NT Police have charged a 34-year-old man with one count of murder over the death of a 17-year-old girl in the remote community of Galiwinku on Monday, with police saying the man “was in a domestic relationship with the deceased at the time of her death”.
An Aboriginal Territorian who alleges he was abused while incarcerated in Alice Springs will challenge NT laws in the Federal Court that limit compensation for people harmed by the government while incarcerated, the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has said, adding the case is about accountability and ensuring the government is “behaving lawfully and appropriately”.
One man is facing charges relating to the illegal sale of kava in Ramingining after police recently raided a home in the remote community, finding 2,200 individual bags of the sedative that is legal in other parts of Australia, as well as logbooks containing names and sales records, NT Police said.
The Wilderness Society has appointed former Environment Centre NT director Kirsty Howey as its new chief executive officer, starting August 31.
Documents obtained under FOI laws by an environmental group have revealed the CLP Government ignored health experts’ concerns in 2024 about pollution from liquefied natural gas facilities near Darwin, only taking action last month.
UPDATED: NT Police have arrested 26-year-old Isacc Thompson, who escaped custody Sunday night and went on the run in shorts, socks and handcuffs after being transferred to Royal Darwin Hospital in an ambulance.
Three males allegedly driving dangerously in a black Toyota Hilux have been arrested after being involved in a serious head-on vehicle crash late Saturday night in Marrara, that saw a 34-year-old motorist extricated from his vehicle and taken to hospital, NT Police said.
Lands and Planning Minister Joshua Burgoyne has appointed a new Land Development Corporation chief executive after the position sat vacant since February last year, but would not say what happened to the organisation’s former advisory board, a silence that follows recent structural changes to give the Minister sole responsibility for all decision-making in the corporation.
The Alice Springs Town Council has appointed Peter Varris as its new chief executive officer, the mayor Asta Hill has said.
A man has been charged after allegedly smashing the windscreen of a ute with an edged weapon at traffic lights in Alice Springs before chasing the driver with the weapon, NT Police said.
Australia is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to hold opinions without interference, raising questions about the ABC’s rejection of multiple attempts by writer Sall Grover to publish a response on women’s rights, writes Gerry Wood.
The Federal Court has rejected the Environment Centre NT’s application for an injunction to stop Top End Pastoral Company’s plans to clear land on Claravale Station while a main judicial review case continues.
