EXCLUSIVE: A secret statutory declaration filed by one of the five officers accused of lying to the courts about the racist TRG awards shows the officer later admitted to personally creating slide shows with racist images between 2015 and 2022 – directly contradicting the Office of the ICAC’s assertions the racist awards stopped in 2015 – while raising further questions about why none of the officers have been charged for providing false statements to the court.
An investigation by the Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption into Labor government staffers’ misuse of public resources during the 2020 election period has been handed over to a former Supreme Court judge from another jurisdiction, acting commissioner Naomi Loudon has said, a situation arising from a conflict Ms Loudon declared but refused to publicly disclose.
The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog’s suspension following alleged “inappropriate behaviour” towards several female staffers has been extended for an indefinite period, the Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has said.
The Territory Response Group’s so-called “Noogada awards”, which were handed out annually to members of the elite NT Police unit who exemplified the worst personal hygiene “or feral behaviour”, were written on paper with an Aboriginal flag in the background, the coronial inquest has heard, the day after TRG members swore in statements that the awards had nothing to do with race.
Territory Response Group members confirmed in sworn affidavits that the “Noogada” award was handed out annually to the member who exhibited the worst personal hygiene “or feral behaviour” at the group’s fancy dress Christmas party, with the winner being presented with an “improvised weapon” that had been seized during riots at Wadeye, but insisted there was nothing racist about the award.
EXCLUSIVE: A damning coronial report critical of the criminal investigation into Zach Rolfe that former police commissioner Jamie Chalker tried to hide ahead of trial was significantly altered just two days after the NT Police brass discovered Mr Rolfe’s legal team knew of its existence, the NT Independent can reveal.
UPDATED: The man who was stabbed on Tuesday afternoon in the community of Bulman, has told the NT Independent he was randomly attacked and was scared for his life as another man repeatedly stabbed him while telling him he was “going to die”.
