Chansey Paech: Difference between revisions

== Territory Policies ==

Paech was sworn in as the Northern Territory Attorney General in May 2022 and committed to overhauling the Northern Territory's Justice and Correctional systems, in October 2022 Paech introduced a suite of laws raising the age of criminal responsibility and reforming adult mandatory sentencing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-12 |title='Watershed moment': Northern Territory raises age of criminal responsibility |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-13/nt-to-raise-age-of-criminal-responsibility-mandatory-sentencing/101529286 |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref>

Paech also introduced a suite of amendments to the Northern Territory's anti-discrimination laws to give better protections for vulnerable people and minority groups. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-22 |title=NT passes new anti-discrimination laws after hours of debate and amid fierce criticism |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/anti-discrimination-amendments-bill-passed-by-nt-parliament/101686598 |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref> making the Northern Territory's anti-discrimination laws Nation leading at the time in terms of protections for vulnerable people and minority groups.

In February 2022, Paech, having responsibility for the Northern Territory's [[Aboriginal Australian sacred site|sacred sites]] legislation, tabled a decision in Northern Territory parliament to reject an application to expand the controversial McArthur River mine.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kurmelovs |first1=Royce |last2=Allam |first2=Lorena |date=2022-02-16 |title=NT government rejects Glencore bid to build toxic dump near sacred site |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/16/nt-government-rejects-glencore-bid-to-build-toxic-dump-near-sacred-site |access-date=2023-03-07 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In the [[Gunner ministry|Gunner Ministry]] Paech was sworn in as the Minister for Remote Housing, Homelands and Town Camps. He opposed the then Commonweath government thefederal [[Morrison government|Morrison Government]] for failures to deliver remote housing on homelands and town camps.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-10-03 |title=Homelands residents living in tents while governments haggle over responsibility for new houses |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-04/nt-asks-federal-government-for-remote-housing-money/100509386 |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref> a position which was also supported by Selena Uibo, the succeeding Minister for Housing in the Northern Territory.