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Warning 'discriminatory' changes target Aboriginal kids

Jan 18, 2025 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By AMANDA PARKINSONThe Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities. According to documents seen by AAP, the Northern Territory government is planning to amend child protection laws to give courts and the Department of Children and Families powers to override national guidelines under the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.
Bail laws crack down halts court as arrests explode

Jan 7, 2025 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By AMANDA PARKINSONPolice have made 31 arrests in 24 hours in the NT after major changes to bail laws, causing courts to grind to a stop. Prisoners have been heard howling in the back of court cells, screaming for help, as unprecedented arrests after law changes brought court proceedings to a halt. In the first 24 hours since new breaches of bail laws came into effect, police arrested 31 people, causing Darwin Local Court to come to a standstill on Tuesday.
Cyclone Tracy memorial unveiled as Anthony Albanese pays tribute to survivors 50 years on

Dec 24, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Amanda Parkinson

Anthony Albanese has joined survivors of Cyclone Tracy to revisit the place it first made landfall to commemorate 50 years since Darwin was destroyed and more than 60 lives lost. Speaking at a ceremony on Christmas morning the Prime Minister said people still carried the pain and trauma of the natural disaster. “Today, as we reflect on the destructive force of nature at its very worst, we also remember and honour the strength and kindness of Australians at their very best,” he said.
Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, Darwin inquest told

Dec 11, 2024 | 9news.com.au | Amanda Parkinson

Warning: This story contains the name of a deceased Indigenous person. Use of restraints on prisoners in hospital has taken away their dignity and their guards' compassion, a coroner has heard. Judge Elisabeth Armitage is holding a mandatory inquest into the death of terminally ill Indigenous man Mati Tamwoy at Royal Darwin Hospital while on he was remand.
Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Dec 10, 2024 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By AMANDA PARKINSON Lock the Gate Alliance has launched the first legal challenge to fracking under the water trigger in Australia’s national environment laws. In a landmark case activists are taking a US-based gas company to the Federal Court under Labor’s water trigger laws. Lock the Gate Alliance has filed a legal challenge against Tamboran B2 Pty Ltd over its plans to frack 15 gas wells in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin, near the town of Daly Waters.
Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest told

Dec 10, 2024 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By AMANDA PARKINSON Corrections staff have lost sight of humanity when dealing with prisoners, their boss has told an inquest into an Indigenous man’s death in custody. Use of restraints on prisoners in hospital has taken away their dignity and their guards’ compassion, a coroner has heard. Coroner Elisabeth Armitage is holding a mandatory inquest into the death of terminally ill Indigenous man Mati Tamwoy at Royal Darwin Hospital while on he was remand.
Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital, inquest hears

Dec 10, 2024 | 9news.com.au | Amanda Parkinson

Warning: This story contains the name of a deceased Indigenous person. A terminally ill Aboriginal man died in custody after being handcuffed and shackled during hospital visits for treatment. Coroner Elisabeth Armitage opened a mandatory inquest into the death of Mati Tamwoy at Royal Darwin Hospital while on remand on November 17, 2023. Counsel assisting Chrissy McConnel said "little to nothing (was) known about his early life or when he first came to the Northern Territory".
Bitter feud over ownership of a river finally appears before the Aboriginal Land Commission

Dec 9, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Amanda Parkinson

For decades two clans have been locked in a feud over the rightful ownership of a popular northern waterway, which has finally appeared before the Aboriginal Land Commission. After years of working through a backlog of claims, the Aboriginal Land Commission heard evidence from traditional owners in a dispute over the Finniss River Land Claim.
Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

Dec 9, 2024 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By AMANDA PARKINSON A terminally ill Aboriginal man died in custody after being handcuffed and shackled during hospital visits for treatment. Coroner Elisabeth Armitage opened a mandatory inquest into the death of Mati Tamwoy at Royal Darwin Hospital while on remand on November 17, 2023. Counsel assisting Chrissy McConnel said “little to nothing (was) known about his early life or when he first came to the Northern Territory”.
Land claim dispute gets day in court, 25 years on

Dec 9, 2024 | ibnews.com.au | Amanda Parkinson |Peter Rowe

By Amanda ParkinsonA dispute filed in the 1990s by six families over who has rightful ownership of a popular river has come before the Aboriginal Land Commission. For decades two families have been locked in a feud over the rightful ownership of a popular northern waterway, which has finally appeared before the Aboriginal Land Commission.