Today’s national news includes Mexican drug cartels eyes Australia for meth importation, Skyrocketing food prices causing Australians a lot of pain in their hip pocket, Hundreds rescued after massive flooding, and Aukus expansion talks to draw in Japan as a deterrent against China.
Four males allegedly stole a car after breaking into a Darwin CBD residence over the weekend, leading police on a dangerous pursuit through the northern suburbs before a tyre deflation device was used to end the chase in Anula, but which then forced police to pursue the offenders on foot, NT Police said.
A 13-year-old has been charged for allegedly being one of a group of six youths who used rocks to hit the front sliding doors of a Katherine service station and then pushed the doors off the rails, before stealing some items, NT Police said.
Darwin home prices could accelerate next year if anticipated interest rate cuts go through, amid an ongoing housing shortage, a new property forecast report released by Oxford Economics Australia has found.
The risk of contracting a severe and sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease has increased with the recent detection of the Murray Valley encephalitis virus in the Top End and Barkly region, the Health Department has warned.
The latest highlights include AAT Kings unveiling two new Short Break tours in the NT and Indonesia banning cattle imports due to a suspected botulism outbreak. Also making resource news is Santos getting federal environmental approval for its 100 km Barossa pipeline. NT’s mineral exploration expenditure hits $228.1 million for 2023, and NT’s resource exploration increases as mines close.
Three people are facing multiple charges following a months-long police investigation into the supply of methamphetamine throughout the Darwin, Palmerston and rural areas, police said.
This week, Dustin’s brings you its newly arrived white 2019 Toyota Landcruiser VDJ200R VX Wagon with a 4.5-litre 8-cylinder diesel engine and a 6-speed sports automatic transmission.
A search of the South Alligator River after an unmanned tinny was discovered near the boat ramp yesterday has ended with the recovery of a 64-year-old’s body, NT Police said.
A Trower Road business was targeted by two young females who threatened staff with a “blunt weapon” overnight and allegedly robbed the store before being caught nearby, NT Police said.
A police officer suffered a fractured leg during a riot of 14 young people at the Don Dale youth detention centre overnight Wednesday, as inmates reportedly lit fires in different areas and climbed on to a roof where six of them remained until after 9am this morning.
Due to an unusual alignment of term limits, the NT has a new electoral commissioner who has never overseen a full Territory election taking over just four months out from the August general election.
