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Opinion: Regressive changes to water laws could undermine Indigenous rights
The Northern Territory’s new water laws risk handing greater control of the Territory’s scarce water resources to commercial interests while undermining Aboriginal water rights and environmental safeguards, argue Erin O’Donnell, Professor Marcia Langton and Sue Jackson.
‘Risk remains’: St John Ambulance delays resulted in two deaths this year, Coroner finds
St John Ambulance NT contributed to the deaths of two elderly Darwin residents due to massive delays in ambulance services arriving when they fell in separate incidents, with both waiting on the floor for more than five hours for medical assistance despite being prioritised, the Coroner has found.
Boy charged for allegedly spitting at officer
A 12-year-old boy in Tennant Creek has been charged with assault and damage to property after allegedly spitting in the face of a police officer who was talking to him because they were concerned for his welfare, and then throwing a rock that shattered the rear windscreen of a police vehicle, NT Police said.
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