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.
Darwin is set to host the inaugural ‘Mini Paralympics’, a ground-breaking initiative promoting inclusivity in sports for individuals with disabilities, that will feature wheelchair basketball, boccia, seated volleyball, badminton, and athletics.
Two women were taken to hospital with head injuries following a “large disturbance” in Tennant Creek Sunday afternoon, that involved some members of the crowd armed with “various weapons”, NT Police said, with investigations continuing and no arrests made yet.
Four youths wearing hoodies and armed with “edged weapons” are on the run after breaking into an Alice Springs home overnight, threatening a male resident and stealing his car keys and wallet, before fleeing in a red 2017 Holden Commodore, NT Police said.
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after two vehicles were stolen in Alice Springs overnight, the NT Police said.
The Red Centre Nats will be returning to Alice Springs from Friday, and for the first time will include indoor exhibition spaces, the organisers have said.
The long, drawn-out process to finalise Saturday’s Territory local elections is continuing, with the final results – including for close contests such as Lord Mayor of Darwin – not expected to be any clearer until Friday, September 5, when preferences will be distributed, the NT Electoral Commission said.
A man allegedly held a staff member against a wall with a broom during a robbery of an Alice Springs convenience store, while in an unrelated incident, a group of 10 people allegedly broke into the Alice Springs Turf Club, ransacking an office and stealing cash and alcohol, NT Police said.
Territorians will head back to the polls this month, this time to elect local councils, which will mark the third trip to polling booths in the past year, with early voting starting on Monday. SEE WHO’S RUNNING
The NT Government will distribute $231 million in federal grants over the next four years to homelessness frontline and support services across the NT, which comes as Indigenous groups have continued their calls for the Federal Government to withhold money from the NT Government over its refusal to meet with Aboriginal groups to discuss crime solutions and failing to meet KPIs on Closing the Gap objectives.
