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.
NT Police seized 200 litres of alcohol from the back of a car bound for remote communities after being intercepted on the Stuart Highway, south of Alice Springs on Friday, with police warning they will continue to stop the secondary supply of grog into “vulnerable communities”.
A new field guide to the geology, culture, history and ecology of the Larapinta trail and Tjoritja – West MacDonnell National Park will be released by the Geological Society of Australia.
Motorsport Australia has not issued a permit for cars to compete in the Finke Desert Race following the end of the coronial inquest into the death of Nigel Harris at the 2021 race, an inquest which heard the organisation and the organisers had not acted on any of a scathing safety report’s recommendations.
NT Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman on Saturday around 5:30pm before grabbing her and later running off after a struggle.
A shortage of police officers in Alice Springs is about to get worse with more than a dozen cops applying to Queensland amid the ongoing crime crisis, the NT Independent understands, which sources say will have catastrophic impacts on policing in the troubled town.
There will be 30 additional police officers, 21 extra police liquor-licensing inspectors and “compliance officers”, as well as10 extra security guards in public areas across Alice Springs in the next two years, the federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has said.
NT Police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the perpetrators of two recent public sexual assaults against women in Alice Springs, one occurring yesterday near Bougainvillea Park and the other last week near the Peter Sitzler building.
The AFL needs to stand up and be the organisation they clearly think they should be, by getting firmly behind all the people of the centre with genuine investment that would bring real foundational change to the lives of those they love to boast about supporting, writes Alice Springs Town Council councillor Steve Brown.
UPDATED: A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a disabled woman in Alice Springs in public on Saturday afternoon may have been apprehended after police said on Monday they have a 20-year-old man in custody in connection to the incident.
The Fyles Government has extended alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs for another three months citing widespread success and community support for the rules to be extended, including limiting takeaway sales and further narrowing bottle shops’ business hours.
