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View from The Hill: New watchdog won’t stop bad behaviour in parliament

The extensive fallout from the rape of then Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in a ministerial office continues to reverberate through both the legal and political systems, long after that fateful night in Parliament House in 2019.

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'Critical juncture': country Libs target youth crime

Lia Finocchiaro is promising to reinstate the use of spit-hoods on children in custody if elected chief minister at the Northern Territory election.

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Experts predict a shake-up afoot in Territory politics

A "turbulent" period in the Top End has some experts predicting a change in government in the Northern Territory as voters prepare to go to the polls.

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Northern Territory pre-poll early voting ready to go

Early voting for the Northern Territory election due to be held on August 24 opens on Monday as Labor and the CLP battle it out to win government.

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Doctors sore over radical pharmacist treatment plan

Patients could bypass GPs and be treated by pharmacists for some conditions under a proposed overhaul which has raised the ire of doctors.

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Top End theatrics as leaders go head-to-head in debate

The Northern Territory's political leaders have gone head-to-head in a debate a month out from their election.

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Shadow minister resigns over DV hiring scandal

NT opposition frontbencher Steve Edgington has given up his domestic violence prevention portfolio after revelations he knowingly employed a perpetrator.

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Shadow DV minister won't quit after hiring offender

Northern Territory politician and anti-domestic violence advocate Steve Edgington hired a man who had been jailed for domestic violence matters.

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Teary NT chief minister resigns over shares scandal

Natasha Fyles has quit as Northern Territory chief minister after failing to declare a parcel of shares, forcing Labor to look for a new leader.

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Veterans 'overlooked' in NT budget and struggling, prominent defence advocate says

Veterans have "once again" been overlooked in the Northern Territory budget, according to a prominent defence advocate, who says people who have served their country living in other states are better off.

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CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro hits back at rank-and-file over no-confidence motion

Lia Finocchiaro says members of the CLP's Litchfield and Alice Springs branches reportedly circulating no-confidence motions in her leadership won’t distract her from opposition leader duties.

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Northern Territory government budget criticised for lack of focus on police and crime

The Northern Territory opposition leader decries the government's failure to significantly increase NT Police resources, which only gained $12 million in the latest budget.

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The NT raised the age of criminal responsibility, but advocates say the change is too slow

When the Northern Territory raised the age of criminal responsibility last year to 12, the government said the legislation wouldn't begin operationally until "the second half of 2023". But advocates say young children are still being jailed.

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NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker's position to be finalised 'in the next week or so', chief minister says

Questions around the position of the Northern Territory's police commissioner, Jamie Chalker, are expected to be resolved in the next week, the chief minister says.

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NT chief minister again refuses to confirm Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker's employment future

The NT chief minister says conversations have been held with Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker about his employment future, but she has again refused to clarify media reports that he was asked to resign late last week.

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Northern Territory parliament passes new bail laws after fatal stabbing despite criticism they are too limited

Tougher bail laws have passed the Northern Territory parliament following the stabbing death of a bottle shop worker in Darwin 10 days ago, but the reforms will not apply to offences involving improvised weapons such as rocks and bottles.

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Northern Territory government announces urgent bail law amendments in bid to stamp out violent knife crime

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles announces tougher bail measures to try to halt a rising level of violent assaults in the territory, a week after the fatal stabbing of a young bottle shop worker.

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Aboriginal leaders call for 'measured response' as NT government launches bail review following death of Declan Laverty

Key Aboriginal organisations call on the NT government to work with local leaders and communities to address systemic causes of violence after the death of a 20-year-old bottle shop worker.

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NT government yet to outline response following fatal stabbing at Darwin bottle shop

The NT Chief Minister is expected to meet with liquor and hospitality industry representatives today to consider options for reducing alcohol-related crime, following the fatal stabbing of a young worker at a bottle shop in Darwin.

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Labor's Manuel Brown says support for a Voice to Parliament in Arafura helped secure by-election win

Labor's Manuel Brown made his first public appearance in Darwin following last night's Arafura by-election victory.

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CLP members back 'school farms' policy idea for troubled young people as 'last chance opportunity' to avoid youth detention

Rank-and-file members of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party have passed a motion that would see children sent to farms to operate machinery and assist in the operation of a slaughterhouse as an alternative to youth detention.

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Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price denies party split over Indigenous Voice to Parliament after Lawson Broad's resignation

The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.

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Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad quits over party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad says he was "strongly opposed" to the recent announcement that the party's rank-and-file members had voted to back the 'No' campaign in the upcoming referendum.

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NT Police Association survey finds 97 per cent of respondents believe police understaffed

Amid a spike in crime in parts of the Northern Territory, nearly all respondents to a survey put out by the Northern Territory Police Association say they do not believe there are enough police to cover what is expected of them.

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NT opposition leader urged to oppose Indigenous Voice by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

The CLP's leader in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Lia Finocchiaro, has previously indicated her parliamentary team could vote in favour of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament even if the rank-and-file members oppose it.

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