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Aboriginal people in the NT are 15 times more likely to be killed by a car than pedestrians elsewhere in Australia. And efforts to reduce the toll have come up against widespread acceptance of Territory habits

A former Northern Territory police officer has lost an appeal and can be forced to answer a coroner's questions about the fatal shooting of an Indigenous teenager.

When the Northern Territory raised the age of criminal responsibility last year to 12, the government said the legislation wouldn't begin operationally until "the second half of 2023". But advocates say young children are still being jailed.

Pressure is mounting for state governments as large numbers from New South Wales and Victoria sign the petition to raise the age of criminal responsibility. More than 128,000 community members, lawy

On Thursday, 4 August, the Commonwealth Government was given the #RaiseTheAge petition, for which over 200,000 Australians signed their support for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 1

Legal challenge argues that lower life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples means holding them to the retirement age is discriminatory

Advertisement When legal educator Mililma May arrives at Darwin’s Don Dale Youth Detention Centre to teach 10- to 17-year-olds their legal rights, she often ends up using baby talk. Many of the children she visits are primary school children the same age as her cousins and siblings. Arriving recently in H-block , the centre’s high security area, Ms May, who works for the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency , was approached by a “little 11-year-old boy” holding a frog ...