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Northern Territory: New NT Legislation Must Comply With Human Rights Obligations


Northern Territory: New NT Legislation Must Comply With Human Rights Obligations The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress) says the bills to continue the Intervention in the Northern Territory must be withdrawn and reintroduced so they will be subject to the same human rights scrutiny as other bills. The Congress Co‐Chairs say the bills were originally tabled before the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act passed late last year and cannot be debated without being...

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