NT Leader Says She Won't Make 'Stupid Mistakes' After Death in Custody

Chief NT minister rejects independent Aboriginal death-in-custody probe |Morning News Bulletin 4 June 2025

Authorities push back on calls for an independent inquiry into an Alice Springs death in custody; The UN demands an independent probe into deaths at Gaza aid points; And in sport, a new call for flares to be allowed back at Australian football games.

Top minister rejects external death in custody probe

A chief minister has rejected calls for an external inquiry into the death in custody of a young...

NT leader says she won't make 'stupid mistakes' after death in custody

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has ruled out an independent investigation into the death in custody of an Aboriginal man in Alice Springs last week.