Consultations about the future of the federal intervention in the Northern Territory continue in remote central Australian communities today.
The first consultation meeting to help develop policies after the Federal Government intervention in the Northern Territory is being held in Tennant Creek this afternoon.
A Northern Territory Labor politician has criticised her own party over aspects of the continuing federal intervention in NT communities.
Mick Gooda says community consultation on a discussion paper about the intervention is a chance to rebuild relationships between the Indigenous community and the Federal Government.
Julia Gillard is promising Indigenous Australians will have a say in how best to tackle disadvantage when the intervention expires.
About 200 people opposing the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities have marched through the centre of Darwin.
The co-author of a report which triggered the Federal Government intervention in the Northern Territory says some good has come out of the emergency response.
Aboriginal people from prescribed communities across the Northern Territory are meeting in Darwin today to call for an end to the federal intervention.
The legal bill for the failed prosecution over a drop toilet that was dug on a sacred site in the Northern Territory has been revealed in the Territory Parliament.
The Northern Territory Police Association wants to know who will pay to police remote communities when funding for the federal intervention runs out next year.
A handful of protesters greet Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the final day of her visit to the Northern Territory.
A key independent Northern Territory politician has slammed an Indigenous housing program for failing to give Aboriginal people long-term jobs.
The latest report card on closing the education gap in the Northern Territory shows a significant drop in school attendance in remote Aboriginal communities.
The United Nations is urging the Federal Government to have a "fundamental rethink" on the Northern Territory intervention.
The UN refugee agency continues to work with Australian and Malaysia, despite claims the asylum plan could be illegal.
An Aboriginal elder has taken to the streets of London to call for world support to end the federal intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities.
An Aboriginal elder has told the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights the Northern Territory intervention is racist.
The body representing Aboriginal communities in Central Australia is calling for changes to the process of removing signs detailing alcohol and pornography bans.
Noel Pearson tells Four Corners the education of children is paramount, even if it means sending them away to the big cities.
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin says she would like to see the Northern Territory intervention go further with stronger efforts to get children to school.
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has flown in to the NT, hoping to shape his plans for a second Indigenous intervention.
An Alice Springs-based politician has called for an Indigenous rights lawyer to hand back her NSW Australian of the Year award because of a comment she made on Twitter.
The Northern Territory Minister for Indigenous Development says a more grassroots approach is needed with the federal intervention.
Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda has urged the PM to visit the town camps of Alice Springs with Tony Abbott.
Tony Abbott has written to the Prime Minister calling for a new intervention to prevent violence in Northern Territory towns.
A row has erupted over who is to blame for the significant increase in alcohol-fuelled crime in Alice Springs.
February 27, 2011 13:08:00
Aboriginal leaders in central Australia have welcomed comments from the man who designed the Northern Territory intervention, agreeing that it has failed.
February 26, 2011 10:20:00
Complaints about high levels of crime and talk of child prostitution on the streets of Alice Springs has again thrown the spotlight on child protection in the Northern Territory.
January 26, 2011 11:12:00
The Federal Opposition says an unsafe asbestos dump in a remote Territory community has put the lives of residents at risk.
January 25, 2011 13:22:00
Authorities are investigating the inappropriate disposal of asbestos in a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community.
January 12, 2011 10:00:00
The Northern Land Council says the Commonwealth law that stops courts from recognising Aboriginal cultural practices in sentencing must be immediately reviewed.
January 10, 2011 13:11:00
The Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority has lost its Supreme Court appeal against a company that built a toilet on a sacred site.
December 13, 2010 10:48:00
Aboriginal children are more likely to adjust to starting school if their whole community is involved, a new report says.
November 23, 2010 18:09:00
There is no evidence the federal intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities has improved the health of Aboriginal people, a Territory doctor says.
November 5, 2010 14:37:00
Former Howard government minister Mal Brough is making a return to politics but says it will not be easy.
October 29, 2010 20:33:00
The Federal Government denies Aboriginal people working in remote Northern Territory communities are being treated like slaves.
October 29, 2010 16:14:00
The Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner says the Federal Intervention has contributed high rates of discrimination levelled at Aboriginal people.
October 28, 2010 11:02:00
The former prime minister John Howard has attacked the NT Government's handling of Indigenous affairs.
October 22, 2010 13:09:00
Signs in remote Indigenous communities declaring "No pornography and alcohol" are not legally required under the federal intervention in the Northern Territory, the Department of Indigenous Affairs has told a Senate estimates committee.
October 19, 2010 11:18:00
The NT Government says it will act on the recommendations of the child protection inquiry and focus more on preventing child abuse.
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