Two officers have been given national bravery awards for their heroic actions during violent rioting at Wadeye, bravery that was suppressed as part of a cover-up of the extent of the violence by both the NT Police and the Fyles Government, which had led to more than 400 people being left homeless during the “humanitarian situation”.
The Fyles Government celebrated building new homes in Galiwin’ku this week by crediting Labor’s Member for Arafura for the builds, which he proudly said would continue to be built to help his constituents, only they weren’t actually built in his electorate.
The charges against Berrimah Family Practice doctor Mohamed Jamaldeen Hassian Ali have all been dropped during his Supreme Court trial, the media reported.
A woman has been killed after she was hit by a vehicle in Alice Springs on Monday night, NT Police said.
The Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, which runs youth recreation, education and diversion programs in Yuendumu, has been placed into special administration, following the Central Land Council’s December decision to stop funding youth programs from royalty money because of program governance, delivery and reporting issues.
A 62-year-old man was stabbed inside a home in Darwin’s northern suburbs on Thursday night, NT Police said.
NT Police have announced the sudden retirement of Assistant Commissioner Bruce Porter, which sources say relates to a disagreement with Police Commissioner Michael Murphy over how police are dealing with allegations a senior detective perverted the course of justice in connection to the Zach Rolfe murder investigation.
Police have arrested 10 men in Peppimenarti as part of a crackdown following repeated community complaints about the lack of policing and the criminal damage inflicted by the Jovi Boys gang.
The Health Department’s deputy chief executive has been appointed as the acting Commissioner for Public Employment, sources have said.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has visited the troubled remote community of Peppimenarti where residents have lodged a human rights complaint about inadequate policing while being terrorised by a gang known as the Jovi Boys in a situation that has been labelled a “national disgrace”.
The federal Senate has voted to hold an inquiry into Darwin’s controversial Middle Arm industrial estate – which the Albanese Government is backing with $1.5 billion – including investigating the likely and intended future uses on the site, which follows the Fyles Government earlier attempting to deny petrochemical production at the site.
Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeff McLaughlin has pleaded not guilty to possession and supply of cannabis, cultivating cannabis plants, and driving with THC in his body, charges that stemmed from two different roadside drug tests, while a charge of driving under the influence of the drug has been dropped, it has been reported.
