Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro has called on the Chief Minister to explain how long a legal stoush with the reportedly former police commissioner Jamie Chalker will go on, as the saga drags into an eleventh day, but would not answer if she would have removed him, while Natasha Fyles said unexplained negotiations with Mr Chalker would remain private despite him publicly calling for mediation through high priced lawyers on the weekend.
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 damning coronial report Mr Chalker attempted to hide from the public that showed detectives ignored DPP advice over a star witness in the Rolfe murder trial, how the top cop claimed he was popular again, and a letter from an officer’s daughter saying NT Police management ignored his multiple suicide attempts.
In the wake of Jamie Chalker’s yet-to-be-explained disappearance, this series examines his chaotic reign as top cop. Today, we look at how Mr Chalker knew his star witness at the Constable Zach Rolfe’s murder trial had his integrity “compromised” by investigators, how he sought powers to raid the NT Independent, and the calls for a royal commission into NT Police.
In the wake of Mr Chalker’s yet-to-be-explained disappearance, this series examines his chaotic reign as top cop. Today, we look the vote of no confidence in Mr Chalker, how the tri-service lacks a defined strategy for dealing with mental health, and police investigating tens of dollars worth of “criminal damage” to election corflutes after “Integrity matters, sack Chalker now” was written on the back of them.
BREAKING: Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has employed lawyers and called for a mediation between them and NT Government lawyers chaired by an “eminent retired” interstate judge, in the wake of media reports the Fyles Government finally asked Mr Chalker to resign, and with the chief minister refusing to say if she had faith in him.
A former NT Labor minister is among those who have nominated as candidates for two by-elections for the troubled Barkly Regional Council, with two councillors already duly elected, information from the NT Electoral Commission has shows.
NT Police have refused to say if the executive will take disciplinary action against a veteran officer in Professional and Ethical Standards Command, who was found guilty of swindling $200 from his ex-wife in exchange for family photos from him, and who a judge also found had lied to police who were investigating him.
In the wake of Jamie Chalker’s yet-to-be-explained disappearance, this series examines his chaotic reign as top cop, bringing together all the failings, the lies, the alleged conspiracies, and mystifying public utterances. Today, we explore the golfing trip in the days before the Constable Zach Rolfe not guilty verdict and the verdict fallout, including his bizarre press conference, the suppressed Pollock coronial report, the doubling police attrition rate and more.
A former Barkly Regional Council employee who was interviewed as part of a review into bullying and harassment complaints has said council told him the report will not be made public, despite the mayor claiming publicly that it would, and has called for “appropriate action” to determine the “suitability” of councillors remaining in their roles.
The federal Greens have secured a deal with Labor for a cap on emissions from Australia’s biggest polluters, with leader Adam Bandt saying it would “derail” gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, however the peak petroleum body said the deal ignored the central role of natural gas in meeting Australia’s climate goals.
NT Fire’s chief fire officer Mark Spain admitted he called NT Police on his own firefighters because of concerns of criminal damage to fire trucks by firefighters writing on them – which their union maintains is allowable under protected industrial action – with what turned out to be non-permanent markers that could be wiped off.
UPDATED: Two Palmerston bottle shops have allegedly been held up in a series of attacks on Thursday, with a credit card stolen from staff at one after they were threatened with having their “throats slit”, and alcohol stolen at a second shop where a large kitchen knife was brandished, NT Police said, which follows the stabbing death of a bottle-shop employee in Darwin on Sunday.
