NT Police have said they seized about 17kg of cannabis and 210 cannabis plants in a raid on a rural area property.
Police Minister ‘disingenuous’ with extra police officer figure: NTPA
The Fyles Government’s claim there are 230 more police than there were in 2016 is “disingenuous”, says the union representing police, while the real number of extra police officers is more likely 37, with police auxiliaries who do not perform police duties making up the rest of the figure.
Fyles Government seeks next police commissioner through recruitment firm
The Fyles Government has advertised for the next police commissioner through a recruitment firm, after the controversial and early end to Jamie Chalker’s tenure as the top cop, with speculation the government already has its favourites lined up locally.
Man dead after being stabbed outside Todd Tavern in Alice Springs
UPDATE: A man has died after being stabbed outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, NT Police have said.
Former Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation employee charged with obtaining benefit by deception
A former Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation employee has been charged after allegedly using forged NT working with children clearance documents, sources have said.
Man accused of assaulting baby was serving suspended sentence for breaking partner’s jaw
The man who allegedly assaulted a baby, requiring the infant to be flown to Adelaide for emergency medical treatment on Sunday, was on a suspended sentence for previously breaking his partner’s jaw, court records show.
Minister spruiking disabled gondola on Ferris wheel while govt neglects day-to-day accessibility issues
The Fyles Government is promoting the Stokes Hill Wharf Ferris wheel’s new wheelchair-accessible gondola while the Commonwealth has condemned them for acting unlawfully by not providing disability accessible transport on the Mandorah ferry and from remote Territory airports.
Firefighter numbers falling below agreed safe staffing level in Alice Springs: Union
The Alice Springs Fire Station fell below the safe firefighter staffing levels across three shifts over a recent weekend, the firefighters’ union and a firefighting source have told the NT Independent, saying the staffing shortage means “the community really isn’t safe”.
Letter to the editor: Labor needs to bring back legislative scrutiny committees
Member for Mulka Yingiya Guyula wants to establish a statutory body to review the impact of bills on First Nations people however former independent MLA Gerry Wood argues reinstating two cancelled scrutiny committees would be a better solution.
Former Labor minister one of two new Barkly Regional Council members
Former Territory local government minister Elliot McAdam and former Barkly Regional Council employee Sharon Lake have been elected to the council in the Patta ward by-election.
Man allegedly attacks woman, police take five days to warn the public
NT Police have taken five days to alert the public about a man who is on the run after indecently assaulting a woman at Casuarina Coastal Reserve, while a friend of the victim has questioned why the police took so long to warn the public.
‘Boiling point’: More than 1000 rally against the government over crime; call for Chief Minister to resign
The crowd outside NT Parliament house at Darwin’s third anti-crime rally chanted “stop the lies” and “stop the violence” to the Labor government politicians inside, with official banners that read “boiling point”, as organisers called for the Chief Minister to resign and for Parliament to be dissolved.