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The NT Is Lowering The Age Of Criminal Responsibility Back To 10 Years Old

"We’re lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 so that young people can be held accountable."

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New chief minister vows swift legislation to hit crime

The Northern Territory's chief minister-elect has vowed to quickly tackle youth crime by toughening bail laws and lowering the age of criminal responsibility.

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NT election: the Country Liberals claim a landslide victory in a contest decided in suburbia

The Northern Territory is a different place. On the day prior to this election, Speckles the Adelaide River crocodile was asked to predict the result of the election. He had replaced the previous crocodile, a spiv who got the 2016 and 2020 elections wrong.

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Libs' return to office brings familiar promises for NT

Labor's red sea across the Australian mainland is over after Lia Finnochiaro and the Country Liberals' thumping victory in the Northern Territory.

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Candidates hope Top End voters are independent thinkers

A swag of independent and Greens candidates could upset safe seats as polling day arrives in the Northern Territory.

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Voters step on the gas as NT faces 'turning point'

Election day is on in the Northern Territory where green groups, tourism operators and doctors fear an industrial expansion will harm residents and wildlife.

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This NT election, even pet crocs are campaign fodder. Just don’t mention the ballooning debt

The Northern Territory is going to the polls this weekend. The incumbent Labor government is under serious challenge from a rejuvenated Country Liberal Party (CLP) opposition, led by Lia Finocchiaro. This is an election mainly about crime and the state of the economy, and neither issue is good for Labor.

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Poor compliance and broad exemptions mean land clearing continues apace in northern Australia – despite our laws and pledges

In 2021, Australia was one of 141 nations pledging to end deforestation by 2030 – just over five years from now.

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Changes urged as shocking' reality' of DV is exposed

Killings of four Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory have put the spotlight back on domestic and family violence just days out from the election.

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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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Principal to power: chief minister's rapid rise to top

Labor's campaign to win a third consecutive term in the Northern Territory is being led by a former school principal who has spoken of her dislike for politics.

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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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$Conservation group challenges NT fracking project$

Conservation group challenges NT fracking project

The future of the Northern Territory's largest fracking project is on the line as a conservation group challenges ministerial approval for the project.

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Vast native title risks 'speculative', High Court told

An Indigenous land rights case is being brought to "redress past wrongs", a lawyer for the Gumatj Clan has told High Court justices.

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Nobody is happy with the Northern Territory police, including officers. Leanne Liddle hopes to fix that

Arrernte lawyer’s challenge is to restore an organisation reeling from accusations of racism and multiple internal investigations

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War games resume as Italian jet crash recovery starts

Defence and police are working to recover part of an Italian fighter jet that crashed in a remote part of the Northern Territory during military exercises.

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Artefacts returned from US: 'they belong to our people'

Indigenous leaders travelled to the US to repatriate 20 culturally significant artefacts that will be returned to traditional owners in the Northern Territory.

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Pilot ejects to escape crash during military exercise

An Italian fighter pilot is recovering in hospital after his warplane "encountered an unknown issue" and crashed during military exercises in remote Australia.

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Doctors warn DV driving 'traumatised' staff out of jobs

A peak body for emergency doctors is calling on the Northern Territory to make drastic changes to alcohol policy amid worsening rates of domestic violence.

Evening Standard

Crocodile that killed girl, 12, swimming in creek in Australia's Northern Territory is shot dead

The girl's death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory since 2018

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Rangers in Australia shoot dead crocodile that killed girl as she swam in creek

Saltwater crocodiles are considered a totem by many Indigenous Australians

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Alice Springs is under a snap curfew. But where’s the evidence it will actually work to reduce violence?

Since early 2023, the Northern Territory and federal governments have been trialling a range of social control measures in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) to address moral panics in relation to youth crime.

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The latest crocodile attack is tragic – but the Northern Territory doesn’t have a croc problem

Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory.

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12-Year-Old Child Attacked By Crocodile In Northern Territory

Australian police discover remains of a child attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory. Tragic incident in a remote town with ongoing search for t...

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