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Keynote presenters Donna Ah Chee, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress CEO, and John Paterson, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) executive director, discuss why health researchers need to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the need for ongoing funding for the Lowitja Institute, and how the findings of the Northern Territory Royal Commission into the abuse of children in detention must not just gather dust on the bookshelves, like so many before it.

As the Northern Territory Royal Commission has heard, it's time it got done.

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Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - the nation's highest form of inquiry - recommended that all states and territories in Australia introduce legislation which would make it a criminal offence for people to fail to report child sexual abuse in an institutional setting.

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To independently monitor the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments» responses to Recommendations of the Royal Commission Inquiry into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a Royal Commission into the torture and abuse of children in Northern Territory youth detention centres following horrific footage and... Read more

The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) makes traditional ownership the sole criteria for land claims despite the Woodward Royal Commission, which precipitated the Act, recommending the twin bases of traditional ownership and need.47 It defines «traditional Aboriginal owners» in relation to land as a local descent group of Aboriginals who:

The passage of overriding legislation by the Commonwealth would send a clear message to the states and territories that they do not have unlimited power to introduce laws that further discriminate against Indigenous Australians, and would re-emphasise the importance of the recommendations of the Deaths in Custody Royal Commission that aim to reduce over-representation of Indigenous people in criminal justice processes.

The media spotlight was firmly in Darwin this past fortnight, as the Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth Detention Systems of the Northern Territory began its hearings.

Commenting on the current Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, Mr Kirby said media reports of the conditions in some communities was «a horrible thought for us Australians to think about and to reflect upon».

On Tuesday, a wider group (APO NT — Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory) wrote to Prime Minister Turnbull, seeking an opportunity to comment on the terms of reference and urged him to ensure that the Royal Commission be led by an «independent» expert and include Aboriginal representation from the NT.

The two Northern Territory leaders also sounded a warning to the Northern Territory and Federal Governments ahead of the handing down on Friday of the findings of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

Gooda later told ABC radio that he had been consulted on the terms of reference of the Royal Commission and had agreed its focus should be on the Northern Territory.

The government response was to call for a Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

It must build on the recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, with a strong focus on keeping children out of prison with a view to developing national minimum benchmarks for laws and policies to underpin this National Plan of Action.

However she was hopeful at prospects for next year's targets given a new spirit of engagement and cooperation from the Federal Government over the past six months, mostly since the announcement of the Royal Commission into abuses in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system.

We support the Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APONT) call for the Royal Commission to have independence from the Northern Territory Government, as well as the appointment of Aboriginal Commissioner / s from the Northern Territory.

The Prime Minister yesterday announced the Royal Commission will be conducted jointly with the Northern Territory Government and that Martin would investigate:

In the past year the Northern Territory has introduced paperless arrest laws, which fly in the face of the Royal Commission's recommendations.

The Lowitja Institute welcomes the swift action by the Federal Government in announcing a Royal Commission into Northern Territory juvenile detention in response to the brutal treatment of children detained in the Northern Territory criminal justice system, aired in the ABC Four Corners program on Monday 25 July.

Gooda said the engagement of all parts of the Territory community, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, will be critical to the success of the Royal Commission.

The Federal Government initially appointed former Northern Territory Chief Justice Brian Martin to head the Royal Commission, however he resigned within days following criticism of a lack of consultation with NT Indigenous groups and conflict of interest concerns about his past role.)

Ahead of the hearing, the Human Rights Law Centre, Amnesty International and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services called on the Federal and Northern Territory Governments to take immediate action to protect young people currently in detention and not wait for the Royal Commission's findings to ensure their safety.

Gooda said he was aware of calls to expand the Royal Commission beyond the Northern Territory but it was bound by its terms of reference.

Health and medical groups are backing a push for federal, state and territory governments to prioritise youth justice reform nationally in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Protectio... Read more

The first public sitting of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory was held in Darwin today.

The Third Action Plan was also informed by the Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) Advisory Panel on Reducing Violence against Women and their Children and various state and territory inquiries, consultation processes and significant reports, including the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland and the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence.

Dudgeon sees similarities with the work of ATSISPEP and the investigation being undertaken by the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, which resumes public hearings next month.

The findings of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory are essential reading for those who make policy and provide services in health, justice and social systems, as well as educators and researchers.

The Coalition noted that the mistreatment and torture of children in youth detention was not confined to the Northern Territory and, since the Royal Commission was announced, has been found to occur «in almost every jurisdiction».

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was up early too: his announcement of «a Royal Commission, in co-operation with the Government of the Northern Territory into the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre» came before breakfast, both in a formal statement and on AM radio.

Speaking on ABC radio last night, Human Rights Commissioner, Gillian Triggs, proposed a model for a wider inquiry, in which a Royal Commission could respond quickly to the issues at the Don Dale facility and in the Northern Territory, then move to a second phase, «which would be a national inquiry that would get a better sense of just of how diverse the practices are across Australia as a whole».

He spoke about his recent involvement in the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

ACOSS endorses the calls for action by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service for immediate action that must occur in the Northern Territory, the call for a Royal Commission, and the call by the Change the Record campaign for Federal leadership to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system and end abuse and mistreatment of young people, including by taking immediate steps to:

They also covered the release of the findings of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory — #NTRC.

There are similarities with our work in suicide prevention and with youth and incarceration in the Northern Territory --- particularly the Royal Commission into Youth Detention.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a Royal Commission into the torture and abuse of children in Northern Territory youth detention centres following horrific footage and revelations on ABC TV's Four Corners program.

George Brandis has confirmed his intention that the Royal Commission will be confined to the NT, with «terms of reference sufficiently wide and sufficiently penetrating to get to the bottom of the conduct that was revealed... and the broader question of the extent to which it is systemic conduct in the Northern Territory system...»

As you've no doubt heard in the media, Dylan Voller, who was filmed in a restraint chair wearing a spit hood, as well as being tear - gassed, gave evidence this week to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has called upon on the Northern Territory and Federal Governments to work with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission.

Once in the child protection system we heard of inappropriate placements, dislocation from community and culture and a lack of support or follow Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory through to address the trauma so many children had suffered in their young lives.

NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair Roy Ah - See said Bill Leak's cartoon — based on the Royal Commission into the shocking mistreatment of children in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system — insulted and denigrated Aboriginal people.

Today (November 17), the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory... Read more

«I particularly want to acknowledge the work of Danilla Dilba, led by Ms Olga Haven, in providing evidence based submissions to the Northern Territory Government and the Royal Commission to inform their considerations,» said Ms Turner.

Findings and Recommendations from the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory can be accessed here.

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) calls on the Northern Territory and Australian Governments to work with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations on the implementation of recommendations of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory released today.

Aboriginal Issues Unit of the Northern Territory «Too much sorry business» in Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody National Report AGPS Canberra 1991 Volume 5 Appendix D (i), 373.

Stanley said: «I am absolutely so anguished that at this time when the Federal Government has set up a Royal Commission to investigate the Don Dale disaster in the Northern Territory, they are now stopping to fund the Aboriginal community services in this nation that would actually be the interventions that prevent kids getting into Don Dale.»

The anniversaries of the Wave Hill walk - off from Kalkarinji by the Gurindji people, the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act, the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the launch of the Close the Gap campaign 10 years ago

Reconciliation Australia welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement this morning of a joint Royal Commission with the Northern Territory Government into the NT juvenile detention system.