How is it that we have to be asking questions about the NT anti-corruption body’s integrity, while our government is under investigation for serious corruption and while other fundamental legal agencies such as the police and the Office of the DPP have also repeatedly failed to act with integrity?
The Territory Labor Government has developed a four-step template to deal with crises arising from its dysfunction, inefficiency and alleged corruption, writes former Labor chief ministerial adviser Charlie Phillips: 1 Deny. 2 Cover up. 3 Delay. 4 Accept no responsibility.
It is time for all parties to put differences aside, and work in the best interests of the Tennant Creek community and have dogs de-sexed, writes Barkly Regional Council councillor Elliot McAdam.
The Australian Defence Force has taken over the lease of the former Inpex workers’ camp at Howard Springs but the recreation facilities should still be open to the local community as promised at a public meeting before it was built.
OPINION: The recently announced decision to investigate a senior detective for allegedly perverting the course of justice in the Zach Rolfe criminal investigation is a good first step, writes former officer Carey Joy, but more independent investigations into senior officers involved are needed to restore confidence in the NT Police.
Opinion: Seeing the constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in democratic terms, it offers a practical way of working through profound questions, and deepens our reasoning about the consequences of the past, writes Professor Duncan Ivison.
Abortion is a stain on our Australian society and what we need instead is love, compassion and a voice that protects the unborn in our Constitution, writes Gerry Wood.
NT Police Association president Nathan Finn has said Police Minister Kate Worden should be ashamed of herself for the banning of spit hoods, the bail and weapons review, the raising of the age of criminal responsibility, as part of his speech at the union’s conference, and also criticised the government over other issues including the lifting of alcohol restrictions for Aboriginal communities. Read the full speech here.
Over the last 50 years, we have taken people out of gainful self-help activity into idleness and deteriorating social outcomes; while the jails and hospitals are full, the schools are empty and the ‘gap’ is widening, writes former chairman of the NT Grants Commission and coordinator general of Remote Services, Bob Beadman.
The AFL needs to stand up and be the organisation they clearly think they should be, by getting firmly behind all the people of the centre with genuine investment that would bring real foundational change to the lives of those they love to boast about supporting, writes Alice Springs Town Council councillor Steve Brown.
Many people are angry about what is happening in the NT at the moment, but maybe we need to stop and ask a few questions. writes Richard Trudgen. Like why is this happening? Why are these young people doing this? What is the driving force behind their actions? And do we really want to know the answers?
Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour has proposed an Aboriginal community-controlled Family Responsibility Commission that could quarantine payments for parents who don’t look after their children, writes Michelle Grattan.
