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.
Labor announces old Berrimah prison, Alice Springs facility to become women’s prisons
Attorney General Chansey Paech has announced $57 million to repurpose an old prison in Darwin and an Alice Springs rehab facility to house female inmates, contradicting his previous “jailing is failing” mantra, that will also see male prisoners detained at the old Berrimah prison as an “interim measure”.
Woman taken to hospital with serious injuries after Alice Springs street fight
A woman was taken to hospital with serious cuts to her head, and hand injuries, after a fight in the street in Alice Springs on Thursday morning, NT Police said.
Youth curfew lifted in Alice Springs as Police Minister flags changing law if used again
Police Minister Brent Potter has patted himself on the back for a job done, declaring the Alice Springs youth curfew and emergency situation a huge success, but conceded the government would look at changing legislation before enacting a curfew in other communities.
‘Black Monopoly’ board game shared by NT Police members with every space ‘go to jail’ revealed
Leaked screenshots of a Territory Response Group email that police members shared depicting a “Black Monopoly” board with every space designated “go to jail” in 2008, has cast further doubt on TRG members’ sworn claims their unit of the NT Police was not racist.
Alice Springs youth curfew extended for another six days
The Lawler Government has extended the Alice Springs youth curfew for another six days, after it was recommended in a meeting of the Territory Emergency Management Council yesterday.
Lawler Government stuffed up emergency declaration for Alice Springs; police union still concerned curfew not legal
Official documents have revealed the Lawler Government made an error concerning which ministry was supposed to declare the Alice Springs “emergency situation”, raising further questions about the legality of the youth curfew and whether police have been exposed to legal risk in carrying out the orders.