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The NT Human Rights Awards ceremony, “the Fitzgeralds” (named after former NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Tony Fitzgerald) was held on 11 December 2019 at the Supreme Court in Darwin. CLANT is a proud supporter and sponsor of the Fitzgeralds. The Fitzgerald Youth Award Individual winner – Jubilee Weo, a young women working with young Yolngu people…

CLANT congratulates Stephen Robson SC on taking silk.  As the only Senior Counsel based in Alice Springs, Stephen, who has recently moved from the ODPP to practice independently, will no doubt be in high demand.

The 2019 CLANT AGM will be held at 4.45 pm (note change of time; brought forward from 5.15 pm to avoid clash with Battle of the Legal Bands) on Friday 22 November 2019 at the offices of NAAJA, 61 Smith St, Darwin City. We will have AVL to the NAAJA offices at Katherine and Alice…

On 24 July 2019, the CLANT Committee met and unanimously resolved to make a complaint to the Chief Judge of the Local Court of the Northern Territory against Borchers LCJ. Details of the matters complained of had been first brought to the attention of CLANT several days previously by way of an article in Guardian…

At the 2019 Bali conference farewell dinner, President Marty Aust announced that the Committee has nominated former President Russell Goldflam as a Life Member of the Association.

Following the compelling presentation by Felicity Graham at the CLANT Bali conference on the continuing struggle for justice by the Nauru 19, CLANT is pleased to announce that it has donated $10,000 to assist the Nauru 19’s pro bono legal team.

CLANT is delighted to congratulate our Life Member and former President, Suzan Cox QC, on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours “for service to the law”, a remarkable accolade for one whose entire career has been spent representing accused persons at the suit of the Queen.

“THERE is too much crime in the NT. We need to make changes to reduce the number of innocent victims. We as a community cannot afford to let fear stand in the way of good policy and reduced crime rates in the NT. The newly introduced Youth Justice Reform Bill has the potential to pave…

CLANT statement on Youth Justice Amendment Bill 2019 (NT) [introduced 19 March 2019, passed 21 March 2019, taken to have commenced 24 May 2018] It’s a dark day for justice in the NT. This Bill extends the use of force, restraint and torturous confinement, potentially to levels beyond the practices that so horrified the nation…