A man was arrested at the Alice Springs Hospital for allegedly assaulting his partner, leaving her wandering the streets at night with cuts to her face and head, NT Police said.
Police recover stolen compound bows, arrows, and hunting knife
Police are looking for an unspecified number of alleged offenders who stole two compound bows and arrows along with a hunting knife from a home in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
Two men charged over IGA grog break-in
Two men have been charged over an aggravated burglary of an Alice Springs business over the weekend, NT Police said.
Man charged over fuel theft in Tennant Creek, car theft in NSW
A man was arrested in Alice Springs for allegedly stealing a car in NSW and stealing fuel in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
Missing student found after frigid night lost in West MacDonnell ranges: Police
A 13-year-old boy who became separated from his classmates during a school camping trip near Ellery Creek Big Hole in the West MacDonnell ranges was found safe and well after a night spent in plunging temperatures, NT Police said.
Liquor inspectors doing bottle shop checks with police in Alice Springs
Licensing Inspectors are being used side-by-side with police officers to monitor people buying alcohol in bottle shops in Alice Springs, after the removal of some police axillary liquor inspectors from the town, an NT Police press release with no spokesperson’s name on it has retrospectively announced.
Man threatens elderly woman in home invasion robbery: police
A man is on the run after breaking into an Alice Springs house and threatening an elderly woman while robbing her, NT Police said.
PM says time to drop political ideology if Alice Springs to be fixed
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised the Lawler Government’s recent youth curfew in Alice Springs and his own directive to the government last year to reinstate grog bans in remote communities, saying during his visit today that those measures worked and “we need to not be ideological about this”.
Urban Rampage claims ASIC breached Racial Discrimination Act by permanently suspending Centrepay
Urban Rampage says it will appeal the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s decision to permanently ban its stores from selling goods on credit using Centrepay.
Prime Minister back in Alice Springs
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Alice Springs, stating he is in town to see “the progress that is being made here” after announcing $250 million in federal cash last year during crime crisis meetings.
Paech and Labor face criticism over plan to establish two new prisons
The Lawler Labor Government’s decision to spend $57 million to establish two new women’s detention facilities is an “expensive step in the wrong direction”, critics say, who argue the money could be put to better use in the “broken” NT justice system.
Five-year-old sexually assaulted in remote community: Police
Three male youths are under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old child who is known to them in an unnamed MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said.