What Defunding The Police Could Mean For First Nations People

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The Northern Territory government has committed to a record spend on policing in the 2022-2023 budget, which police minister Nicole Manison has called “the biggest police budget in Territory history.”

Period24 May 2022

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  • TitleWhat Defunding The Police Could Mean For First Nations People
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletJunkee
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date24/05/22
    DescriptionThe Northern Territory government has committed to a record spend on policing in the 2022-2023 budget, which police minister Nicole Manison has called “the biggest police budget in Territory history.”

    The budget increase is driven by a new $10.2 million allocation to support policing in regional and remote communities.


    But the announcement came just two months after the acquittal of Northern Territory police officer Zachery Rolfe over the fatal shooting of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker, and Walpiri elders from Kumanjayi Walker’s Yuendumu community say more police presence in the NT is a “direct threat.”
    Producer/AuthorClaire Keenan
    URLhttps://junkee.com/defunding-the-police-for-first-nations-people/331909
    PersonsRobyn Newitt
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