Monday 22nd September 2014 The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is holding public hearings in Darwin at the Supreme Court commencing 22 September 2014. The hearings will focus on how children who grew up at the Retta Dixon Home...
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE NORTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGENCY (NAAJA) CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LEGAL AID SERVICES INC (CAALAS) Corrections Bill needs to include rehabilitation 26 August 2014 The new Correctional Services Bill gives too much power to...
MEDIA STATEMENT 11th August 2014 Independent inquiry into political activities by Magistrate Peter Maley. Jon Tippett QC gave an interview to ABC TV’s 7.30NT on Friday night concerning a call by the Northern Territory Bar Association (NTBA) for an independent...
MEDIA RELEASE NAAJA welcomes the NT Government’s announcement that the NT prison population is growing slower than previously expected. While this is welcome, it needs to be seen in perspective. The NT’s imprisonment rate is still 5 times the Australian average...