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NT: Burke wins battle but not war on mandatory sentencing
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AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2000
NT: Burke wins battle but not war on mandatory sentencing
By Rod McGuirk
DARWIN, AAP - Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke goes into an election year
hoping that mandatory sentencing remains electorally popular and buoyed by his victory
over its opponents in Canberra.
The suicide of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy in Darwin's Don Dale juvenile detention
centre in February galvanised critics in a groundswell that forced federal action.
Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to consider legislation that would exempt juveniles
from the NT's ...
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