A plan by the new Northern Territory government to take fines from the Centrelink payments of parents who fail to send their children to school has been branded as a "scare tactic". But Opposition Leader Selena Uibo said Ms Hersey had been "unable to substantiate these claims" when the minister was questioned in parliament this week about the truancy officers …
A rebooted policy to fine parents who fail to send their children to school in the Northern Territory has been labelled as a “direct attack” on Aboriginal rights by a group of community leaders. On Friday, group of community leaders gathered in the remote NT community of Maningrida to voice their concerns about the policy, which they said “punishes families …