Arafura Rare Earths is now searching for more private investment following the Federal Government announcing an additional infusion of $200 million to help develop its rare earths mine and processing facility in the NT, bringing the total public funding commitment to the project to more than $1 billion.
A dangerous driving incident that saw a man allegedly flee police while high on methamphetamine ended when the NT Police, assisted by its drone unit, apprehended the 33-year-old man in Alice Springs late last night.
A 49-year-old man is in custody after a woman believed to be his partner was discovered unresponsive near the Todd River overnight, with NT Police confirming the woman later died.
NT Police are investigating the discovery of a body east of Alice Springs on Saturday afternoon, while also dealing with a massive brawl in the CBD and another home invasion over the weekend.
More than 60 inmates have been moved from Holtze Prison to the refurbished old Berrimah Prison, and another 50 will be moved at some point in the near future, Corrections Minister Gerard Maley has said, which follows the union representing police last week saying the Darwin police watch house was being used purely for Corrections prisoners.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has refused to condemn the domestic violence crimes of an Alice Springs traditional owner and director of two community groups she met with last week, after it was revealed by The Australian on Tuesday that Benedict Stevens pleaded guilty in June to aggravated assault for striking his partner in the face with a tool during an alcohol-fuelled domestic violence incident.
An indecent act against a woman in Alice Springs that appears could have escalated quickly was not reported by police media for nearly a week, with police today calling for the public’s help to identify a man who exposed himself to the woman and attempted to grab her.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy flew to Singapore on holidays Thursday afternoon, after spending just a few hours in crime-stricken Alice Springs, a police source has said, while NT Police confirmed he was on “scheduled leave”, which came ahead of the Chief Minister also leaving town early.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has announced a “Circuit Breaker Program” for Alice Springs in the wake of a surge of violent crimes in the troubled town that it says will address the “root causes” of crime, but the program as described is exactly what Labor announced in April.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has taken the Police Commissioner to Alice Springs to announce the government’s response to the “serious, heinous and escalating violence” that saw a baby and her mother attacked by teen home invaders in the middle of the afternoon, with the baby flown interstate after suffering a fractured skull.
A man has been charged after allegedly verbally abusing and physical threatening a flight attendant before punching him in the face when the plane was about to taxi before take off in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman sleeping in her bed in her Alice Springs home, NT Police said.
