A woman who broke into an Alice Springs house and pulled the resident from his wheelchair while robbing him, is still on the run, NT Police said.
New VET training program in remote community to get ‘students on pathway to work’: Lawler
The first on-country Vocational Education Training “prototype” program in the NT will provide more VET courses for remote students to get them on a pathway to work, which will in turn reduce crime, the Chief Minister has said.
Violent home invasion of elderly couple in Alice Springs leads to four arrests, one possibly outstanding
Four people have been arrested following a violent home invasion in Alice Springs where a group of men armed with knives allegedly held a knife to a 72-year-old woman’s throat while demanding cash, cigarettes and alcohol, NT Police said.
Man killed in rollover of stolen ute in Alice Springs
A young man has died after he was thrown from the stolen ute he was in, when it rolled over in the Alice Springs CBD overnight, NT Police said.
Lack of ‘code black’ data for Alice Springs Hospital sign of incompetence: Opposition
An armed man allegedly attempted to enter the Alice Springs Hospital over the weekend, forcing hospital workers to barricade themselves inside while waiting more than for 40 minutes for the police to arrive, exposing the NT Government’s lack of “code black” data in hospitals, the Opposition CLP says, and causing safety fears.
ASIC orders Urban Rampage to stop using government credit scheme
Urban Rampage has been ordered by the national corporate regulator to stop customers on welfare paying through a federal government credit scheme, with the agency saying the company targets welfare recipients living in remote Aboriginal communities, and more than 5,000 customers had signed up at the Alice Springs store alone.
TRG’s ‘Noogada award’ certificates had Aboriginal flag on them, refuting members’ claims of no racism, coronial hears
The Territory Response Group’s so-called “Noogada awards”, which were handed out annually to members of the elite NT Police unit who exemplified the worst personal hygiene “or feral behaviour”, were written on paper with an Aboriginal flag in the background, the coronial inquest has heard, the day after TRG members swore in statements that the awards had nothing to do with race.
Judge who called Rolfe a liar had a history of ‘outrageous comments’, coronial hears
Former NT Police constable Zachary Rolfe defended his use of force when arresting Aboriginal people, as well as the language used in his text messages, while giving evidence at the Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest on Tuesday, stating he was not concerned a judge called him a liar because that judge was known for making outrageous and racist comments.
Auxiliary liquor inspectors to undergo ‘fast-track’ training to become frontline police officers
An initial 32 Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors, or PALIs, will undergo a “fast-track training” program through the embattled police college, which the Lawler Government says will enable them to become constables quickly and address police officer shortages across the NT.
Tourism peak body calls for alcohol restrictions to be relaxed as tourism plunges in Central Australia
Tourism Central Australia is calling on the NT Government to relax bottle shop operating hours in Alice Springs amid reports by tourism operators that business had declined by up to 50 per cent during the 2023 tourist season.
CDU given $5m to research for remote birthing centres
CDU given $5m to research for remote birthing centres
TRG held ‘coon of the year’ award, officers lied about racism in testimony: Coronial
A high-ranking police officer and other still-serving senior officers attended a Territory Response Group annual party where the “coon of the year” award was handed out to a police member with the “winner” presented a caveman club with nails in it, while some officers have lied to the coronial inquest about the frequency of racist language being used in the NT Police force, the Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest was told on Monday.