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NT Government’s appeal against Indigenous housing court ruling sparks Human Rights Commission intervention
The Australian Human Rights Commission is set to intervene in a legal fight between residents of the remote community of Santa Teresa and the NT Government over public housing conditions.
Key points:
- The move is part of a long-running dispute about the state of public housing in the Aboriginal community
- The NT Government will appeal against a ruling a “habitable” home should be “humane and reasonably comfortable”, not just “safe”
- The Australian Human Rights commission will be allowed to provide information during the appeal hearing next year
The case began in 2016, in the NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, before making its way to the NT Supreme Court after 70 remote public housing tenants in Santa Teresa launched complaints about the…
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