The NT Campaign was launched in March 2021 with Eileen Culleton’s submission to the NT Mandatory Sentencing Consultation Paper in which she called for mandatory sentencing for life without parole for murder with sexual assault.
The submission was rejected by the NT Law Reform Committee due to the lateness of the submission. This was disappointing considering Eileen Culleton’s submission appeared to be the only submission from a murdered rape victim family member and therefore would have provided invaluable insights to inform the NT Law Reform Committee.
Elleen also sent a copy of the submission to the former Attorney General Selena Uibo with the request that she consider it despite the lateness of submission.
Ms Uibo responded by email in April 2021 to advise she provided the submission to the Department of Attorney-General and asked that it be considered in any future consideration of mandatory sentencing by the Northern Territory Government.
Partly due to my submission, the then NT Attorney General rejected the consultation report with calls from the NT Law Reform Committee to remove mandatory sentencing laws for murderers and the status quo was kept. It is not the stronger laws I asked for but at least the legislation was not weakened.
Here is a copy of the 28 page submission
How to help the law reform campaign
Your voice has power in telling the politicians that the Northern Territory’s current sentencing is not in line with community expectations for crimes of murder with sexual assault and that you want this law reform to keep rapist murderers behind bars for life. Please consider the following actions:
Sign the Petition
By signing and sharing the petition Life For Rapist Murderers you will help send a collective message to the politicians that this is an issue that is important to the community.
Email politicians
You may also want to email them. See below for their contact details:
NT Attorney General The Hon Marie-Clare Boothby
Address: GPO Box 3146 Darwin NT 0801
Phone: Parliament House: (08 8999 8603
Emails: Minister.Boothby@nt.gov.au
NT Politicians