ANALYSIS: After months of calls for action in Alice Springs, the NT's chief minister has pulled the trigger. But why did she wait?
"With regard to a Voice to Parliament," Mr Albanese told the media this week in Alice Springs.
A Voice to Parliament will, he explained, be a "representative body that is able to advocate and give advice to parliament and to government". But Aboriginal voices in Alice Springs are already telling the Commonwealth what needs to be done to help the future of the Northern Territory. In the wake of Mr Albanese's whistlestop visit, women's safety advocates called for the federal government to look atThey want to see a needs-based model implemented into the region, which has the worst family violence figures in Australia.On Wednesday, Social Services Minister Amanda RishworthAmanda Rishworth hasn't made any promises in response to calls for a needs-based funding model to address domestic violence in the NT.
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