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Youth crime in Alice Springs goes beyond alcohol issues, community warns

Communities have been calling for governments to support Aboriginal-led solutions to tackle youth issues in Alice Springs. With alcohol restrictions back in place, will the heart of this complex issue get solved?

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‘Alcohol laws can’t solve this’: NT Indigenous groups welcome new funding but urge longer-term solutions

The funding measures, along with the reintroduction of alcohol bans, were called a ‘circuit breaker’ by federal NT senator, Marlarndirri McCarthy

The Guardian - AU

What was the Northern Territory Emergency Response, better known in Indigenous communities as The Intervention?

The hardline Northern Territory Emergency Response was in place across the territory for 15 years. So, what was the policy that became better known as "The Intervention"?

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Closing the Gap report shows four targets going backwards as experts call for efforts to 'empower communities'

The annual report on Closing the Gap is once again showing limited progress on key targets for improving life outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

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Indigenous kids in care at 'alarming' rate

A new report has found First Nations kids are 10 times more likely to be in state care, despite making up only five per cent of the country's children.

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Indigenous group rejects abuse inquiry bid

The peak body for Indigenous children advocates says there is no need for a royal commission into abuse in Indigenous communities.

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New childcare reforms, including changes to the subsidy, are another step closer. Here's how they'll work

Parents paying for childcare are a step closer to more relief as the federal government introduces its long-awaited subsidy legislation to parliament.

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Childcare desert in remote NT town of Ti Tree forces locals to travel two hours or go without

In the remote central Australian desert families are travelling two hours to the closest childcare centre. They say their whole town is suffering because of it.

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Chris Dawson verdict a big moment for the Australian’s podcast, but redundancies thin ranks

Swathes of national broadsheet devoted to covering guilty verdict in Teacher’s Pet case, while behind the scenes many staff packed up their desks. Plus: date night for Morrison and Murray

The Guardian - AU

Does the pre-election budget address ways to realistically 'close the gap' for Indigenous people?

As Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the federal government’s pre-election budget on Tuesday night, I watched in anticipation to see what it would hold for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.

The Conversation

Child protection system failing vulnerable kids across Australia as case workers speak out

Former kids in state care and child protection workers say the cracks in Australia’s child safety system have become craters, as children are forced to stay with sexual predators and subjected to broken bones.

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