The Latest Breaking News from Catherine Liddle

NT mayor defies calls to quit after video shows him pinning Aboriginal boy to ground

National children’s commissioner labels footage ‘disgraceful’ but Barkly council’s Jeffrey McLaughlin says force used as part of a ‘lawful citizen’s arrest’ was ‘entirely reasonable’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2023

Dutton accused of using Indigenous child sexual abuse in Alice Springs as 'political fodder'

Some dismiss claims about rampant child abuse in the outback town as exaggerated, but others say welfare responses are inadequate and children are falling through the cracks.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2023

Jacinta Price or Kerrynne Liddle likely to take opposition portfolio for Indigenous Australians

Post may be demoted to shadow assistant ministry due to concerns of ‘premature promotion’ for first-term MPs

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2023