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Human Rights Watch is urging the NT government to reconsider controversial youth bail laws, warning they could ruin children s lives .
The government has proposed making changes to the Bail Act and Youth Justice Act to cut crime, keep the community safe and put victims first .
Police would also have more power to electronically monitor adolescents who are alleged to have committed a crime.
The proposed new laws were put before the NT parliament on Wednesday, sparking outrage from justice groups and setting in motion a protest through the streets of Darwin.
Human Rights Watch researcher Sophie McNeil said the laws could result in more Indigenous youths ending up in juvenile detention.
A protest against proposed reforms aimed at reducing youth crime in the Northern Territory is set to take place on Wednesday, as community leaders express grave concern over their detrimental impact on Indigenous youth.
Indian Australians Say Morrison Morally Obliged To Repatriate Citizens Stranded In India
on April 26 2021 8:36 PM India s surge has seen it add about 350,000 cases and 2,600 deaths a day, and the healthcare system has been pushed to breaking point AFP / Maude BRULARD
Indian Australians are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison s government to help stranded citizens in the COVID-19-stricken country to come home.
Syndey-based cardiologist Dr. Yadu Singh believes the government has to work towards mass repatriation. She says the Morrison government is morally obliged to do everything for Australians who are stuck there.
“I have been approached by a lot of Indians in Australia who say we actually need to do more. I urge Mr. Morrison to consider a separate quarantine facility, where they are not causing risk to other arrivals,” Singh told The Guardian.
Australia s troubled Covid-19 vaccine rollout faces further setbacks as chemists are delayed from administering jabs until June amid dose shortages.
The European Union has blocked more than three million jabs from being exported to Australia over the past month, leaving local authorities scrambling to ramp up on-shore production as the nation s vaccination program falls behind schedule.
The government plans to use GP clinics as the hubs of the vaccine rollout once all over-50s are made eligible next month, however some experts say more industrial-scale facilities are needed to get Australia up to the speed of many foreign nations who are vaccinating are much faster rates.