The Country Liberal Party has defeated Territory Labor in an election landslide that has seen Lia Finocchiaro elected the first female CLP Chief Minister in the Territory’s history.
‘Panic mode’: Labor criticised for late campaign text message dump
Territory Labor is facing public backlash for a late election mass text message campaign in which certain voters were targeted with unsolicited anti-CLP messages, with political insiders calling the tactic a sign Labor is in trouble and fearing for its political future days out from the election.
Labor blocks corruption investigation into Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech
EXCLUSIVE: A corruption investigation into Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech’s previous shares in a liquor wholesale company has been blocked by the Labor Government, which refused to release portions of Cabinet records that would show if Mr Paech declared a conflict of interest during Cabinet discussions about the NT Government’s role in federal grog bans in remote communities being lifted, the NT Independent can reveal.
Man stabbed in Alice Springs
A man was stabbed multiple times in his leg and body following a fight which broke out in a car in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
Korean film festival to hold free screenings in Alice Springs
The Korean Film Festival in Australia will screen four free movies in Alice Springs in October as part of its touring program.
Police Commissioner forced to ‘apologise’ to Alice Springs pub
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has been forced to issue another “apology”, this time to the owners of Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs, for publicly claiming the owners breached responsible service of alcohol laws, which was incorrect and led to the bar having its licence suspended for two days.
Rare brushtail possums returned to Central Australia after believed extinct in the region
Forty handpicked brushtail possums have had their return to the Red Centre celebrated, after being driven to extinction in the region in recent years.
NT Police’s Alice operation recovers stolen cars, as one officer suffers broken ankle
A spate of stolen cars and property damage in Alice Springs last week has led to officers from Darwin and other areas deployed to Central Australia as part of “Operation Archer”, which has recovered multiple vehicles and seen youths arrested, while one officer broke his ankle chasing suspects.
Alice Springs principal charged for alleged aggravated assaults of six students
Yipirinya school principal Gavin Morris has been arrested and charged by the NT Police over multiple alleged aggravated assaults of students at the school on separate occasions in 2023.
Three stabbed in head with broken bottle in home
A woman who allegedly stabbed three people she knew in the head with a broken bottle in a Sadadeen home early yesterday morning has not yet been caught, NT Police said.
Pedestrian killed by road train
A woman was killed when she was hit by a road train on the Stuart Highway overnight, NT Police said.
Elderly man threatened with weapons in his home twice in one night
A 70-year-old man was threatened with an “edged weapon” in his bedroom after an offender broke through the front door of his Alice Springs house with an iron bar, with that offender and another man later returning to the house and again threatening the man with an “edged weapon”, NT Police said.