The former chief minister of the Northern Territory, Paul Everingham, says the federal government was wrong to split responsibility for Aboriginal affairs when it granted self-government 30 years ago.
December 29, 2008 11:00:00
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) says the Northern Territory Government should not build a new prison in the Top End unless it gets a mandate at the next election.
December 19, 2008 22:16:00
The Australian Medical Association's Northern Territory branch says the Territory Government is failing to provide adequate follow-up treatment for Aboriginal children in remote communities.
December 19, 2008 13:37:00
The social club running one of central Australia's oldest Aboriginal community stores says it is being unfairly disadvantaged by the Federal Government.
December 18, 2008 11:48:00
The Commonwealth Ombudsman says his office has dealt with 550 complaints, largely about the Intervention, since establishing a presence in the Northern Territory.
December 17, 2008 22:10:00
A new study suggests the Northern Territory intervention has not been the cause of Indigenous drift into urban areas.
December 10, 2008 12:34:00
The director of a new film on the Northern Territory intervention says it exposes abuses of power by police in Alice Springs town camps.
December 8, 2008 15:47:00
An ear nose and throat (ENT) specialist at Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital has called for a Northern Territory-style health intervention into Queensland's Indigenous communities.
December 4, 2008 15:10:00
Intervention head will return to Canberra early next year to take up a new defence job.
November 27, 2008 22:27:00
The Fed Govt's plan to restrict public access to NT Indigenous communities has been killed in the Senate.
November 27, 2008 13:34:00
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the past year has seen improvements in Aboriginal health but the state of Indigenous children's health remains a concern.
November 25, 2008 19:41:00
The Federal Government is yet to announce who will take over as head of the intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities after the departure of Major General David Chalmers.
November 20, 2008 09:37:00
An Indigenous research organisation has labelled the federal intervention as "misguided".
November 17, 2008 10:16:00
The Northern Land Council is calling on the Federal Government to reconsider its emergency response in Aboriginal communities.
November 14, 2008 14:48:00
An Alice Springs action group says there is strong evidence that alcohol sales restrictions have had a bigger effect than the federal intervention.
November 13, 2008 10:49:00
A NT health service has reported an increase in anaemia rates among children in Aboriginal communities east of Katherine.
November 12, 2008 10:30:00
The head of Frontier Services in central Australia has criticised the federal intervention for ignoring older Aboriginal people.
November 10, 2008 16:11:00
The Independent Senator, Nick Xenophon is blocking the Fed Govt's plan to reinstate the permit system for NT Aboriginal communities.
November 4, 2008 21:50:00
The head of the peak national body representing the community services and welfare sector says compulsory income quarantining in the Northern Territory should be scrapped.
November 4, 2008 15:25:00
A former politician says a lack of government consultation is harming desert communities.
November 3, 2008 11:05:00
The Fed Govt says the ADF will leave a positive legacy from its role in the NT Emergency Response.
November 3, 2008 08:38:00
Minister for Defence Personnel Warren Snowdon says the use of the Australian Defence Force in the Northern Territory intervention was warranted.
October 31, 2008 14:00:00
The Western Australian Indigenous Affairs Minister, Kim Hames, has ruled out a Northern Territory-style intervention into remote Kimberley Aboriginal communities.
October 30, 2008 14:17:00
A Senate Committee is in Darwin investigating whether the Territory Government spends it's money properly.
October 30, 2008 08:30:00
An Indigenous leader from central Australia has asked a human rights lawyer to take a case against the federal intervention to the United Nations.
October 28, 2008 10:09:00
The Northern Territory Government says a new report on Indigenous spending will help evaluate how much of an impact the Federal Intervention is having.
October 27, 2008 13:05:00
A central Australian legal group says it has not noticed a rise in child sexual abuse cases since the beginning of the federal intervention.
October 25, 2008 09:00:00
An Aboriginal health lobby group is asking the Government to reconsider its decision to keep compulsory income management in NT communities.
October 24, 2008 12:23:00
Vicki Gillick says the Government is right to not immediately reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act.
October 24, 2008 10:40:00
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has warned the shortage of doctors in the Northern Territory's remote Aboriginal communities is worsening.
October 24, 2008 08:35:00
There is divided opinion over whether compulsory income management can be tweaked so that it does not breach the Racial Discrimination Act.
October 20, 2008 09:32:00
A legal service has applauded the intervention review board's recommendation that income management be voluntary, but is critical of other recommendations made.
October 14, 2008 08:35:00
Mal Brough says he does not regret taking a blanket approach to all Northern Territory Aboriginal communities in the federal intervention.
Lawyers for the Federal Government have told the High Court that the Northern Territory intervention does not breach the Constitution.
Former treasurer Peter Costello has restated his support for his government's intervention in the Northern Territory.
The High Court is hearing a challenge to the federal intervention's compulsory five-year takeover of Aboriginal townships.
September 30, 2008 16:32:00
A former member of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce says people power is key to sustainability.
September 29, 2008 14:00:00
The report on the official review of the Northern Territory Emergency Response has been delayed until mid-October.
Federal Opposition says CDEP represents 'sit down money' and is destructive to Indigenous communities.
The AMA's Northern Territory branch says there has been a shift in terminology surrounding the Emergency Response.
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