"The review examines services to different groups of people related by a central experience of involvement with the criminal justice system. However, the individuals at the centre of this review may be receiving health care in a variety of settings, from different organisations, from different practitioners and have different legal frameworks influencing their care. The review examined forensic mental health service delivery, forensic disability services, health services in youth justice detention, community mental health and disability services for people leaving the criminal justice system, relevant legislation and court processes and interfaces between these elements. This review was a system and policy review and not a clinical case file review. " - excerpt from the Executive Summary, page 7.

The NT Government is required under the Liquor Act 2019 (NT) to undertake a review of the MUP (Minimum Unit Price) every 3 years. The review is required to assess the impact of the MUP against its main objectives: reducing the harmful consumption of alcohol while minimising the effect of the MUP on moderate consumers of alcohol. This report evaluates the impacts of the MUP on alcohol consumption trends, alcohol related harm and other impacts in the NT as a whole, as well as in individual regions. We recognise that it is difficult to directly attribute changes in alcohol related harms or other impacts to any individual alcohol related policy intervention such as the MUP, Banned Drinkers Register (BDR) and PALIs (Police Auxiliary Licensing Inspectors), since these were all introduced around the same time. The impact of COVID-19 is another important consideration for this evaluation. (Taken from executive summary)

Wet season adult mosquito trapping and larval mosquito surveys were carried out in April 2021 on the Tiwi Islands, following a fatal case of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) that was acquired in February 2021 and confirmed in June 2021. The April mosquito investigation was carried out before the case was officially confirmed, due to early pathological evidence of JE. This was the first locally acquired case of JE in the NT. The adult mosquito trapping program subsequently increased in scale during the 2021/2022 wet season and was continued until May 2024. In addition, larval mosquito surveys were carried out around the township of Wurrumiyanga (Bathurst Island), with public messaging also implemented to warn the public of the potential JE risk.

The mangrove biting midge, Culicoides ornatus, causes widespread pest problems in mangrove areas along the NT coast. The midges that are found around mangroves only fly in high numbers about 1.6km from mangrove areas. Biting midges do not transmit disease to humans in Australia, but they cause an itchy bite that can sometimes become infected.

The northern salt marsh mosquito, Aedes vigilax, is the most important pest mosquito in the Top End because of its aggressive biting habits during the day and night. It can carry and transmit Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus disease in the NT. You need to protect yourself to avoid being bitten. The highest risk period for these diseases is from December to March. Get the salt marsh mosquito pest calendar from the Department of Health Research and Publications Online digital repository.