Jake Danby, the step-nephew of Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby, who bragged to friends and family about killing an Aboriginal man in a hit-and-run, had his sentence increased on Friday to two years home detention following an appeal of the original sentence.
Seven girls and women have been arrested in Alice Springs for allegedly bashing a 16-year-old female last Friday which NT Police did not make public until today, while a video of the brutal attack shows the victim being being hit in the head with a scooter, bashed with a metal baseball bat, her head kicked and stomped on, and her assailants trying to smash her head into a bitumen road. Police have also alleged the group “forcibly removed her clothes” following the beating.
A 47-year-old Darwin man has been arrested by the AFP following a months-long investigation into allegations he exploited his position as a federal public servant to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme by directing vulnerable individuals to an NDIS provider he co-owns.
New Zealander Kupa Teao has been started as the new chief executive officer of the troubled Anindilyakwa Land Council which was under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
An infant was taken to hospital in Alice Springs Sunday night after allegedly being assaulted by her 20-year-old mother in a remote MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said, while an investigation into the matter is currently ongoing.
One person was taken to hospital with cuts to his back and three others were arrested after a machete fight through the Alice Springs CBD on Friday afternoon, NT Police said, while other offenders remain at large.
The byelection to select the next Member for Nightcliff will be held on March 7, with the Greens and Labor announcing their candidates out of the gate, while the CLP is yet to put a candidate forward.
Four youths aged between eight and 12 allegedly robbed an 80-year-old woman on Wednesday night after breaking into her Karama home, assaulting her and demanding her car keys, NT Police said.
A woman securing her child into her vehicle at a Gregory Terrace carpark in Alice Springs just after noon on Monday was allegedly indecently assaulted by a male youth, with police now calling for the public’s help to identify the male.
UPDATED: Kat McNamara, the first NT Greens member elected to NT Parliament, has resigned “effective immediately”, citing health reasons, while a federal senator says McNamara was insulted and “intimidated” by government while in Parliament.
The NT Government’s decision to approve a 30-year water licence to Fortune Agribusiness for its Singleton Station project will now be considered by the High Court, following a challenge by native title holders from the Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation.
A 55-year-old man has been charged with gross indecency without consent in relation to an alleged indecent assault at a roadhouse campground in the Barkly region on Friday night, NT Police said.
