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The NT royal commission decision-making: not a good look

1 August 2016

7:52 AM

1 August 2016

7:52 AM

Monday’s announcement by the royal commissioner into youth detention in the Northern Territory, retired Northern Territory chief justice Brian Martin, that he was resigning was embarrassing to him, but humiliating for the government that appointed him.

Mr Martin cited the risk of perceived conflicts of interest from his time on the Bench and the fact his daughter has worked for a NT Labor attorney-general.

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