Media Releases

 

20 February 2025

• Correction to Action for Alice 2020 Facebook post

20 February 2025

• More legislation, more harm—NAAJA expresses concerns over police and corrections legislation

17 February 2025

• Aboriginal people continue to be locked up at record levels putting lives at risk

20 January 2025

• Playing politics with Aboriginal children can only cause further harm

8 January 2025

• Record numbers of Aboriginal people facing jail

17 December 2024

• NAAJA announces new chair

9 December 2024

• NAAJA lawyer named national First Nations junior lawyer of the year

4 December 2024

• NAAJA looks to the future with new governance

20 November 2024

• Public apology to Priscilla Atkins, Chief Executive Officer of NAAJA

04 November 2024

• Custody notifications skyrocket

30 October 2024

• NAAJA concerned about deteriorating prison conditions

16 October 2024

• Keep Aboriginal children out of jail

16 August 2024

• 2024 NT Election – NAAJA’s Key Recommendations
• Stop the politics around youth offending and invest in programs that divert and tackle causes of crime

08 February 2024

• NAAJA on track to resume intake of new clients 

09 January 2024

• Mass incarceration is the real story

22 December 2023

• No adverse findings in NAAJA Investigations

8 October 2023

• NAAJA Board responds to video of Tennant Creek

22 September 2023

• Allegations against NAAJA board members not substantiated: NT Police

20 September 2023

• NAAJA Board responds to media reporting into its governance

30 November 2022

• First steps towards a better future

15 November 2022

• Youth detention in Australia is an abuse of human rights – 4 Corners

19 October 2022

• Long awaited action to improving community safety

11 August 2021

• NAAJA welcomes release of the Northern Territory’s first Aboriginal Justice Agreement

6 May 2021

• NAAJA urges Northern Territory Government to Rethink Regressive Youth Justice Laws

14 April 2021

• 30th Anniversary for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

24 March 2021

• NAAJA Condemns Proposed Youth Bail Reform

28 February 2020 

• NAAJA and Gilbert + Tobin establish a Legal Cadetship

11 November 2019

• Yuendumu Police Shooting of Aboriginal Teenager must be Fully Investigated

22 June 2018

• ‘Incompetent’ police investigation into murder of young Aboriginal mother of two:

12 February 2018

• NAAJA calls on Commonwealth Government to reinvest directly in communities and Aboriginal-led solutions