Two men in Darwin have been charged with domestic violence offences including one man who allegedly attacked his female partner with glass, NT Police said.
Old Berrimah jail to hold adult prisoners again as part of CLP’s new corrections plan
The old Berrimah jail will hold adult prisoners again, while inmates from the newly refurbished Alice Springs youth jail will be moved to the yet-to-be opened Darwin facility, making it the Territory’s sole permanent youth jail, under an un-costed plan that the Finocchiaro Government said will add about 250 corrections beds across the NT by March.
Northern Land Council raided by National Anti-Corruption Commission
The Northern Land Council was raided by National Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this week, one of two Territory land councils to be raided by the federal watchdog across three days.
Bill lowering age of criminal responsibility to 10 passes Parliament
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said she will not be sacking public servants, when asked by the Opposition about how she was going to fund election promises with the $11 billion debt Labor created, and while the bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility passed Parliament, the government said it had not yet seen a report evaluating the impact of raising the age of criminal responsibility.
Assistant ministers will not be paid extra chief minister says
The eight assistant ministers announced for the CLP Government will not be paid extra for their assistant ministerial work, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said.
Changes to bail and weapons search laws pass Parliament
The first of a raft of legislative changes promised by the government has been passed by the Legislative Assembly. Legislation providing for a presumption against bail for serious violent offenders and giving police the power to search people for weapons with metal detectors in any public place was approved after the government used its numbers to prevent referral of the bills to the Legislation Scrutiny Committee.
Anindilyakwa Land Council raided by National Anti-Corruption Commission: sources
The Anindilyakwa Land Council’s offices have been raided by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, multiple sources have told the NT Independent, with the commission confirming it was conducting an operation on Groote Eylandt on Wednesday.
Government refuses to put crime bills before legislation scrutiny committee
The Finocchiaro Government stopped its crime legislation being reviewed by the newly re-established scrutiny committee, instead pushing on to have its five amendment bills dealt with on urgency over the next two weeks, but some members told the Parliament they had only seen one of the five pieces of legislation.
Woman killed in Wickham Point crash
A woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover at Wickham Point overnight, NT Police said.
Legislation scrutiny committee reinstated, five bills to be introduced
The Finocchiaro Government will re-establish a legislation scrutiny committee despite declaring as late as Friday that it would not, while it also plans to introduce amendments to five different pieces of legislation into Parliament over the next five days.
Woman killed in stabbing: police
A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his partner to death in the remote community of Lajamanu, NT Police said.
Sudden announcement of assistant ministers, all CLP members now in ministry
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro today announced eight assistant ministers, meaning that all government members are now ministers or assistant ministers, and Independent MLA Robyn Lambley has been endorsed as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.