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The Northern Territory government has decided to close schools based in detention centres. Schools in Alice Springs’ Detention Centre are the latest ones to close, and youth detainees will be moved to Darwin. Workers in the schools are concerned as they provide life-changing programs to support detainees. Hip Hop advocate Dan The Underdog says the …
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The Northern Territory’s proposed change to the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle will make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their culture and communities. Advocates and community leaders are pledging the Territory’s government to scrap the changes, as it will be easier for courts to place Indigenous children in non-Indigenous placements. Around 90 per cent …
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This weekend, Australians living in the Barkly region in the NT will go to the polls to elect their local council members. The region covers more than 300 thousand square kilometers in the Territory, where the main town is Tennant Creek and 6 candidates have campaigned in the region to become Mayor. The Wire’s contributor …
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A new Indigenous-led corporation is funding First Nations grassroots projects in the Northern Territory. Aboriginal Investment NT is supporting community projects across the Territory, funding more than $40 million to over 80 Aboriginal businesses. They’ve recently released their five-year strategy to deliver $655 million dollars in Aboriginal projects Produced by 8CCC …
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After winning in a landslide Northern Territory election, Lia Finocchiaro and the Country Liberals have announced massive hard-line reforms to the youth justice system, including lowering the age of criminal responsibility, denying bail for repeat and violent offenders, and holding parents partly responsible for the crimes of their children. This comes after rises in youth …
Following a spate of youth crimes in Alice Springs, a three day curfew was imposed on the city. However, many are questioning whether this is a long term solution to youth crime in Alice Springs. Image: Image: Shutterstock – Produced By: Abhranil Hazra Featured In Story: Sarah Rheinberger, Thrive By Five , and Councillor Marli …
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The curfew in Alice Springs that was introduced a week ago has proven to be successful in it’s goal of reducing youth crime, at least in the short term. The curfew forbids anyone under 18 from being in the Alice Springs CBD from 6 PM to 6 AM, in an effort to mitigate crime. The …
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Last week, the Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler imposed a youth curfew in Alice Springs for TWO weeks after the riots in a business close to the CBD area. Streets in the Red Centre are quiet, but more than 7 thousand young residents are affected by the curfew. Mayor of Alice Springs Matt Patterson …