Shahleena Musk has been announced as the new Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner, an appointment which follows the undisclosed payout of the previous commissioner Colleen Gwynne, whose charge of abuse of office was thrown out of court earlier this year.
Alice Springs staff members of the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education were flown to Darwin and put up in hotel rooms for two nights at the public’s expense for its Christmas party, sources have told the NT Independent.
A man who allegedly assaulted a 76-year-old woman, and was involved in a series of other assaults, thefts and criminal damage in Darwin this week, is still on the run, although police said they have identified him, they have not provided a description of him, in apparent contravention of the their transparency guidelines.
An 83-year-old man had a bucket thrown at him when he intervened to stop two people stealing his car in the early hours of the morning, NT Police said.
Charles Darwin University took two weeks to inform students about a privacy breach of their sensitive and personal information, including mental and family health, along with passport and visa details and financial records, warning them yesterday to watch out for potential scams involving the release of their personal details.
A man has been arrested after punching another man in Mitchell St, in Darwin, NT Police said.
The Fyles Government’s announcement of a so-called “Territory Safety Division” to be based at the Nightcliff police station is purely for political reasons in the Chief Minister’s electorate, NT Police Association president Nathan Finn has said, while questioning how the officers would be recruited and funded.
Territory Families Minister Ngaree Ah Kit has admitted the child protection team is short-staffed by close to a third, but maintained they can provide 24-hour weekend staffing in Alice Springs while not able to say how many staff were rostered on each shift, which a local MLA has said would make it impossible for the government to deliver what they pledged.
A man in Tennant Creek has been charged with raping and threatening to kill a woman he knew, NT Police said.
A member of the NT Police executive has said an investigation into the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl in Tennant Creek was not something the public “reasonably” needed to know about, appearing to contradict the agency’s official transparency guidelines, while police have refused to say when the alleged attack happened.
Police have suppressed the sexual assault of a seven-year-old child in Tennant Creek and refused to say if the offender has been arrested, breaching their own transparency guidelines, an independent MLA has said.
A teenager has been arrested over a burglary in Tennant Creek but others involved are still on the run, NT Police said.
