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Melissa Mackay

@_melissamackay

Reporter | Presenter | Producer | Probably wearing a colourful pantsuit | @abcnews 🎥📺📻 Thoughts/feelings/opinions my own. ✉️[email protected]

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linkhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/melissa-mackay/11293794?pfm=ms calendar_today23-03-2012 10:57:27

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'We can't fill the jails because they're already full, there has to be another way of dealing with this issue.'
NT Police vow to overhaul domestic violence response ⁦ABC News⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0…

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Six women have been killed across Australia in the past 10 days — five allegedly by violence inflicted upon them by men.
ABC News⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0…

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High Court rules NT Housing liable for impact of lack of repairs on public housing tenants abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0… via ABC Australia

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Huge, huge news. The High Court has just ruled that Aboriginal people in remote housing can be compensated for distress and disappointment suffered due to dilapidated housing.

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'If we haven't been able to correct the funding cycle … if we can't correct the simplest thing, such as understanding that we need long term funding commitments, how do we do any of the more complicated work that is required?'
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Since it came to power eight years ago, the NT Labor Government says it’s spent $8 billion on infrastructure projects.
In that same period, it’s contributed $198 million to domestic, family and sexual violence services. ⁦ABC News⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-10-3…

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I try not to get too attached to new people in Darwin anymore, because they always leave. But I got attached to this one 🥺
James Findlay got me up at 5am for this sunrise, and let me talk about Taylor Swift on the radio.
Look after him, Adelaide.

I try not to get too attached to new people in Darwin anymore, because they always leave. But I got attached to this one 🥺 @james_findlay got me up at 5am for this sunrise, and let me talk about Taylor Swift on the radio. Look after him, Adelaide.
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Recent events in the Northern Territory are exposing serious flaws in the operation of our justice system. via Matt Cunningham The NT News
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Congratulations to His Honour Ben O'Loughlin, who was this morning sworn in as a Local Court Judge in Darwin.

Congratulations to His Honour Ben O'Loughlin, who was this morning sworn in as a Local Court Judge in Darwin.
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DFSV experts have welcome proposed legislative changes - but they only go so far.
'It is quite difficult to take the Northern Territory government seriously when they're not putting up the funding that's required to make any kind of meaningful change.” abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2…

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My biggest claim to fame is that Bluey's lead background artist, Nick Rees (quoted in this fab story) is my cousin and yes, he is absolutely the coolest of our family members on the ABC.
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