Minimum standards for people being held in detention need to be adopted by the Northern Territory Government.

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency is calling for the territory government to implement, OPCAT, an international human rights treaty designed to stop torture at detention facilities.

The legal service says some people are spending weeks in watch houses.

Other stories this week include:

• The Aboriginal Legal Service of NSW and the ACT say police-led meetings in NSW are harming young people.  
• Yorta-Yorta and Barapa-Barapa man Kai Lane highlights the impact light pollution is having on the future of Indigenous astronomy.
• And a new study investigates the plastic chemicals that end up in the food we eat.

This week’s episode is hosted by Harrison Pedersen.