The violent frontier expansion of Australia’s north is laid bare in a new book by Darwin academic Dr Robyn Smith, which details the massacres of Aboriginal people from 1824 until the 1980s, names the perpetrators and their benefactors, and explains how these massacres occurred.
The Darwin V8 Supercars Triple Crown gets underway on Friday with three days of action, including Supercars, Porsche Carrera Cup, Tyrepower V8 SuperUtes, Touring Car Masters, and Combined Sedans.
This week, Dustin’s brings you its newly arrived silver Toyota Fortuner GUN156R GX, which comes with a 2.8-litre 4-cylinder diesel engine and a 6-speed automatic transmission. This first-owned vehicle has an odometer reading of 74,948 km.
Meredith Day Huntingford has been appointed as a Supreme Court of the Northern Territory judge, the Attorney General and Justice Minister Chansey Paech has announced.
The Lawler Government’s confusing decision to move the Territory Day public fireworks display from its home at Mindil Beach to the Darwin Waterfront this year is no closer to being explained, after it was revealed at Estimates that no complaints about the festivities were ever raised by traditional owners and that a permit through the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority was never required.
The turn around time for ambulances delivering patients to Royal Darwin Hospital has increased by 77 per cent over the past 11 years, with St John Ambulance NT unable to respond to emergencies at times because of the delays, the ABC has reported.
A teenager was the victim of a pushbike jacking in Alice Springs when a group threatened him with an unspecified edged weapon, NT Police said.
Territory Day fireworks celebrations will be moved from Mindil Beach, where the display has been held for the last 20 years, to the Waterfront for this year’s celebrations, Northern Territory Major Events has declared, but a proper explanation has still not been offered.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese criticising Peter Dutton’s ‘extraordinary abandonment’ of climate policy, China’s Premier Li Qiang to be visiting Australia later this week, Prime Minister Albanese denouncing a graffiti attack on the US consulate, and Australia’s housing market remains strong despite unseasonably high prices.
Three female youths allegedly robbed a service station in Eaton, NT Police said.
A new model for dealing with domestic violence is being trialled in Alice Springs where specialists based at the police station will support victims, given advice to police, and encourage perpetrators to partake in behaviour change programs, the NT government has said.
Homelessness peak body NT Shelter has said the sevenfold increase in the federal budget for home construction and homelessness services in the NT could be a “game changer”.
