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Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price has hit back at criticism of Peter Dutton over the issue of Indigenous child sex abuse, saying it is “unfathomable” people would try to cover up the exploitation of Aboriginal children.
When the Northern Territory raised the age of criminal responsibility last year to 12, the government said the legislation wouldn't begin operationally until "the second half of 2023". But advocates say young children are still being jailed.
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Out-of-control youth in Alice Springs have been filmed hurling racial abuse, spitting and assaulting pub patrons in a w
Vision of a child being ‘folded up’ and sat on by custodial officers, crying, “I can’t breathe,” was chillingly reminiscent of the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in the Northern Territory, and the murder of George Floyd in the United States.