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‘A concerning lack of transparency’: Committee’s report into Waterfront scandal raises further ‘governance failures’
A new report by the government’s Public Accounts Committee into the Darwin Waterfront Corporation has raised fresh concerns about ongoing “governance failures” and a culture of cover-up at the troubled corporation – that received more than $25 million of taxpayer money last year – with one committee member stating the brief public inquiry held in June was “fundamentally inadequate” and permitted the corporation to avoid accountability by withholding key documents.
CLP rejects expert evidence to pass controversial reforms to Youth Justice Act
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has passed changes to the Youth Justice Act in Parliament on urgency Thursday night, that will see the use of spit hoods on children reinstated, the principle of detention as a last resort removed, increased powers for youth justice officers to use force on youth inmates and the reintroduction of the use of restraint devices and dogs, essentially rolling back the changes made in response to the royal commission into youth detention in 2017.
Opinion: Colonial genetics driving tough-on-crime mindset
On the anniversary of former police commissioner Michael Murphy’s apology to Aboriginal people, it is timely to reflect on the two-tiered system that has endured in Australia since the first fleeters set foot on the east coast in 1788, writes Dr Robyn Smith.
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