There are not enough beds for mental health patients in the psychiatric unit in Darwin for patients to receive safe and timely treatment, leading to the “rare” practice of intubating patients, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation, NT Branch said.
The mother of the man stabbed to death at the Airport Tavern on Sunday allegedly had a rock and racial abuse hurled at her outside the Darwin Woolworths only hours after flying into the city after the death of her son, while her brother was allegedly spat on in the face and was threatened with being cut up with a machete, a police source has told the NT Independent.
Security guards will be temporarily stationed at bottle-shops at government expense and transit officers and bouncers will be allowed to carry capsicum spray, under proposed policy changes announced by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles this morning in the aftermath of the stabbing death of a bottle shop worker, along with a pledge to review bail laws and penalties for weapon offences.
A public servant with a legal background advising the Northern Territory’s top bureaucrat in a Fair Work Commission hearing was secretly texting the senior bureaucrat to prompt her to make certain points, an action described by the Commissioner as reprehensible, a word she also used to describe the NT Commissioner for Public Employment’s attempt to justify it.
The Fair Work Commission reinstated an NT firefighter with more than 25 year experience, who was sacked for not proving his COVID-19 vaccination status while on leave, finding that while NT Fire chief fire officer Mark Spain had a valid, although technical reason to sack the man, it found the sacking was harsh, unjust and unreasonable, partly because the CFO misunderstood simple facts.
The NT Government has paid $3.66 million for the controversial forced acquisition of Anzac Oval – the future home of the National Aboriginal Art Gallery – the Alice Springs Town Council has said, but the government has not given an up-to-date construction cost from the $180 million estimate nearly four years ago.
St John Ambulance NT will take no action against a senior paramedic accused of drinking on the job after hiring a mysterious investigator with links to a law firm the company has long retained, while dismissing concerns by whistleblowers that the investigation sought to expose their identities.
NT Corrections officers will be voting on a new enterprise agreement after reaching an in-principle agreement with the government, the United Workers Union has said.
The NT Government has awarded a tender to build new houses in the remote community of Pigeon Hole, where residents were recently evacuated due to flooding, and comes amid criticism by the local mayor for not having moved the community away from the river.
UPDATED: A man who allegedly stole a vehicle with a young child in the back seat in Alice Springs on Wednesday night has been arrested and will face a string of charges including drink driving and child abduction, NT Police said.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with multiple property offences after allegedly being involved in two break-ins, which included a ram raid with a stolen vehicle, NT Police said.
The NT Land Corporation has released a detail design consultancy tender for an “emerging agribusiness precinct” at Gunn Point, which will involve clearing 262 ha of land to be irrigated with up 1,500 Megalitres of water annually.
