News and Features
Resilient Australia Awards 2012
The Resilient Australia Awards recognise innovative practices and achievements across the nation that are making our communities safer, stronger, more resilient and better prepared to manage any emergency situation.
You can nominate an organisation for an award now.
The awards are sponsored by the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, in conjunction with States and Territories.
For more information, please click here
17 May 2012
Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
Do you know of a program that has reduced crime or violence in your area?
Are you involved in a project that is working towards a safer community?
The Australian Crime & Violence Prevention Awards recognise programs that reduce crime and violence in Australia. Nominations for the 2012 awards are now open.
Nominations close on 29 June 2012
For more information, please click here
09 May 2012
Closing the net on problem drinkers
Alcohol abuse causes crime. 60% of assaults in the Territory are alcohol-related.1
The Territory Government’s ‘Enough is Enough’ alcohol reforms are turning problem drinkers ‘off tap’, with more than 2000 on the Banned Drinker Register.2
New extra measures are now proposed to close the net on problem drinkers causing anti-social behaviour in our parks and streets.
Under these proposed measures:
- Police can place people who repeatedly drink in public and cause a nuisance on the Banned Drinker Register
- Problem drinkers can be placed on income management to force them into treatment
For further information about the proposed new measures, and to have your say, go to http://www.justice.nt.gov.au/alcoholreformnt/
1 Data source: Issue 31 March 2010, Northern Territory Quarterly Crime and Justice Statistics, unpublished data
2 Data source: ‘Enough is Enough’: Alcohol Reform Public Report July 2011 to December 2011, tabled in the February 2012 Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Sittings
13 April 2012
Review of Northern Territory Vulnerable Witness Legislation
The Department of Justice has conducted a review of vulnerable witness protections in the NT. Feedback received in the consultation process has indicated that the reforms that have occurred in this area since 2004 have, on the whole, been effective.
The Department has made 9 recommendations that are aimed at further strengthening the vulnerable witness protections in the NT.
The report can be found here
16 March 2012