Samantha Jonscher

“The total population of the Northern Territory is about the same as Hobart, and less than that of Geelong. If we had experienced the loss of seven people to family violence in one regional town in four months, the whole country would be outraged.”

Nearly 40% of MPs and their families own 3 or more properties and 20% own 4 or more. No housing crisis in parliament. openpolitics.au/analysis/nearl… #housingcrisis #auspol24

“Some people [within Labor] were aware and tried to stop it. My instinct is this is f---ing terrible.” Labor MPs "gobsmacked" by PM’s $4.3 million ‘clifftop perfection’ home buy. By @liv_ireland and me smh.com.au/politics/feder…

UPDATED (again) Facing a second day of intense questioning, Mr Rolfe said he was "not at all" concerned by findings of a Local Court judge that he lied, lacked credibility and likely "deliberately banged" a man's head into the floor during an arrest.

Former Constable Zachary Rolfe has just arrived at Alice Springs Local Court to give evidence at the Kumanjayi Walker inquest. @abcnews

‘Nowhere else to go’: protesters rally in support of Brisbane woman refusing to leave rental home of 22 years theguardian.com/australia-news…

Just watched the first installment of Indonesia Decides by @natasyajour @sweethellena @erwin_renaldi and can confidently say there’s no better way to learn what you need to know about the 2024 🇮🇩 presidential election than with this doco youtu.be/Knh8SKkNtMQ?si…

Glad to see this issue getting the national attention it deserves @e_janesmith "Despite the interpreter being available, I saw [the defendant] say they wanted to plead guilty and then demonstrate they didn't understand what they are pleading guilty to." abc.net.au/news/2024-01-2…

Australia's population will click over to 27m in the next few hours. We'll have analysis on the @abcnews channel after 4pm AEDT

Geoffrey Watson: “I don’t know what’s going on up there… I’ve never seen such a comparably obvious conflict of interest.” The NT Chief Minister’s adviser’s company is registered as a lobbyist for Beetaloo fracking company Tamboran. #disqus_thread" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ntindependent.com.au/fyles-senior-a…

Important story: Indigenous people in Alice Springs may have to represent themselves in court, due to an exodus of lawyers from the town's main Aboriginal legal agency. abc.net.au/news/2023-11-1…

Judge Armitage warned that if the deaths continued, "we will be having more inquests, sadly." "If we don't look back and learn from the past, we'll repeat the same mistakes." @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0…

The scale of the fires currently burning across northern Australia is pretty unfathomable. This animation visualises just the last two months of fire captured by #DEAHotspots - for context, the map covers an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined...

Mechelle Turvey, mother of Cassius Turvey, announced as 2024 WA Australian of the Year abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0…

Water rights are the new land rights. If you’re searching for an inspiring podcast, listen to the wise and wonderful words of Dr Josie Douglas, giving the keynote at our recent NT State of the Environment Conference. Thank you to @WaterWatchRadio 🙏🏻 waterwatchradio.com/podcast/episod…

The family of 16yo Cleveland Dodd who died in custody in Perth have released a statement calling for justice. “We will not rest until justice for our boy, and for all other First Nation’s children, is secured…” “Our boy deserved a future. We want answers.”

“This is nuts”: Tingle says false balance at ABC and other media has degraded Voice coverage smh.com.au/politics/feder…

It’s a long-standing complaint that journalists sometimes find dealing with @DefenceAust difficult but I don’t think many people realise just how bad it is despite the expenditure of millions of taxpayer dollars (thread)

Central Land Council to Senator Price: 1.'What is not on the [massacre] map is the administrative violence, pastoral violence, and wholescale theft of our land and waters. There is a direct link between these historical truths and the gaps we want to close.'