The Fyles Government has announced a new three-year deal with Gold Coast and Melbourne to play three AFL games a year in the Territory, but has refused to say how much Territorians are paying the clubs, while the Tasmanian government has revealed it will pay Hawthorn nearly $1.7 million per game in Launceston from next year.
Six teens are facing charges following an apparent home invasion in Alice Springs on Friday night that involved five youths threatening occupants of a residence with weapons to steal their car keys, NT Police said, calling on the public to help identify another two suspects still on the run.
A group of youths stole car keys from the Alice Springs Local Court building and used them to steal a car which police had described as being driven dangerously around town this week, while at least one occupant threw rocks at police and attempted to ram a police car, sources have told the NT Independent.
A girl was threatened with a knife by one of three men who broke into her house in Alice Springs while she was alone, with police asking for witnesses but have not provided a description of the men who are still on the run.
The Fyles Government has introduced a school bus service in the Barkly region for the first time amid the fallout of national reporting of its failings to provide a proper education in remote communities, with the Opposition saying the new bus service does not go far enough to address chronic poor attendance rates in the region.
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the sexual abuse of children has visited the Northern Territory as part of her nationwide investigation, which comes amid rising crimes against Territory kids that reportedly jumped by 22 per cent last year, but the total figures have been withheld from the public by the NT Government.
Police are calling for information regarding three stolen vehicles in Alice Springs which they said were being driven dangerously around town last night with the occupants allegedly throwing rocks at citizens and the police, while also trying to ram police vehicles.
NT Police are searching for a firearm they allege was stolen from a vehicle in a carpark near the intersection of Standley Street and Paterson Street in Tennant Creek on Monday.
NT Police are searching for a “young male” who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on an Alice Springs street at 6am this morning.
Two 16-year-old males have been arrested and charged in relation to 17 reported burglaries that occurred between 8am on October 30 and 4:30am the following day, NT Police said, with the teens bailed to appear in court.
The Fyles Government has rejected a recommendation from a scathing Public Accounts Committee inquiry into its flawed Local Decision Making program, that would explore the viability of community councils with local government structures in remote communities.
Independent Alice Springs MLA Robyn Lambley has blasted the Fyles Labor Government in Parliament for failing to deliver more than $500 million worth of infrastructure projects it pledged for the town when it was first elected in 2016.
