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ABC: Report finds majority of young people in NT experience racism

07 Oct 2024

ABC Interview with Children's Commissioner, Shahleena Musk aired Thursday 26 September 2024.

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ABC Video: Northern Territory government to lower age of criminal responsibility

07 Oct 2024

ABC Interview with Children's Commissioner, Shahleena Musk aired Saturday 5 October 2024.

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NT Children's Commissioner Shahleena Musk warns against plans to lower age of criminal responsibility

07 Oct 2024

ABC Stateline interview with Children's Commissioner, Shahleena Musk aired Friday 4 October 2024.

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‘Grave concerns’ for kids inside Don Dale

09 Aug 2022

There are ‘grave concerns’ for children inside the notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Center amid accusations that the NT government is breaching the Youth Justice Act. Read our exclusive investigation.

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Inside the plan to change notorious youth justice centre

07 Aug 2022

A new plan outlines how Territory Families plans to tackle the youth detention crisis in the NT. We take you inside the model of care to reform the nation’s most notorious youth centre.

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Blood 'smeared' on walls of children's prison

03 Aug 2022

Children's blood has splattered the walls of the most notorious youth justice centre, as calls are made for the NT to be 'held accountable'.

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Number of kids in detention up by 200 per cent

01 Aug 2022

Many kids in Territory youth detention centres will not be convicted or sentenced.

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Stolen Generation survivor creates a family legacy

30 Jul 2022

During Reconciliation Week the woman responsible for the Territory’s most vulnerable children shares her deeply personal story.

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FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

24 Aug 2022

When an official observer visited the Don Dale youth detention centre in Darwin last year, it wasn't just graffiti they saw on the inmates' rooms. "During the day of my inspection, [a detainee] had smeared [the] walls with blood," the observer noted in a report sent to the minister and now obtained by the ABC.

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Don Dale Youth Detention Centre's staffing crisis led to more 'cage-like' lockdowns, report finds

03 Dec 2023

Staffing shortages at Darwin's Don Dale Youth Detention Centre led to young people being held in "cage-like" conditions for extended lockdowns, a monitoring report has found.

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