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Minister attacks critics as NT pushes through controversial child protection laws
Northern Territory Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill says the Territory is...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Jul 2026
'Complete no-show': NT government's absence from racism inquiry condemned
Racism across the country, particularly in the Northern Territory, "seems to be...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2026
Lidia Thorpe questions Ken Wyatt’s support of private Indigenous business register
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has questioned former Minister for Indigenous A...
Natasha Clark 14 Jul 2026
Labor criticised over diluted opposition to mandatory sentencing
Labor's move away from opposing mandatory minimum jail sentences has been critic...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Jul 2026
Lidia Thorpe MCG attack exposed as offender spared jail
More than two years after Senator Lidia Thorpe was bashed outside the MCG, detai...
Racist and extremist content must be explicitly named by authorities — Thorpe

Police are searching for a person known as 'Scorpio' or 'Bullit' who has sent more than 100 letters over the past decade to a wide range of high-profile people, including federal and state parliamenta...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 30, 2026
Mount Isa Indigenous housing faces auction over unpaid debts as locals face homelessness

After Mount Isa's only Indigenous social housing provider accumulated almost $1 million in unpaid rates, resulting in 25 properties being placed up for auction, the federal government is facing scruti...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 25, 2026
Truth and justice conversations to be held across Victoria

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has announced a statewide Truth and Justice Tour to continue conversations about truth-telling and First Peoples' justice across Victoria.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 17, 2026
More than $100 million in Indigenous funding given to sporting codes since 2019

The federal government department responsible for administering funding for Indigenous programs continues to direct millions of dollars to major sporting organisations, including bodies and clubs back...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 11, 2026
$2 billion federal gov't lawsuit against PFAS manufacturer a 'huge win': Thorpe

A federal government decision to seek $2 billion in damages from a US company to recover costs linked to "forever chemicals" used in firefighting foam has been welcomed by Senator Lidia Thorpe.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 28, 2026
Kumanjayi White's death remains medically undetermined, police say, as calls for reform intensify

Kumanjayi White's cause of death remains medically undetermined, Northern Territory Police say, as the Indigenous social justice commissioner says the decision not to charge anyone over his death high...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 28, 2026
‘Where there is no justice, there is no peace’: No charges over Kumanjayi White's death sparks outrage

An emotional Lidia Thorpe says she, and thousands of other First Nations people, are "sick of being angry and devastated" at the lack of accountability over Indigenous deaths in custody.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 27, 2026
No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal

Money from a joint $842 million Commonwealth-Northern Territory funding agreement to support key Aboriginal services in remote communities has yet to be spent, despite the Territory's declining closin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 25, 2026
NT Chief Minister dismisses child protection criticism as 'hysteria'

Just a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged governments to engage respectfully with Aboriginal communities and experts, Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has dismissed conce...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 22, 2026
NT Government the 'most racist' I've seen: Lidia Thorpe

Aboriginal people are "homeless on our own country", Senator Lidia Thorpe has told a housing conference in Darwin, as she labelled the current NT Government the "most racist" she has seen in her lifet...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 20, 2026
Former cop who said policing is incompatible with Closing the Gap appointed to investigate child protection in the NT

An investigation into the Northern Territory's child protection system in the lead-up to the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby will be led by a former police commissioner who previously argued making off...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 14, 2026
'Missed opportunities': Budget draws mixed response from advocates

Labor's latest budget has been labelled a missed opportunity by key Indigenous stakeholders, even as some key community-controlled investments have been welcomed.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
Stolen Generations survivors' redress payments to be exempt from aged care means testing

Stolen Generations survivors will be exempt from means testing in aged care in a federal budget measure welcomed by advocates. The government's $3.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 12, 2026
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