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NT public housing body moves to throw out class action’s racial discrimination claims
Discrimination 2024-05-20 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities. 

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Judge signs off on $9.4M payday for Maurice Blackburn in NT class action
Class Actions 2021-12-16 4:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has signed off on a $35 million settlement in a class action against the Northern Territory government over alleged human rights abuses against youth detainees, including $9.4 million in fees for Maurice Blackburn.

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$35M settlement in NT youth detention class action a ‘discount’, court hears
Class Actions 2021-11-08 9:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Northern Territory’s agreement to pay $35 million to settle a class action on behalf of 1,200 young people who allegedly suffered human rights abuses while in detention was a “discount” on the claimed value of compensation owed, a court has heard.

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NT to pay $35M to settle youth detention class action
Class Actions 2021-07-28 10:09 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The government of the Northern Territory will pay $35 million to settle a class action on behalf of 1,200 young people who allegedly suffered human rights abuses while they were in detention, including excessive force, handcuffing, strip searching and isolation in cells.

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NT can’t keep settlement sum secret in detention centre class action
Class Actions 2021-07-26 6:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has agreed to temporarily suppress publication of a deed of settlement in a class action against the Northern Territory by youth detainees but ruled disclosure of the settlement sum is in the interests of justice and should not be kept secret.

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NT government settles detention centre class action, wants payout kept secret
Class Actions 2021-07-16 12:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Northern Territory government has reached a settlement in a class action brought on behalf of NT youth detainees seeking compensation for alleged race discrimination and human rights abuses.

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Detainees can’t rejoin class action after settling claims against NT government
Class Actions 2021-06-09 4:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two former detainees of youth detention centres in the Northern Territory can’t rejoin a class action against the NT government after settling their claims, despite the “unsatisfactory” circumstances surrounding their exclusion from the proceedings, a judge has found.

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