The Northern Territory had a temporary decrease in alcohol consumption following the introduction of a minimum unit price on alcohol in October 2018, however consumption “appears” to have increased since then towards the pre-intervention level, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission said its drug monitoring wastewater analysis program reports shows.
The Fyles Government plan to help reduce crime in Alice Springs, including housing police and Territory Families, Housing and Communities staff in the one building, has been described as “ignorant” and showing a “complete lack of responsibility,” by independent MLA for Araluen Robyn Lambley, and comes after it was revealed in Budget Estimates the government has no single documented plan to fight crime in the town.
An allegedly intoxicated man who did a burn out and allegedly drove directly at Alice Springs police before fleeing them last weekend has been arrested and his vehicle seized after police used a drone to follow the man home.
The Fyles Government does not have a crime reduction plan for Alice Springs and Police Minister Kate Worden was unable to explain how different government departments were working cohesively to address the ongoing crime crisis in the town, it was revealed at Estimates hearings.
NT Police are investigating more than $50,000 in property damage to a property on Gap Road in Alice Springs overnight.
The Alice Springs office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was broken into Sunday night, but the NT Police media unit did not identify the office in a public statement that was only issued after the matter was raised at Estimates hearings.
Hundreds of exciting activities and events for young people to sign-up for and enjoy over the school holidays are now available in Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and the Gove Peninsula.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged after an allegedly unprovoked assaulted on two women at an Alice Springs servo, NT Police said.
A 47-year-old man who allegedly attempted to smuggle more than six kilograms of cannabis into the NT inside a hidden compartment of his car has been arrested and charged in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
An Alice Springs woman woke to find a man lying on top of her in her bed at 3:30am Saturday morning, leading to a struggle with the intruder before the man fled, NT Police said.
An Alice Springs trio have won a recent TattsLotto draw, scoring themselves a division one prize of $320,000.
EXCLUSIVE: A major fraud case involving the alleged rorting of taxpayer funds has been stalled in court for nearly three years due to a delay in a pre-trial decision by Justice Stephen Southwood, who is now expected to move on the matter by the end of the month, after the NT Independent raised the issue with the NT Chief Justice.
