NT Police are seeking the public’s assistance as it continues to investigate the circumstances of a vehicle rollover on the Stuart Highway south of Stuarts Well on Wednesday afternoon, that allegedly started with a failure to pay for fuel and ended with one man ejected from his vehicle and another arrested.
The Travelling Film Festival will return to Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs next month with exclusive screenings of Golden Globe nominees and winners from prestigious events, including the Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sydney film festivals.
NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s early Sunday morning on a street in Alice Springs, before stealing the woman’s handbag and fleeing the scene, but did not provide a description.
NT Police have launched a 10-week operation to address “likely increased activity” in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine – presumably criminal activity – over the school holiday period with the new operation set to run until early February.
Former Northern Territory administrator, musician, author and Territory icon Ted Egan has died aged 93, his family confirmed Thursday, while the Chief Minister has confirmed a state funeral will be held.
An 18-year-old Alice Springs male, who allegedly breached a suspended sentence before barricading himself in a Todd Mall restaurant with a “blunt weapon” after police attempted to arrest him on Wednesday, later allegedly assaulted an officer, NT Police said.
A 44-year-old man has been charged with choking and aggravated assault over an alleged domestic violence attack on a woman in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A doctor at the centre of rape allegations and concerns of a “cover-up” of his behaviour was charged this week with the rape of one woman and the indecent assault of another, following a lengthy criminal investigation.
The future of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs remains uncertain as it faces a significant decline in reported student enrolment numbers and mounting debt, which comes as the government released a redacted independent investigation report from last year, that raised questions around suspicious enrolment figures claimed by the previous principal and spending irregularities.
UPDATED: NT Police have now arrested the 14-year-old male suspect who they allege was involved in a violent machete attack at the Yeperenye Shopping Centre in Alice Springs on Monday, that nearly resulted in an elderly man being struck with the machete, which follows the arrest and charging of a 17-year-old male earlier on Tuesday.
A woman has been charged for allegedly assaulting a paramedic who was treating her in Alice Springs yesterday afternoon, NT Police said.
A 36-year-old woman who allegedly lit a car on fire on Kempe Street in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon has been charged with vehicle and arson offences, NT Police said.
