The Fyles Government rejected an Opposition Bill two years ago that would have made it more difficult for repeat and violent offenders to be granted bail, while today pledging to review bail laws in light of the recent stabbing death of a young bottle shop employee, while also killing a proposed public inquiry into police resources despite claiming it will also review police powers.
Labor’s Justice Minister Chansey Paech has told Parliament during a no-confidence motion for failing to keep Territorians safe that the Fyles Government will win the next Territory election and continue to govern for years because the CLP’s disunity is the “best gift” for Labor – with the comments coming two days after a young bottle shop employee was stabbed to death while on the job.
UPDATED: The NT Government has failed to rectify outstanding public safety risks at TIO Stadium ahead of this weekend’s Grand Final and will implement temporary measures to reduce risk in an effort to address firefighters’ safety concerns about the building, the NT Independent can reveal.
The NT Police say their investigation into Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne’s abuse of office charge is “not in question” and put the failure to successfully prosecute on the Director of Public Prosecutions, who issued a surprise statement appearing to blame the Supreme Court judge for the botched trial that was ended just days after it started.
UPDATED: The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has sensationally withdrawn its case against Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne just days after her trial started for abuse of office. FIND OUT WHY HERE.
The Fyles Government has paid $11 million for a new design of the controversial Darwin ship lift through a select tender process that was taken under “extreme urgency” after joint venture contractor Clough Group was placed in voluntary administration in December.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and Territory Labor claim they knew about Arafura candidate Manuel Brown’s conviction in relation to killing a woman in 2009 with his car – but chose not to let the public know – and that he will remain the party’s candidate for the March 18 by-election despite his “demons”.
NT Police Association president Paul McCue has announced he will be standing down from the role, saying the “time is right” for him to leave, but comes while the union is in the middle of negotiating a new pay deal with the government for officers.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker’s lawyer has told the Coroner that Constable Zach Rolfe’s recent opinion piece was an attempt to “intimidate” police brass who will be testifying at the inquest this week, that he had “perverted the course of justice” by writing it and that “a robust consequence will follow” for publicly referring to the commissioner as a “clown”.
An owner of one of the unsafe Bellamack homes says he was shocked to learn that a senior police officer had dismissed an investigation into the NT Government’s failure to take action on the controversial homes by referring to the public safety issue as “cheap housing for poor people”.
The senior NT Police officer who was sacked for criticising Commissioner Jamie Chalker filed a misconduct report about an executive member in 2019 – resulting in disciplinary action being taken against him for reporting it – before he raised it again directly to Mr Chalker in 2020 with no apparent action taken on the complaint before he was fired, documents show.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has lashed out at Labor Member for Blain Mark Turner, claiming the Labor caucus does not “trust him” – more than a year after she personally and officially cleared him of misleading Parliament.
