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In the Northern Territory there are various stealing offences, most of which are governed by the Criminal Code 1983. While the offence of stealing is a property offence, some offences involving theft are composite offences, meaning they involve both property and violence. This article will outline the main offences relating to stealing in the Northern…

Under the Northern Territory Criminal Code Act 1983, there are a number of ways that a person can be found guilty of an offence even when they did not commit the physical acts that make up the offence. A person has criminal responsibility for criminal acts that they assisted, prepared for, attempted to commit, or…

The Northern Territory has two youth detention centres, Don Dale Detention Centre in Darwin and Alice Springs Detention Centre. Government statistics reveal that the majority of young people in detention in the NT are being held on remand, with only a small minority having been sentenced to detention. The overwhelming majority of children held in…

On the 6th June 2019 the NT Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne delivered her independent monitoring reports on the two youth detention centres in the Territory. The reports found numerous shortcomings in the facilities and the procedures followed when dealing with youths who were at risk, separated or in lock-down. They also found the provision of…