An 18-year-old Alice Springs male, who allegedly breached a suspended sentence before barricading himself in a Todd Mall restaurant with a “blunt weapon” after police attempted to arrest him on Wednesday, later allegedly assaulted an officer, NT Police said.
A 44-year-old man has been charged with choking and aggravated assault over an alleged domestic violence attack on a woman in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A doctor at the centre of rape allegations and concerns of a “cover-up” of his behaviour was charged this week with the rape of one woman and the indecent assault of another, following a lengthy criminal investigation.
The future of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs remains uncertain as it faces a significant decline in reported student enrolment numbers and mounting debt, which comes as the government released a redacted independent investigation report from last year, that raised questions around suspicious enrolment figures claimed by the previous principal and spending irregularities.
UPDATED: NT Police have now arrested the 14-year-old male suspect who they allege was involved in a violent machete attack at the Yeperenye Shopping Centre in Alice Springs on Monday, that nearly resulted in an elderly man being struck with the machete, which follows the arrest and charging of a 17-year-old male earlier on Tuesday.
A woman has been charged for allegedly assaulting a paramedic who was treating her in Alice Springs yesterday afternoon, NT Police said.
A 36-year-old woman who allegedly lit a car on fire on Kempe Street in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon has been charged with vehicle and arson offences, NT Police said.
A woman has died in a two-vehicle collision on the Stuart Highway, approximately 20 km north of Ti Tree on Thursday night, NT Police said.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has scrapped nearly a decade-long plan to build the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia in Alice Springs following an unusual fight with the Federal Government, but no savings are expected to be found after Treasurer Bill Yan indicated the NT Government’s contribution would still be spent on something in the town.
A long-time public servant IT specialist, part-time musician and fishing enthusiast has been elected the CLP’s third president in two years at the party’s Central Council meeting over the weekend in Alice Springs, which comes amid party turmoil that saw its now outgoing president suddenly withdraw from seeking re-election at the last minute.
The Federal Infrastructure Minister has responded to her Territory counterpart’s ultimatum on the proposed Alice Springs Aboriginal art gallery, which she suggested may have been political posturing by the CLP to blame the Commonwealth for its desire to bin the project outright, describing Bill Yan’s demand that the feds approve variations by yesterday as “a pretty weird way of trying to work with the Commonwealth”.
Three men have been charged for allegedly stealing up to 400 head of cattle from a station in central Australia in August, NT Police said.
