The NT Government has not amended the law to allow people to sue event organisers for negligence if they are injured by a car, despite Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison stating in 2018 that spectators being seriously burnt at the Red Centre Nats was “exactly the type of situation we need to look at”.
NT Police are investigating the alleged assault of a senior in Alice Springs on Monday night that left the man with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, police said.
Russell O’Donnell, who was last year fined over the death of an employee, has taken over as Deputy Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council and is currently the acting mayor, after councillors on Thursday voted to grant Mayor Jeff McLaughlin personal leave to deal with drug charges, sources have told the NT Independent.
Twelve burn victims who were sprayed with burning fuel and rubber from a car doing burnouts at the 2019 Red Centre Nats have settled with the organisers of the event, after they were forced to take Federal Court action.
NT Police are investigating at least three ram raids that occurred around Alice Springs overnight, after a white Toyota Land Cruiser was allegedly stolen from an unnamed Barkly region community.
Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeff McLaughlin was driving a council car when he was allegedly caught under the influence of drugs last week, sources have told the NT Independent, raising questions about his proposed “personal leave” that would see him continue to collect his taxpayer-funded allowance and drive the car.
An NT Police media adviser will face court next week charged with disclosing confidential information and unlawfully accessing data to gain benefit, with police failing to disclose her employment when they announced the charges last month.
A piece of Alice Springs’ heritage will be showcased on limited release Nescafe coffee tins, with scenes from the iconic Henley on Todd Regatta gracing the cans as part of Nestle’s national “Celebrate Community Spirit” campaign across Australia.
NT Police are investigating the cause of a fire at an Alice Springs residence on Sunday afternoon that they suspect was started by a group of people, including an eight-year-old and an 11-year-old.
The NT Police secretly sought authorisation from a federal agency to press charges against the NT Independent that would have seen a raid on its office, computers seized and staff possibly arrested, because this publication reported on a heinous sex crime the police media team suppressed from the public, it can be revealed.
A 14-year-old girl was “assaulted with an edged weapon” in Alice Springs on Sunday night and left in a serious condition, Northern Territory Police said.
Tourism Central Australia has urged the Fyles Government to address the spiralling crime rate in Alice Springs, which they said has reached “crisis” levels and is wiping out the local tourism industry.
