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Alice Springs youth crime: Grandmothers call for return to country — not custody

A group of First Nations grandmothers say detention isn't the solution to tackling youth crime in Alice Springs. Instead, they say 'the homelands' are the safest place for children.

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Afternoon Update: mining industry’s windfall tax threat; Victoria’s messy politics; and a Christmas gift guide

It’s déjà vu with a mining lobby warning that harks back to the ad campaign against the Rudd government

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory youth detention understaffing to blame for increase in assaults, officers say

The NT' Children's Commissioner says a lack of staffing in youth detention centres has resulted in "rolling lockdowns", increasing tensions between detainees and officers.

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Zachary Rolfe tells inquest ‘I’ve been banned from all police stations’ but refuses to answer other questions

Constable who shot Kumanjayi Walker objects to 14 categories of questions arguing his answers could lead to disciplinary proceedings by NT police force

The Guardian - AU

Man, 47, dies in helicopter crash near Ramingining in remote East Arnhem Land

Police say the 47-year-old man, who was the helicopter's pilot and sole occupant, died at the scene.

ABC News

What more do Australian governments need to see to realise children need help, not handcuffs?

It seems the electoral popularity of being tough on youth crime still outweighs Aboriginal kids’ needs for therapeutic care. What is it going to take?

The Guardian - AU

Some remote NT schools receiving funding for less than half of enrolled students under 'effective enrolment' model, data reveals

Some remote schools in the Northern Territory are receiving funding for less than half of their enrolled students under a controversial attendance-based model.

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Cop refuses to answer at NT's teen inquest

The Northern Territory policeman who shot dead Kumanjayi Walker has claimed privilege and refused to answer questions at an inquest into the teen's death.

AAP

No action taken over fresh vision of 'excessive force' in Don Dale, NT government slammed over 'lack of transparency'

The Northern Territory government says an internal review of the incident found "there was no malicious intent" by the officers to cause harm to the teenager.

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Coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death visits Yuendumu, including home where he died

House 511 has been viewed thousands of times through the lens of a body-worn camera, but now many of those from the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker are seeing it in person for the first time.

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Yuendumu community greets coroner investigating death of Kumanjayi Walker with ceremony, song and sorrow

Elisabeth Armitage travelled to tiny NT town to hear first-hand how the 19-year-old’s death had affected community

The Guardian - AU

Darwin community in shock after alleged daylight homicide of local businesswoman Sheena Fairfield

The alleged homicide of Sheena Fairfield in her Leanyer home has sent shockwaves through the Darwin community, with friends remembering the 39-year-old as someone who never stopped smiling.

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Alice Springs elders fear NT’s youth crime plan could create new stolen generation

Strong Grandmothers say government should work with communities instead of taking children found unsupervised on the street at night into custody

The Guardian - AU

Concerns NT government homes not built to last as it surges ahead with Remote Housing Program

The race is on for the NT government to build 2,000 bedrooms in remote desert communities by June. But Aboriginal housing groups worry these new homes aren't sustainable.

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Constable Zachary Rolfe joins Supreme Court attempt to limit police officers' evidence at Kumanjayi Walker inquest

Ahead of his expected appearance before the coroner next week, Constable Zachary Rolfe has asked the NT Supreme Court to limit the scope of questions he can be asked during his evidence.

The Guardian - AU

NT federal Labor MP says families need to be more accountable for youth crime

State proposal to take unsupervised children off Alice Springs streets a ‘Band-Aid solution’ that will fail, Marion Scrymgour says

AAP

Arrest after woman found dead in NT home

A man is in custody and police are investigating a suspected homicide after a woman was found dead at a Darwin home.

AAP

'Target families, not crim kids': Labor MP

Federal Labor MP Marion Scrymgour wants Northern Territory families to be made accountable for their children's criminal behaviour in Alice Springs.

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Chief Minister Natasha Fyles announces the end of the Northern Territory's last remaining COVID-19 rules

The last remaining directions issued by the NT Chief Health Officer will lift in the Northern Territory from Friday, but health authorities warn another wave of COVID-19 cases could be on the way.

AAP

NT plan to remove children from street

The Northern Territory government plans to take unsupervised children found roaming Alice Springs' streets at night into custody.

The Guardian - AU

The Australian’s back-of-the-envelope green hydrogen figures are overblown and forget climate impact

The claim it would take 25% of Australia’s land mass to provide the planet with green hydrogen misses an obvious point

The Conversation

Explainer: why is there an inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death when there was already a trial?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people, and mentions of racial discrimination and racist language against First Nations people.

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Labor MP says detail needed on plan to reduce crime by removing unsupervised children from families in Alice Springs

Federal Labor politician Marion Scrymgour says she wants more detail around what the Northern Territory government is calling an "intervention" to get children deemed at-risk off the streets of Alice Springs at night.

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Wembanyama Wednesday: Vic will play for France’s national team, and it could change international basketball

This will be good preparation when the Olympics come to Paris in 2024.

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'Intervention' to remove children from families flagged by Northern Territory government facing Alice Springs crime crisis

Unsupervised children picked up by police late at night in Alice Springs could be taken to a "safe place" for a child protection assessment instead of being returned home, under a plan flagged by the Northern Territory government.

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