00:00It was a tough decision, but this Larrakia traditional owner says it's a step he had
00:08to take.
00:09This morning, with a lot of mixed emotions, I've officially resigned from my position
00:16as chairman of Darwin Waterfront Corporation, and it is in protest to locking up ten-year-old
00:22children.
00:23After four years in the role, Richard Fijo says he's had a change of heart about representing
00:29a government body, after the NT government lowered the age of criminal responsibility
00:34back to ten.
00:36Everybody knows that Dundale is 100%, if not close enough to 100%, First Nations population.
00:43He says racism towards First Nations people is worsening in Darwin, and some visitors
00:48from remote communities agree.
00:51Sometimes them taxi drivers, they treat Indigenous people like, you know, they make their own
00:58price, they can't put their meter on, they're like ripping off Indigenous people.
01:05It's not fair from us.
01:07When asked what the government was doing to help ease racial tensions, the Chief Minister
01:12pointed to her government's tougher bail laws and expansion of the NT's prison system.
01:17That's exactly why we're strengthening the laws, to make sure that the territory is a
01:21safe place no matter where you live.
01:23Who are these laws targeting?
01:25You know?
01:26I can tell you now, it's not the white people in our community.
01:31In a statement, Minister for Tourism and Hospitality, Mari-Claire Boothby, says the NT government's
01:36laws apply equally to everyone.
01:39She says it's what Territorians voted for in August, adding racism has no place in our
01:45society.
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