The AFL needs to stand up and be the organisation they clearly think they should be, by getting firmly behind all the people of the centre with genuine investment that would bring real foundational change to the lives of those they love to boast about supporting, writes Alice Springs Town Council councillor Steve Brown.
Many people are angry about what is happening in the NT at the moment, but maybe we need to stop and ask a few questions. writes Richard Trudgen. Like why is this happening? Why are these young people doing this? What is the driving force behind their actions? And do we really want to know the answers?
Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour has proposed an Aboriginal community-controlled Family Responsibility Commission that could quarantine payments for parents who don’t look after their children, writes Michelle Grattan.
After adopting a public health model for knife crime reduction in 2005, Glasgow experienced a significant reduction in knife crime, violent incidents and murder, and it is a method that should be used in the NT, writes the Member for Blain Mark Turner.
OPINION: As the dust clears on new reports that Jamie Chalker will not return to the role of Police Commissioner, former NT Police Sergeant Ross Martin writes that Chalker’s actions over the years should be judged by the same criteria which led to his own dismissal, arguing the top cop is not fit to hold the important and respected position. This article was written before reports that Chalker is not returning to the role, which have yet to be confirmed by government, and provides insights on why the government may have asked for his resignation.
UPDATED: Darwin’s main arterial road, Tiger Brennan Drive, will become a tollway to help pay for Labor’s fight against youth crime, and will also be re-named Michael Gunner Way in honour of the Northern Territory’s second longest serving Labor chief minister, leaked documents reveal … in one of two April Fool’s Day stories by the NT Independent.
APRIL FOOL’S: Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker’s executive contract has been extended by the Fyles Government for another four years, with Mr Chalker calling the re-appointment an even larger “shot in the arm” to police morale than his original appointment was back in 2019.
The NT government’s response to the horrendous stabbing homicide of Declan Laverty at the Airport Tavern BWS at the weekend must not be panicked, but should be calm and considered, writes the Civll Liberties Australia’s chief executive officer Bill Rowlings.
After three years, commercial viability is still a challenge for the NT Independent but from an editorial standpoint we have exposed so much and done so with very little resources, while having a few laughs along the way at the extent of our impact, writes NT Independent owner Owen Pike.
An Australian-initiated treaty, which federal Labor promised to sign, would guarantee B-52s and other visiting USA platforms won’t bring nuclear weapons to the NT, writes founding member of the Independent Peaceful Australia Network and Darwin-based anti-nuclear activist Justin Tutty.
A strategic vision for Australia’s security will focus on the place of the US alliance, and the role of China in shaping our regional order. But a compelling narrative must incorporate regional centres such as the NT, writes John Garrick and Michael Hatherell.
Constable Zachary Rolfe breaks his silence in an opinion piece for the NT Independent, in which he explains those text messages, Commissioner Jamie Chalker’s legacy and how the ongoing coronial inquest is failing the community.
