Jasmine Cavanagh News Today

For years on end, under one government after another, the NT housing department refused to rectify critical faults such as the lack of a back door, no air-conditioning, water leaks, broken toilets and insect infestation.

Source: Australian Human Rights Commission Jasmine Cavanagh, a young woman from the Northern Territory community of Santa Teresa pursued ground-breaking legal action to hold the NT Government responsible for the poor state of housing in her community. In 2019, Ms Cavanagh’s change-making work was recognised with a Human Rights Award. Ms Cavanagh is one of many individuals and organisations who have been recognised, acknowledged, and celebrated by the Australian Human Rights Commission for the...