Action for Alice Facebook page operator Darren Clark has alleged Territory Families Minister Kate Worden told him he was lucky her husband had not come with her to bash him in their first meeting, which came after Mr Clark had published a Facebook post critical of her going on holidays during a rise in crime in the town.
In the wake of Mr Chalker’s yet-to-be-explained disappearance, this series examines his chaotic reign as top cop. Today, we look at what are likely to be the last weeks of his tenure, including Mr Chalker’s lawyer at the Inquest claiming that Constable Rolfe calling the police commissioner a clown was perverting the course of justice, the overall sacking of Constable Rolfe after trying for years, reports Chalker himself was asked to resign, and Mr Chalker’s high-priced legal response that he wanted his contract renewed.
A confronting video shows a man being attacked by a group of men at the Casuarina bus interchange, before he was hit by the back of a passing bus while attempting to flee. SEE THE VIDEO.
Violent street brawls have gone unreported by the NT Police as crime consumes the community. Find out the latest unreported crimes here.
The organisers of the anti-crime rally in Darwin on Saturday made 18 demands to the Fyles Government for dealing with crime in the Territory, which came in the wake of yet another stabbing death in Darwin.
A 56-year-old man has been charged with murder over the stabbing death of his partner in Darwin on Friday night, NT Police said.
In the wake of Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker’s yet-to-be-explained disappearance, this series examines his chaotic reign as top cop. Today, we look at the Constable Rolfe criminal investigation being referred to federal authorities, and the pall cast over our entire justice system by the alleged machinations behind it, and how sixty-three percent of the entire police force had considered leaving.
UPDATED: One woman is dead after being stabbed outside the Doubletree Hilton Darwin Esplanade hotel on Friday night, while two people were also stabbed in the underground car park at Casuarina Square, NT Police said.
The Commissioner for Public Employment has said Territory firefighters are allowed to write on fire trucks in non-permanent marker, an action which NT Fire chief fire officer Mark Spain said prompted him to call the police on his employees in February.
The Northern Land Council is undermined by a flawed system of fraud control measures that contravene mandatory Commonwealth rules, including not having a method to record fraud, an Australian National Audit Office report has found, while also identifying the method of choosing council representatives had not been reviewed for seven years despite repeated pledges.
The NT Electoral Commission is seeking legal advice over a Barkly Regional Council by-election candidate nomination that was sent to an incorrect email by the council and was not received by the agency by the close of nominations, the commissioner Iain Loganathan said.
A fast-tracked mediation using top lawyers, overseen by an interstate judge, that the reportedly former police commissioner Jamie Chalker has called for to resolve his unexplained dispute with the Fyles Government, is a double standard not afforded to regular police the Northern Territory Police Association has said.
