A Supreme Court judge has dismissed a challenge over the legality of a minister granting a 40,000 megalitre water licence to Fortune Agribusiness for the remote Singleton Station, finding in part that the Territory Families Minister who made the decision in place of the Environment Minister, was able to give reasonable and rational consideration to the matter in the four days she took to make the decision.
EXCLUSIVE: The Mayor of Alice Springs was threatened with an axe outside his next door neighbour’s home on Christmas Eve, sources have told the NT Independent, in an incident which comes amid a fraught situation for the troubled town, where crime has become the focus of national media attention and federal intervention.
Some Indigenous people in Alice Springs have been forced to defend themselves in court because of a shortage of lawyers at legal aid services, the ABC has reported.
NT Corrections recruited 150 personnel last year with 50 newly graduated prison officers also coming on board last week, the Corrections Commissioner says, but the department is still struggling to get on top of record levels of inmates and the persistent problems of overcrowding and low staff retention rates.
Alice Springs businesses including a childcare centre went into a snap lockdown Friday after violent fighting erupted on the streets with weapons, which led to one man reportedly hit in the head with an axe and police Tasering another man, in a scenario NT Police described only as a “large disturbance” suspected to have been caused by payback over an alleged killing last year.
Police are asking for public assistance to identify the people responsible for smashing the windows of up to 20 vehicles parked at an apartment complex on Gap Road overnight in another senseless crime that a local MLA says is taking a toll on young families in Alice Springs.
A young child has allegedly been sexually assaulted in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
NT Police deployed its drone unit to track a car reportedly driving dangerously around Alice Springs early Wednesday morning resulting in an 18-year-old female being arrested, who allegedly assaulted a police officer during a foot pursuit.
A man who was extradited from Victoria has faced Alice Springs Local Court today on a charge of murder over the death of Yiel Deng Gatluak outside the town on New Year’s Day,it has been reported.
Bike entries for the Finke Desert Race will open at the end of the month, with some famed past winners having flagged they intend to compete, organisers have announced.
A teenager and a man have been charged with being accessories after the fact to the alleged murder of Yiel Deng Gatluak on New Year’s Day, while police have said another man was to be extradited from Victoria to face court on a murder charge.
The marketing manager who provides strategic advice on the “Territory master brand”, installed by the government to control the NT Police media unit, has been working with police in Alice Springs at a time when the now-Lawler Government hopes to avoid national media attention about crime.
