The Barkly Regional Council acting chief executive officer has left the job without notice, the council has said, in the latest leadership change at the troubled council.
‘Multiple’ children believed to have died in crash as police continue to identify victims
NT Police are still trying to determine the identities of six people killed in a crash between a 4WD and a road train near Pine Creek on Friday, with up to four of those in the car believed to be children, Police Commissioner Michael Murphy said.
Person treated in hospital for serious eye injury after being hit with stick: Police
A person has a serious eye injury after being hit with a stick thrown by one of a group of three youths inside a northern suburbs service station, NT Police said.
Two workers injured, remote mine site went into lockdown after break-in by group
A remote Territory mine site went into lockdown after two workers were injured following a group of unknown people breaking-in on Saturday morning, the company had said.
Recreational fishing groups call for commercial barramundi quotas, licence buybacks
The continued sustainability and prosperity of the Territory’s estimated $270 million recreational fishing and tourism sector is dependent on catch quotas and licence buybacks being introduced, along with gillnets being phased out, the Amateur Fishermen’s Association of the Northern Territory has said.
Voice to Parliament leader quiet on ICAC-enforced re-establishment of Indigenous advisory board
The co-chair of the Uluru Statement and a key proponent of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Pat Anderson was forced by the NT’s corruption watchdog to re-establish a legally-mandated Indigenous advisory board to the Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education which she chairs, however close to a year after agreeing, the organisation will not say what progress has been made.
Creditors vote to wind up Yuendumu Indigenous youth development corporation
Creditors have voted to wind up the Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, a well-placed source has said, with financial records showing the organisation continued to provide services despite almost $2 million in funding for those services having been withheld, with money being shuffled from elsewhere in the organisation to cover the shortfall.
Council vote on motion to support Yes campaign adjourned until after referendum
A vote on a motion proposing Darwin Council publicly support the Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has been delayed until after the referendum, rendering it redundant, after a councillor had the debate adjourned Tuesday night.
Self-proclaimed ‘zoosadist’ pleads guilty to rape, mutilation and killing of dogs
WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: A Darwin crocodile researcher who referred to dogs as “sex toys” has pled guilty to charges including beastiality, animal cruelty, and possessing child abuse material, having filmed the extreme torture and killing of 39 dogs he had mostly sourced from Gumtree, where in some instances he had convinced distressed owners who were moving interstate that their pets were going to a good home.
Man killed in collision between car and truck in Alice Springs
A man was killed in a collision between a car and a truck in Alice Springs on Monday morning, NT Police said.
Minister exempts more government buildings lacking occupancy certificates amid ICAC investigation
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler has exempted an unspecified number of government buildings from requiring occupancy certificates, while seeming to indicate none had been inspected by certifiers almost 15 months after the government announced a taskforce to investigate non-compliant buildings, and more than 13 months after the Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog launched its own investigation.
Bonza announces three new routes to Darwin and Alice Springs
Bonza Aviation has announced it will add three new routes between Darwin and Alice Springs and interstate destinations but the Fyles Government has not said how much it was costing the taxpayer to attract the airline.