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CLANT welcomes the appointment of former DPP and CLANT Life Member Rex Wild AO QC as Acting Chairperson of the Northern Territory Parole Board.

CLANT welcomes the appointment of Thomasin Opie as a Local Court judge.  Ms Opie has been the long-serving manager of the Katherine Regional Office of the Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission, and notably, this may be the first time an NT practitioner from outside Darwin or Alice Springs has been given judicial office.  Congratulations!

The 2021 CLANT AGM will be held in Darwin on 5 November.  Full details, including nomination and proxy forms, are here. Marty Aust has announced he is stepping down as President after four years in the job, so it’s time for someone else to step up.  All office bearer and Management Committee positions will be…

CLANT congratulates the Northern Territory Government on the launch of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement, which has the potential to be a watershed in the delivery of justice to Territorians.  The Agreement’s three aims (reduce offending and imprisonment of Aboriginal Territorians; engage and support Aboriginal leadership; and improve justice responses and services for Aboriginal…

The conference may be postponed, but notwithstanding our “Lockdowns and Lock Ups” the CLANT committee would love to bring our membership together. Please join us for a very relaxed and casual dinner at 7pm on the evening of Wednesday 11 August 2021 at  Fannie Bay Super Pizza, Shop 4, Fannie Bay Place, Fannie Bay. The…

The CLANT committee have come to the difficult decision to postpone our ‘I Can’t Believe it’s not Bali: Lockdowns and Lock Ups’ Conference set to be held in Darwin from 10 to 13 August 2021. All delegates will be refunded their registration fees (less $60), and will receive their pre-purchased conference shirts and satchels. The …

CLANT congratulates Stephen Geary on his appointment as a judge of the Local Court of the Northern Territory.  Stephen served as a Crown Prosecutor in the Territory for many years, and is a long-standing member of CLANT.  We wish him well in his move from the bar table to the bench.

The recent announcements by the Chief Minister (regarding reforms to the Youth Justice Act and Bail Act) are both disappointing and retrograde. The amendments have been proposed without any stakeholder engagement or consultation with the sector and appear purely political. A lack of engagement and transparency in law reform has become a hall mark of…

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The Hon. Chief Justice of Australia Susan Kiefel AC will deliver the tenth Austin Asche Oration on 27 March 2021 in Darwin on “Judicial Independence – From what and to what end?”.  Details are here.