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…
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.
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.