Taxpayers were charged millions for the failed prosecution of Constable Zach Rolfe, for the investigation into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker, as well as for costs for the upcoming coronial inquest, official figures released by the NT Government show.
SEE THE VIDEOS: A video has captured a naked man – who had allegedly just seriously assaulted a woman – holding his penis before climbing on top of a taxi and smashing the windscreen with his feet, then sitting on the roof of the car as the driver takes off.
A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on the Stuart Hwy south of Tennant Creek, before forcing her into a car and driving into the bush, NT Police have said.
A 43-year-old man suffered serious head and upper body injuries after he was assaulted by a group of three assailants in the middle of the day with a “blunt weapon”, NT Police said, calling for the public’s help to find those responsible.
Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour said violence in Aboriginal communities in her electorate was an emergency issue which needed urgent attention but not an intervention like in 2007, and she was also critical about the way alcohol restrictions were removed from communities, in her maiden speech to parliament on Wednesday night. You can listen here.
Foodbank NT has received a $1 million funding increase as part of a new funding agreement with the Territory Labor Government that grants the group $2.4 million over the next five years, with demand increasing from Territorians struggling to afford food as costs increase.
Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price gave her maiden speech on Wednesday night where she talked about violence in Aboriginal communities, children witnessing or being subjected to alcohol abuse, domestic and sexual violence, and the failures of the justice system to protect women and children. Watch it here.
A man who was being chased by the manager of a licensed premises after stealing a bottle of alcohol, hit a police officer who was chasing him in the head with one of the bottles, NT Police allege.
Alice Springs Town Council is encouraging residents to participate in the first Jobs Expo that will showcase employment opportunities for individuals looking for work across the community.
Two teenagers have severe head injuries after being involved in a fight with sticks outside an East Side home in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested after allegedly holding up the United Chemists Pharmacy in Tennant Creek with a gun, NT Police have said, claiming the incident was a “one-off” event, but multiple sources have told the NT Independent the pharmacy has been held up on at least one other occasion in the last two weeks.
Witnesses have provided accounts of recent serious crimes in the southern region of the Northern Territory that contradict details made public by the NT Police, showing them to be more serious than reported, and with police seeming to suppress important details from the public.
