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NT Government walks away from climate targets

27 June, 2025 - Background In Budget estimates last week, Minister for the Environment Josh Burgoyne revealed that the Finocchiaro government has walked away...

Safe drinking water is a human right.

27 June, 2025 - Background There are currently no enforceable drinking water quality standards throughout the Northern Territory. People living in many remot...

Everyone deserve safety and dignity on public transport

24 June, 2025 - Background Last week the CLP government unveiled updates to its ‘rules of travel’ on public buses prohibiting “dirty or stained clothes.”&nbs...

Frackers deceive Traditional Owners to fast track Beetaloo approvals.

24 June, 2025 - Background As reported by the Guardian today, leaked documents reveal that a consultancy firm Good Advice, run by a former NLC employee, play...

Attorney General confirms plans to strengthen the right to discriminate on final day of Darwin Pride.

16 June, 2025 - Background Attorney General Marie-Claire Boothby yesterday announced changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act to weaken protections against dis...

Arming civilians with chemical weapons will not make our communities safer

11 June, 2025 - Background The Finocchiaro CLP government has today announced they will initiate a 12 month trial allowing civilians to possess and use peppe...

Statement from the Northern Territory Greens on the death of Kumanjayi White in police custody

10 June, 2025 - On Tuesday May 27th, a 24 year old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu, Kumanjayi White, was killed in custody after being ‘restrained’ by plainclothes N...

Northern Territory Greens unequivocally oppose CLP bail reforms

20 May, 2025 - On Wednesday 30 April 2025 the CLP introduced knee-jerk changes to the Youth Justice Act and the Bail Act in response to the tragic killing of Li...

CLPs removal of third party merits review a threat to democracy

25 March, 2025 - Background The repealing of the third party merits review process by the CLP Government poses a serious threat to transparency, procedural f...

The CLP Government’s proposed public housing reforms will only fuel crime and further entrench disadvantage

24 March, 2025 - Background The CLP Government’s public housing reforms will fast-track evictions for tenants with unpaid rent, property damage, or antisocia...

CLP passes anti-democratic Territory Coordinator Bill

19 March, 2025 - Background Last night the CLP Government passed the Territory Coordinator Bill. The cross-bench and Labor put forward a number of amendments...

CLP Government scraps Portable Long Service Leave scheme for care workers

12 March, 2025 - Background The Finocchiaro CLP Government has scrapped the Portable Long Service Leave Scheme for community services workers. This scheme en...

US military fuel tanks built unlawfully at Darwin’s East Arm precinct

11 March, 2025 - Background Leaked correspondence from the NT Government indicates that US-based company Crowley constructed 11 military fuel tanks on Darwin...

Changes to the onshore gas code surreptitiously released last week

10 March, 2025 - Background The CLP Government last week made substantial changes to the Onshore Petroleum Activities Code of Practice (the Code). The Code r...

CLP announces further funding cuts to environmental advocacy groups

11 February, 2025 - Background The Finocchiaro CLP Government has announced they will cease taxpayer funded support for the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) and ...