The Northern Territory will see “up to” $1 billion in additional federal health funding over the next five years, the Chief Minister has said, following the signing of a new funding agreement with the Prime Minister on Friday heralded by both sides as a “historic deal”, but that funding will “only keep the lights on” here, says the Australian Medical Association NT.
The owners of the Yeperenye Shopping Centre in Alice Springs are planning a $27 million redevelopment of the facility, which will include a new supermarket tenant, and a rooftop restaurant.
A 16-year-old male has been released from custody with no charges after he was arrested early Sunday morning in connection to an incident involving a male allegedly entering an Alice Springs home and attempting to indecently assault a female inside, NT Police said.
Three senior NT Police officers, including two executives, were issued with serious discipline breach notices for alleged racist comments during a recent senior management meeting, with one of the accused identified as one of five officers who lied in a statutory declaration to the Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest, sources have told the NT Independent.
OPINION: Wasteful and scandal ridden Darwin projects such as the Ship Lift and the Waterfront give politicians in the Top End city the ability to claim credit for such developments and enable mates and political supporters to be paid off by an inappropriate and extravagant use of tax-payer funding, while tourism in Central Australia declines, Dr Don Fuller writes.
NT Police are seeking the public’s assistance as it continues to investigate the circumstances of a vehicle rollover on the Stuart Highway south of Stuarts Well on Wednesday afternoon, that allegedly started with a failure to pay for fuel and ended with one man ejected from his vehicle and another arrested.
The Travelling Film Festival will return to Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs next month with exclusive screenings of Golden Globe nominees and winners from prestigious events, including the Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sydney film festivals.
NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s early Sunday morning on a street in Alice Springs, before stealing the woman’s handbag and fleeing the scene, but did not provide a description.
NT Police have launched a 10-week operation to address “likely increased activity” in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine – presumably criminal activity – over the school holiday period with the new operation set to run until early February.
Former Northern Territory administrator, musician, author and Territory icon Ted Egan has died aged 93, his family confirmed Thursday, while the Chief Minister has confirmed a state funeral will be held.
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.
