NT to pay $35M to settle youth detention class action
Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2021-07-28 10:09 am By Cat Fredenburgh | Melbourne
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The government of the Northern Territory will pay $35 million to settle a class action on behalf of 1,200 young people who allegedly suffered human rights abuses while they were in detention, including excessive force, handcuffing, strip searching and isolation in cells.

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