The Min says the $35mill will out "these historical factors that lead to a Royal Commission to bed"
It doesn't do that, because the NT Government has failed to implement the NT RC recommendations. In some cases, it has flagrantly flouted them. THREAD 👇
sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2…
It doesn't do that, because the NT Government has failed to implement the NT RC recommendations. In some cases, it has flagrantly flouted them. THREAD 👇
sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2…
Rec 10.2 - The Northern Territory Government close the current Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
❌#DonDale has not closed. Instead the NTG is investing millions$ to expand and refurbish the decommissioned adult prison so that it can detain a higher number of children
❌#DonDale has not closed. Instead the NTG is investing millions$ to expand and refurbish the decommissioned adult prison so that it can detain a higher number of children
Rec 11.2 – Territory Families ensure that a child or young person is placed in a detention facility nearest to the place of residence of his or her family
❌Children from Alice Springs are regularly, forcibly transferred +1000km away from their families to #DonDale
❌Children from Alice Springs are regularly, forcibly transferred +1000km away from their families to #DonDale
Rec 20.8 – Youth detention centres be sufficiently staffed to ensure that detainees need not be locked down so staff can take breaks
❌Children are REGULARLY locked in their cells because both Alice Springs and Don Dale youth detention centres are chronically under-staffed
❌Children are REGULARLY locked in their cells because both Alice Springs and Don Dale youth detention centres are chronically under-staffed
Rec 21.1 – Territory Families introduce video and sound recording in the form of body worn cameras in youth detention centres.
❌This has not occurred, making it extremely hard to prove the type of mistreatment that was alleged in this $35million settlement matter.
❌This has not occurred, making it extremely hard to prove the type of mistreatment that was alleged in this $35million settlement matter.
Rec 25.19 – The Bail Act (NT) be amended to ensure children are provided with bail except in a narrow set of circumstances
❌Just MONTHS ago the NT Govt introduced some of the most punitive youth laws in the country, reversing the presumption for bail for certain offences
❌Just MONTHS ago the NT Govt introduced some of the most punitive youth laws in the country, reversing the presumption for bail for certain offences
Rec 25.17 - Electronic monitoring conditions should only be considered when there is no other alternative to remanding the child in detention
❌Recent laws have expanded police powers to use electronic monitoring, making it a first response rather than a last resort
❌Recent laws have expanded police powers to use electronic monitoring, making it a first response rather than a last resort
TLDR: the $35 mill settlement puts nothing to bed. It goes some way to recognise the harm suffered by these children; but it does nothing to absolve the NT Government of its ongoing failure to shut down #DonDale and reform its youth justice system. /END
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