The community sector has served the needs of Territorians for decades through a measured, reasonable, collaborative approach, which will continue under a CLP government, writes NTOCSS chief executive officer Sally Sievers.

The new CLP government is going to be on the hunt for savings to prove its economic credentials, and NTCOSS will be in the firing line because of the organisation’s devotion to the Labor party, writes Paul Morris.

Running the government of the Northern Territory is immensely difficult, writes Willem Westra van Holthe, Lia’s team will have to make haste and do their best to bring the people of the Territory along with them on the ride. This was a part of the reason the Giles government was smashed to bits in 2016.

Police Commissioner Michael Murphy’s recent apology to Indigenous Territorians shows he is not proud of the members of the Northern Territory police force, writes former police officer Bob Harrison.

Those who called in the police ultimately produced a result that was dishonest, inappropriate, against the best interests of Territorians and Australians…and contrary to both law and good practice, writes Civil Liberties Australia CEO Bill Rowlings about the APSAC conference, adding that transparency and openness is the best disinfectant for corruption; failing to expose it to educational media coverage was an opportunity gone south.

Caring for animals can be an important part of rehabilitating young people but the government seems reluctant to do something that is proven could help the Don Dale detainees, many of whom have had little or no love in their lives, writes Gerry Wood.

The Northern Territory AFL team business case claims the team will help ‘close the gap’ for Indigenous Territorians, but Dr Don Fuller argues the proposal raises high financial and social risks with a relatively low return to the community, and it is clear the AFL should provide the bulk of the funding if it wishes to expand the national competition, given its exceedingly large and ever-expanding resources.

Instead of a curfew the Territory needs policies and programs to look after vulnerable people in our community, including victims of crime, and to keep kids out of gaol, keep families connected, and give people hope for the future, writes David Eldridge.

Northern Territory crocodile numbers have never been, and will never be, out of control, and instead of culling there needs to be more education, more warning signs, and tougher fines for people wilfully engaging in unsafe behaviour, writes PhD student Brandon Sideleau.

Australia’s imprisonment rate of Indigenous people is a domestic embarrassment which causes international condemnation and shame, and is shockingly expensive and ineffective, writes former Commonwealth and NT public servant Bob Beadman, as part of a broader analysis of legal and governance systems.