A group of youths or young adults allegedly threatened staff at the Karama Tavern with edged weapons, with one youth allegedly assaulting a staff member, NT Police said.
NT economy to fall short on $40b economy, new report shows
Issues such as the high cost of doing business, declining population, and rampant crime will cause the NT economy to fall an estimated $6 billion short of its targeted $40 billion economy by 2030, a new report has found.
NT Independent Car of the Week: 2018 Toyota Landcruiser VDJ79R Workmate Double Cab
This week, Dustin’s brings you its newly arrived white 2018 Toyota Landcruiser VDJ79R Workmate Double Cab with a 4.5-litre 8-cylinder diesel engine and a 5-speed manual transmission.
King Kon cancels Easter, says it’s ‘very early’ this year; Greek Easter timing much better
Darwin Mayor Kon Vatskalis says council is not holding any family Easter events this weekend because the holiday has fallen too early this year and it wasn’t worth organising anything because “we live in the tropics”.
Teenager facing 30 charges over Palmerston break-ins and credit cards theft
A 15-year-old boy is facing 30 charges after allegedly repeatedly breaking into a government building across three days with a group of unknown co-offenders, damaging it, and stealing credit cards that they used across Palmerston, NT Police said.
NT Business News – March 27
Latest highlights include Darwin still holding the highest rental vacancy rate in the country, Darwin council questioned about a supposedly unfair new procurement policy, and $20 million in venture capital for companies expanding business in the NT. Also, making resource news, new warnings from experts that the cost of Beetaloo gas is unlikely to be competitive.
‘Dramatic increase’: NT Health warns of mosquito-borne diseases ahead of long weekend
NT Health has warned that recent wet weather conditions have caused mosquito numbers to explode and that Territorians should take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from contracting diseases this coming long Easter weekend.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for March 27
Today’s national news includes petrol prices going down ahead of Easter, Labor seen to win in the Dunstan by-election, a minimum wage increase recommended in line with inflation, and a worsening housing crisis that could threaten the economy.
Letter to the editor: Community gardens seen as a liability by council
The Darwin Council treats green space as a liability but if it increased community-managed green space, it would reduce landscape maintenance costs, and give a lot of people a better lifestyle, writes Jingili community gardens committee president Ian Hollingsworth.
Man bashed his partner in street, set her on fire, police say
A man allegedly bashed his partner in a Darwin street and lit the clothes she was wearing on fire, with witnesses having to extinguish the woman’s clothes, NT Police said.
Three charged in Daly River over Darwin car theft
Three men have been charged in Daly River for allegedly stealing a car in Darwin, and then stealing food and drink from a Noonamah business, NT Police said.
Fatal alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs being treated as a death in custody
A 32-year-old man has been arrested over a fatal alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs, which is being treated as a death in custody, NT Police said.