The Fyles Government have “fooled the public” into thinking they are safer now that transit security guards have been armed with capsicum spray, the union representing the NT’s police officers says, which is nothing more than a “cheap policing program” that will lead to “disaster”.
Wulagi supermarket owner Vinay Madasu and his company are facing legal action after the Fair Work Ombudsman accused the company of owing a worker more than $68,000 in back pay.
UPDATED: Two men have died, and a woman is in intensive care, after two separate shootings involving three people in Karama and Millner on Tuesday afternoon and evening, with one shooting thought to have involved a couple, NT Police said.
Transit safety officers have now been trained to utilise capsicum spray on buses seven months after the Fyles Government first announced the plan, that it claims will be used as a “last resort” to keep the public safe, while the Opposition says arming frontline workers with weapons is no substitute for stronger laws.
Three youths have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a security guard at Casuarina Square on Monday afternoon, while using hammers to smash the centre’s security offices, with police calling for the public’s assistance to identify other youths involved in the incident.
Today’s national news includes early voting on Indigenous Voice opening across Australia, Australian children as young as 10 are being hooked on gambling, Australia’s resources exports plunging $115 billion in value, and the first Hyatt House hotel set to open in Melbourne in 2025.
A man in a remote community has been charged after allegedly breaking into a house and indecently assaulting two children, and then breaking into another house and indecently assaulting a woman, NT Police said.
Highlights this week include Tamboran fast-tracking Beetaloo sub-basin evaluation, Core Lithium posting first-year operational profits, Empire Energy getting enhanced C-3H Flow Rates, and Avenira and ALEEES entering an agreement to construct a lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) battery cathode manufacturing facility at the proposed Middle Arm Industrial Precinct.
A proposed multi-storey apartment complex for Territory seniors may not go ahead without government support, Council of the Ageing NT says, amid high costs for a rezoning application before a proper development application can be heard.
EDITORIAL: Education Minister Eva Lawler’s tired defence for the broken Northern Territory education system she and her cabinet colleagues have overseen for the last seven consecutive years – and 18 of the last 22 – is typical of this government that can’t accept responsibility for anything or even admit there’s a problem anywhere in the Territory.
Today’s national news includes Voice to Parliament will be ‘very good’ for Australia, Australia accused by France of menacing NATO relationship, Repairing and reusing products as a new norm amid rising inflation, and Virgin Australia and Sri Lankan Airlines entering an interline agreement.
A 24-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman near the Darwin bus exchange on Thursday afternoon was on the loose for hours without the public being informed, before he was finally apprehended by police at Casuarina last evening, NT Police said.
