NT Police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old male prisoner in the Alice Springs Prison yesterday afternoon.


NT Police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old male prisoner in the Alice Springs Prison yesterday afternoon.

Uber will launch its ride services in Alice Springs in late 2026, the company has announced, recruiting local drivers and offering sign-up bonuses that will see transportation options expanded in Central Australia.

A man has been charged with allegedly assaulting a woman and her child, aged under two, with a blunt weapon, breaking the mother’s hand and causing swelling to the child’s head, NT Police said.

Alice Springs Town Council has launched the ‘myTodd Mall’ buy-local voucher program to support small businesses and attract customers amid ongoing construction disruptions that will see customers earn vouchers depending on how much they spend at participating businesses.

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly physically assaulted by a group of six females who attempted to remove her clothing and attack her with an edged weapon in Alice Springs overnight, NT Police have said.

The Alice Springs Town Council has appointed Peter Varris as its new chief executive officer, the mayor Asta Hill has said.

A man has been charged after allegedly smashing the windscreen of a ute with an edged weapon at traffic lights in Alice Springs before chasing the driver with the weapon, NT Police said.

Two people were arrested after a street brawl in Alice Springs allegedly involving machetes and metal bars overnight, while NT Police say a 13-year-old takeaway shop employee was bashed and robbed at knifepoint on Saturday night and two people were treated for facial injuries after a separate street fight linked to ongoing family tensions following a death last month.

A man was threatened with weapons while sleeping in a tent at an Alice Springs caravan park early Tuesday morning, NT Police said.

Three bilbies have been born at the Alice Springs Desert Park as a result of a conservation program for one of Australia’s most iconic threatened species, the Finocchiaro Government has said.

A pregnant woman and her two-year-old child were allegedly assaulted at an Alice Springs football game on Sunday afternoon, NT Police said, after a group of women attending the match started fighting, leading to a “large disturbance” that saw another woman suffer head injuries from an “edged weapon”.

A man has been charged with intending to cause serious harm in Alice Springs after allegedly hitting his partner with a vehicle on the Stuart Highway, NT Police said.