NT Government fails to stop witnesses giving evidence to juvenile detention royal commission

By Damien Murphy
Updated December 8 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 5:19pm
Royal commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White inside Dylan Voller's cell during a  tour of the former Don Dale Youth Detention facilities.  Photo: Elise Derwin
Royal commissioners Mick Gooda and Margaret White inside Dylan Voller's cell during a tour of the former Don Dale Youth Detention facilities. Photo: Elise Derwin
Vision of teenage boys being assaulted, stripped naked, shackled and tear-gassed at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre aired on the ABC's Four Corners  program prompted a royal commission into the Northern Territory's youth justice system.   Photo: ABC News
Vision of teenage boys being assaulted, stripped naked, shackled and tear-gassed at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre aired on the ABC's Four Corners program prompted a royal commission into the Northern Territory's youth justice system. Photo: ABC News

The royal commission into juvenile detention has rejected a last-minute attempt by the Northern Territory government to stop witnesses giving evidence.

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