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NT says court has no jurisdiction to hear class action over COVID quarantine death
Northern Territory 2025-02-04 3:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The Northern Territory government wants to knock out a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action brought by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID quarantine facility. The family of the 50-year-old mother of three, referred to as Ms Dick, filed a representative proceeding against the NT government in November last…

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No Crown immunity for damage to sacred sites in NT, High Court says
High Court 2024-05-08 11:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Commonwealth can be held criminally responsible for damage to First Nations sacred sites in the Northern Territory, the High Court has unanimously found in a case over construction damage to Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park.

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Class action can’t sue over government funding decisions, NT says
Class Actions 2022-03-03 3:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Northern Territory government has hit back at a class action over allegedly underresourced and discriminatory healthcare services in the Indigenous community of Wadeye, saying it cannot be sued over its funding decisions.

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