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Remote dialysis to end long treks for outback patients

A new federal program will bring dialysis clinics closer to home in remote communities, so people don't have to travel thousands of kilometres for treatment.

AAP · Apr 13, 2023

‘Dog act’: NT police minister reacts angrily to Peter Dutton’s claims of Alice Springs child sexual abuse

Traditional owners call opposition leader’s claims ‘insulting’ and Labor demands he stop using the town as ‘a political football’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2023

Noel Pearson accused Peter Dutton of 'preparing the grave' to bury the Uluru Statement, after Liberals reject Voice proposal

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

More work needed before alcohol ban opt out: senator

Ahead of key meetings with community leaders, an NT senator says it would take time before Indigenous communities opt out of alcohol bans.

AAP · Feb 9, 2023

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, Senator Jacinta Price in war of words over alcohol bans

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Price has introduced legislation to the federal Senate which would see alcohol bans reimposed on remote communities and town camps, prompting an angry reaction from the NT government.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

NT senators tell of family impacts of alcohol abuse

As debate continues on alcohol bans in the NT, both of the territory's senators have shared emotional stories of the impact of alcohol in communities.

AAP · Feb 8, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on Alice Springs and the Voice

Alcohol bans are being reimposed on Northern Territory Indigenous communities, as the federal and territory governments grapple with intractable problems in Alice Springs and elsewhere in the NT.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2023

Greens head to a retreat to thrash out Voice to Parliament stance

Lidia Thorpe wants a Treaty first and has dismissed the Voice as a powerless advisory body which she is threatening to oppose unless she is satisfied that "First Nations sovereignty is not ceded".

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

Lidia Thorpe welcomes sovereignty assurances over voice but remains undecided

Assistant minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, tells ABC’s Q+A that position of Greens senator is a ‘misnomer’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2023

Lidia Thorpe calls for treaty, not the Voice as Indigenous Australians share their concerns on Q+A

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is championed by a Q+A audience member as she calls for treaty and not the Voice but faces a challenge from Labor minister Malarndirri McCarthy.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023