The GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt has been broken into for a third time in less than two months, sources have said.
‘It is one the saddest things to watch’: Kids on the street at night, joy riding, and ram raiding in Alice Springs
Young offenders are still on the run after throwing rocks at police following a ram raid of an Alice Springs service station, NT Police said, which followed the arrest of eight children aged between 11 and 13 for stealing a car, while a prominent businessman says the town is in a similar situation to last year, despite the Fyles Government’s summer crime reduction ‘plan’.
Police say they have expert opinions about the fuel system and airworthiness of Wright’s crashed chopper
NT Police has said its investigation file on last year’s crash of Matt Wright’s company’s helicopter includes evidence of maintenance and fuel records, expert opinions concerning the fuel system and airworthiness of the aircraft, and toxicology analyses of individuals involved in the crash.
NT’s economy suffers largest drop in the nation, also largest drop in disposable income
The Territory’s gross state product decreased by 5.3 per cent in the last financial year, the weakest result for all states and territories, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show, while an academic said he thought the Fyles Government realised the “future was grim” unless it reduced the public service or gas fracking began in the Beetaloo basin.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage will not recuse herself from Walker inquest
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has ruled that she will not recuse herself from presiding over the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker saying that she was not persuaded a fair-minded lay person would think she was not impartial.
Chopper owned by Matt Wright ‘probably’ crashed because it ran out of fuel, conflicting accounts of its refueling
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation has found a helicopter owned by crocodile wrangler Matt Wright “probably” crashed because it ran out of fuel mid-air, with maintenance non-compliance also increasing risk levels for much of the company’s flying, and engine defects likely affecting the chopper’s fuel consumption.
Police Minister, Commissioner contradict each other over 50 ‘extra’ police in Alice Springs
Police Minister Brent Potter and Police Commissioner Michael Murphy have contradicted themselves in interviews about how they will provide a pledged 50 extra police in Alice Springs, while the union representing police said they believed officers would have to be brought in from remote communities, recently estimating the Territory was about 200 officers short.
Man involved in attempted axe attacks on shoppers on the run, police give no description of offender
A man who was involved in attempted axe attacks on shoppers is on the run, while a police officer suffered a serious puncture wound on her arm after attempting to arrest him and another man involved in the violent shopping centre incident, NT Police said.
Fair Work Commissioner critical of NT Police refusing sick leave payout to retiring cop
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy denied 57 days of sick leave to a police officer who served for 40 years in the NT, and who now has a “difficult” health prognosis relying on the hope of a “medical discovery”, without reason or justification, Fair Work Commissioner Bernie Riordan has said.
Court suspends construction of large section of Santos gas pipeline
A Federal Court judge has halted Santos’ work on the southern part of its Barossa gas pipeline that runs within 7km of the Tiwi Islands until potentially mid-January, when a ruling is made on an application by some residents over a new environmental plan for the project, while the peak petroleum body says the decision has damaged the economic and energy security of Australia and its international partners.
Govt releases Beetaloo basin aquifer water allocation plan based on manipulated data
The Fyles Government has released its water allocation plan for the Georgina and Wiso basins, which was a requirement to permit fracking in the Beetaloo basin, but the government has manipulated the aquifer re-fill data produced by a hydrologist it employed, to only include the last 50 years, which is skewed by an extremely large recharge caused by Cyclone Tracy.
Three boys charged over Ludmilla service station robbery
A 12-year-old boy and two teenage boys have been charged over an aggravated robbery at a service station in Ludmilla on Sunday, where one of the boys allegedly assaulted a male employee with a screwdriver, causing a minor injury, NT Police has said.