Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce has said crime in Alice Springs had caused the number of tourists to drop but seemed to blame to the NT’s tourism industry for not doing enough to lure visitors back, rather than the Fyles Government – whose leaders he had hosted at an exclusive cocktail party last week – for not doing enough to reduce crime.
A man has head injuries after being assaulted and robbed in Alice Springs, with the alleged attackers not having been caught yet, NT Police said.
The Alice Springs business owner who exposed the full extent of the town’s crime crisis on a national stage through social media has announced he’ll be stepping away from the Action for Alice Facebook page for an indefinite period, following revelations the NT Police Minister took legal action against him over a post.
A single-vehicle car rollover near Arlparra Community, northeast of Alice Springs on Saturday, has claimed the life of a 27-year-old British woman with another occupant of the vehicle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NT Police said.
Police Minister Kate Worden hired a lawyer to threaten to sue Action for Alice Facebook page administrator Darren Clark over comments he published about his first meeting with her, the NT Independent understands, which Ms Worden told Estimates this morning she paid for herself.
Alice Springs will see more gambling machines in local pubs and clubs after Gaming Minister Chansey Paech only slightly reduced the numbers of pokies Territory-wide following deep community outrage over Iris Capital’s application for more machines at its establishments.
A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of another man on Thursday afternoon outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, police said.
Joyrides in stolen vehicles and a spate of break-ins in Alice Springs over the weekend has resulted in the arrests of eight kids – two boys and six girls – aged between 12 and 17 in connection to two separate incidents, NT Police said.
UPDATE: A man has died after being stabbed outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, NT Police have said.
Alice Spring residents are invited to a free R U OK? community event encouraging everyone to chat over a free sausage sizzle and cuppa, on Thursday, June 1 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the United Church Lawns on Todd Street Mall in Alice Springs.
The Alice Springs Fire Station fell below the safe firefighter staffing levels across three shifts over a recent weekend, the firefighters’ union and a firefighting source have told the NT Independent, saying the staffing shortage means “the community really isn’t safe”.
Motorsport Australia will issue a permit for the car section of the 47th Tatts Finke Desert Race, along with new safety measures to address a spectator death at the event in 2021, in time for the race scheduled over the King’s Birthday long weekend from June 9 to 12.
