UPDATED: A man NT Police charged for alleged drug driving and possession of cannabis plants at his home is a Northern Territory mayor, sources have confirmed to the NT Independent.
CLP elect new party executive two years out from 2024 NT general election
The Country Liberal Party has selected a new party executive, choosing a former political adviser as president at its annual conference in Alice Springs over the weekend, with approval by a former chief minister, sources said.
NT Police delete comments about its mental health failures on R U OK? Day Facebook post
A former police officer suffering PTSD had his comments about the force’s lack of concern for mental health inexplicably deleted from an NT Police Facebook post promoting R U OK? Day – along with the Police Minister’s comments she would investigate ongoing mental health concerns – while the Commissioner said yesterday he was being ‘cyber bullied’ in unrelated social media comments, which he brought up when asked how he was addressing low morale.
Ambulance whistleblowers warn drivers rather than paramedics being sent to emergencies
St John Ambulance is sending ambulance drivers instead of paramedics to life-threatening emergencies every day, several staff turned whistleblowers have told the NT Independent, while staff fatigue levels reach critical levels, operational and safety related concerns raised by front-line staff are being ignored, and paramedic attrition rates hit the highest levels in the country.
2022 AFL Premiership Cup in NT for the weekend
The 2022 AFL Premiership Cup is visiting the Territory for the first time this weekend as part of its extended 21-day journey to local communities.
Traditional owners’ court challenge against NT Government over Singleton Station water licence to be heard this week
Traditional owners and the Arid Land Environment Centre will have their legal challenge against the NT Government over the granting of the massive Singleton Station water licence, which they say disregarded technical evidence and Aboriginal cultural rights to the water, heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Pine Gap a target for possible nuclear missile strike, defence strategist warns
Pine Gap in the NT could become a nuclear target for America’s enemies if international tensions continue to rise, a leading defence strategist has warned.
Fatal Failures: Rolfe should not have been in the IRT, ‘likely’ would not have been recruited if truthful in application, report shows
EXCLUSIVE: Constable Zach Rolfe would not have been recruited into the police force if he had been honest about his military disciplinary history, and the impact of undisclosed medication he was taking for a “psychiatric condition” in the months before shooting and killing Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu will never be known, a draft coronial report prepared by the NT Police states.
Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest draft witness list
The inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker, who was shot by a NT Police officer Constable Zach Rolfe in 2019, will begin on Monday and run for approximately three months. Here is a draft list of witnesses.
Fyles Government kills public inquiry into police, says it is currently restructuring force
The Fyles Government has rejected calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the ongoing crisis in NT Police, saying it is currently undertaking a financial and structural reorganisation of the police force that will “get to the bottom” of the problems.
‘Absolutely disgusting’: Man charged for ‘propositioning’ children in Alice Springs, exposing himself
A 38-year-old man who allegedly exposed himself to a child near the Todd River and spoke to a “number of children” in an “indecent manner” last month has been arrested and charged, NT Police said.
Fatal Failures: Bombshell NT Police internal document reveals massive failures in shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker
EXCLUSIVE: A draft coronial report prepared by the NT Police and obtained by the NT Independent has revealed the shocking extent of police failures in the hours before the shooting death of Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker in November 2019, including that two of the senior officers in charge of deploying the taskforce that raided his home did not understand how the Immediate Response Team functioned nor how it should be deployed.