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Mick Gooda says NT government ‘backing away’ from youth detention royal commission findings
Mick Gooda, the co-commissioner of the Northern Territory’s youth detention royal commission, has accused the NT government of backing away from commitments it made after the inquiry.
Key points:
- Mick Gooda accuses NT government of ‘learning nothing’ from royal commission
- The government this week announced a plan to target youth offenders with bail changes
- The royal commission pushed for reforms based on youth detention as a last resort
“You can’t arrest your way out of this,” Mr Gooda said, responding to the government’s latest tough-on-crime crackdown, which targets youth bail.
It has been more than three years since Mr Gooda — and his co-commissioner Margaret White — released their final report, in November 2017.
“We did a lot of…
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