ABC News – Australia ·australia ·1 hour ago

Feds warn NT's law-and-order agenda could breach human rights

Federal Attorney-General Michelle Rowland warned Northern Territory counterpart Marie-Clare Boothby Wednesday that tough-on-crime reforms risk breaching UN child rights obligations. The Commonwealth has invested over $320 million in NT legal aid, but Rowland says inadequate government funding leaves children facing court unrepresented. Legal aid providers report the reforms have reduced capacity and increased delays.

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