Four children tear-gassed in Don Dale have $800,000 in 'exemplary' damages overturned by NT Court
Four people awarded $800,000 in damages after a riot at the notorious Don Dale P...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Apr 2025
CLP bail changes are "a direct attack on Black children", advocates warn
Indigenous advocates say the NT government's bail changes, which come into effec...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jan 2025
"Their solution is to lock up Black people and pretend we never existed" - Dr Richard Fejo takes a stand
Senior Larrakia Traditional Owner Dr Richard Fejo has taken a strong stand again...
Giovanni Torre 7 Nov 2024
Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

Children are set to be moved out of Darwin's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre for the final time, as an overburdened Northern Territory jail system continues to play musical beds with prisoners.

New Darwin prison holds troubled youth 'in good stead'

Almost eight years after the nation was rocked by images of child inmate in a spithood and restrained to a metal chair, a new youth detention centre has been unveiled in Darwin.

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(A)manda Parkinson Jul 24, 2024
Justice groups criticise funding for new prisons in the NT

The Northern Territory government has been criticised for announcing an expansion and new funding for prisons, with justice groups arguing the funds should be used for evidence-based solutions rather...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 22, 2024
Call for Indigenous justice heard on global stage

This statement by Dr Hannah McGlade was delivered to the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York on 15 April, 2024. Kaya! Warm regards to all Indigenous youth here at this session of the...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Apr 16, 2024
Kids allegedly locked in cells while Don Dale on fire

Children were left calling for help in their locked cells during a riot at the troubled Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin, it's alleged.

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(A)manda Parkinson Apr 15, 2024
Lawyers blame Don Dale riot on 'appalling conditions'

Legal experts have blamed the latest riot at the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale youth detention centre on failing standards and inadequate care.

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Neve Brissenden Apr 4, 2024
NT Parliament set to debate Children's Commissioner powers

The Northern Territory parliament resumes this week with legislation on the powers of the Territory's Children's Commissioner to be among bills debated.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 11, 2024
Marion Scrymgour: youth laws aren't working in the NT

Indigenous MP Marion Scrymgour has argued children who commit crimes need to be treated with "tough love", arguing raising the age of criminal responsibility in the NT was failing, in an extraordinary...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 22, 2024
NT Supreme Court awards nearly $1 million to Indigenous former Don Dale inmates tear gassed in 2014

The Northern Territory Supreme Court has awarded nearly $1million in damages to four Indigenous former inmates of the notorious Don Dale youth detention centre over an unlawful tear gassing in 2014.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 7, 2023
Inquiry called for youth detainee transfers to Don Dale

The Northern Territory's acting commissioner for children has launched an inquiry into transfers from the Alice Springs youth detention centre to the notorious Don Dale facility.

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Rudi Maxwell Jul 13, 2023
National Day of Action calls for closure of Don Dale and an end to child imprisonment

Nationwide protests on Saturday called by Arrernte Elders and 'Close Don Dale' grandmothers demanded the closure of the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre and the abolition...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 26, 2022
Grave warning over 'dehumanising' Don Dale prison amid youth detention, self-harm spikes

A large spike in incarcerated children and self-harm at the Northern Territory's Don Dale prison has sparked grave fears it could take a death for serious steps to be taken to address the issue.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 14, 2022
Justice groups slam NT govt cap on compensation for detention abuse victims

Leading Territory justice groups have slammed the Northern Territory government for a new law limiting the compensation payable to people abused in detention.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 20, 2022
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