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NT attorney-general backs community safety changes despite unrest
Key takeaways
- Others have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the changes, in the wake of a string of recent tragedies and escalating violence in remote areas.
- Labor MLA Chansey Paech is calling for investments in alternatives to custody and on-country solutions.
- After vowing to restore community safety, the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party (CLP) government immediately recalled parliament and passed changes to the Territory's bail laws.
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Northern Territory Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby says crime is trending down in the territory, citing police statistics, one year on from changes that made community safety the paramount consideration for courts when granting bail.
Others have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the changes, in the wake of a string of recent tragedies and escalating violence in remote areas.
Labor MLA Chansey Paech is calling for investments in alternatives to custody and on-country solutions.
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