Update: A former Darwin Council alderman is believed to have been arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges after resigning three weeks ago citing mental health problems, with the Mayor saying at the time he “knew the reasons” behind his departure and thanked him for his service.
Fyles Government concept drawings for the so-called sustainable Middle Arm industrial area show four out of five export jetties could be used for shipping gas and petrochemicals, with the graphics given to the Federal Government around the same time the Chief Minister was denying there would be petrochemicals, material obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.
Members of a remote Aboriginal corporation have called on its chair to stand down following serious allegations made against her, while unrelated allegations of the theft of more than $1 million from the organisation appear to be the subject of a police investigation involving possible raids.
NT Police have said they seized about 17kg of cannabis and 210 cannabis plants in a raid on a rural area property.
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.
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.
UPDATE: A man has died after being stabbed outside the Todd Tavern in Alice Springs, NT Police have said.
A former Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation employee has been charged after allegedly using forged NT working with children clearance documents, sources have said.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
