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CLP to relocate up to 150 people from Darwin housing shelter to Batchelor

The Finocchiaro CLP Government will relocate residents of the Batten Road YiSSA transitional housing facility to Batchelor as part of a costly plan that will see a new repurposed demountable facility built that will also accommodate remote flood evacuees, but the decision has irked Batchelor residents and its local council who say the government did not consult with anyone there before announcing the “bad idea”.

Police investigating death in Malak

A 28-year-old woman died in a Malak residence Wednesday morning, NT Police said, with her 26-year-old partner arrested at the scene for an alleged earlier assault on the woman hours before she was found unresponsive.

‘A department in chaos’: Silence continues over Children and Families CEO’s shock exit

The shock departure of Department of Children and Families chief executive Brent Warren comes amid delays in court proceedings due to confusion in the department over controversial new child removal laws, while Minister Robyn Cahill’s office has refused to answer questions or explain why Mr Warren suddenly left the role last week, less than a year after she appointed him.

New Darwin Private Hospital operator named but no timeline on maternity services return

Calvary Health Care has been designated the new operator of Healthscope as part of a national arrangement that will see it take over Darwin Private Hospital as well as others across the country, but the CLP Government cannot say when private maternity services will return to Darwin.

Man wounded by spear during violent Wadeye unrest: police

A man suffered serious injuries after allegedly being hit in the back with a three-pronged spear during a “large disturbance” involving about 100 people in Wadeye, NT Police said, which follows the recent arrest of 13 people stemming from a series of alleged violent acts and property offences in the community since the start of August.

Migratory shorebirds celebrated at festival

The Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival will be held for the fourth time at the end of this month, organiser Bird Life Top End has said.

Finocchiaro Government silent on damning Acacia IT system report

The Finocchiaro CLP Government will not say if it will continue to implement NT Health’s troubled Acacia digital patient record system and has ignored questions about whether it will adopt the 12 recommendations made in a scathing Public Accounts Committee inquiry report released more than two weeks ago.

Woman with ‘significant burns’ found injured in Palmerston park

An injured woman with “significant burns” to her head and chest was found early Monday morning in parkland in the Palmerston suburb of Gray, with NT Police calling for the public’s assistance to determine what happened.

Labor defeats independent to take Mulka by-election

Labor’s Yiwarr McGrath has defeated independent candidate Andrew Blamey to win the Mulka by-election Saturday night, bringing the party’s total number of MLAs in NT Parliament to six after the 2024 election wipeout saw it reduced to just four bush members, but the new member enters a divided Labor parliamentary caucus.

Wadeye violence: 13 arrested and more than 50 charges laid

NT Police have charged 13 people with more than 50 offences stemming from a series of alleged violent acts and property offences in Wadeye since the start of August, with details of three riots and some of the other alleged crimes still not made public.