Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The only independent Aboriginal voice in the Northern Territory parliament has resigned in protest over the CLP government's policies on child protection and youth justice.

Yiŋiya Guyula says the CLP’s actions are creating "a slow genocide" in Indigenous communities.

NITV’s Head of Indigenous News and Current Affairs Natalie Ahmat has the story from Darwin.

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