A serious police incident in Palmerston on Saturday night involving an “armed offender” that lasted seven hours – and was not reported to the public – caused massive disruptions to already strained officers responding to general duties, the police union boss has said.
The NT Police are seeking a new communications director, but only for three months according to a new ad, which unusually describes the position as the “key point of contact” between the agency and the government, following allegations of political interference in the police media unit.
Australia’s carbon emissions from Beetaloo Basin gas fed through Tamboran Resources’ planned liquefied natural gas processing and export facility at Darwin’s Middle Arm precinct would be the equivalent of more than three coal-fired power stations annually when operating at full capacity, the Australia Institute says in a new report.
Jacana Energy is seeking expressions of interest to supply up to 100MW of solar power for the Darwin-Katherine region by 2027, an announcement which follows a Utilities Commission report warning of blackouts within three years unless the government deals with the anticipated nearly 50 per cent reduction in peak electricity generation capacity.
The Fyles Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Larrakia Energy and the Korea Midland Power Co to build a 300MW solar power plant to purportedly provide electricity to nearby gas plants, but the government has refused to provide details of the agreement.
Famed nature photographer and former Darwin Council alderman Paul Arnold, who is facing stalking, deprivation of liberty and aggravated assault charges, has rebranded his Darwin gallery business by removing his own name from the company’s sign.
Thirty-five per cent of NT Police Fire and Emergency Services employees who responded to the NT Government’s workplace survey said they did not believe their senior managers had the skills and the capability to lead their organisation, newly released results show.
The estimated cost of the proposed National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs has increased three-fold since its 2017 announcement, new figures show, while the Territory’s acknowledged contribution has also increased by almost 40 per cent since last March.
Charges against an NT Police Fire and Emergency Services media unit employee have been suddenly dropped mid-trial by the prosecution.
The Fyles Government has extended takeaway alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs indefinitely, meaning no alcohol sales in the town on Monday and Tuesday, and restricted sales hours on other days, but the government has not provided the data the Chief Minister said was behind the decision.
The Tiwi Land Council’s fraud controls, risk management and conflict of interest policies are inconsistently implemented and incomplete, a scathing report by the Australian National Audit Office has found, while also raising questions about the validity of a 2021 financial delegation arrangement.
A teenager with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder impairments who raped an eight-year-old girl in her bedroom when he was 15-years-old, was described by a judge as posing a risk to the sexual safety of children, before he was sentenced to a non-parole jail sentence of 22 months – allowing him to be released less than three weeks after sentencing.
