NT Police are investigating multiple armed disturbances in Ngukurr over the weekend that saw a 14-year-old boy airlifted out of the community Saturday afternoon after being speared in the back, police said.
Four youths on the run after bail facility escape
Police are asking the public for help to find four youths who escaped from the Barkly Bail Facility in Tennant Creek on Saturday.
Police searching for 9-year-old who allegedly stole cigarettes, threatened employee in group robbery
Two 13-year-olds have been arrested for their alleged role in a Palmerston service station robbery on Sunday afternoon, while police continue to search for a nine-year-old who allegedly threatened an employee with a pair of scissors and made off with “a quantity of cigarettes”, NT Police said.
Opinion: Regressive changes to water laws could undermine Indigenous rights
The Northern Territory’s new water laws risk handing greater control of the Territory’s scarce water resources to commercial interests while undermining Aboriginal water rights and environmental safeguards, argue Erin O’Donnell, Professor Marcia Langton and Sue Jackson.
Boy charged for allegedly spitting at officer
A 12-year-old boy in Tennant Creek has been charged with assault and damage to property after allegedly spitting in the face of a police officer who was talking to him because they were concerned for his welfare, and then throwing a rock that shattered the rear windscreen of a police vehicle, NT Police said.
Letter to the editor: Give Pearl land to expand aged-care services
The NT Government should allow Southern Cross Care to expand its Pearl aged-care facility onto adjoining public land in Fannie Bay, rather than requiring it to compete with private developers, as the Territory faces a shortage of aged-care places, writes Sonja Pastor.
Opinion: Canberra keeps handing the NT power it doesn’t actually have
Despite the NT’s extraordinary dependence on Canberra, its latest National Cabinet “win” reveals a striking parallel: the Commonwealth has not used its power to stop Aboriginal disadvantage GST money being spent elsewhere and now it’s not using its power to stop renewable policy being bent to accommodate gas-powered AI data centres, writes Justin Tutty.
Pedestrian killed in Berrimah car collision; three-vehicle Coolalinga crash probed
A man was struck and killed by a white Toyota Hilux while crossing Berrimah Road around 9:30pm Wednesday night, NT Police said, as the investigation into the crash and the man’s identity continues, which occurred just before a separate three-vehicle crash at Coolalinga that trapped a man inside his vehicle.
‘A little win’: New multipurpose ward opens at RDH amid capacity crisis
A new $24 million, 32-bed multipurpose ward at Royal Darwin Hospital will open this week following long construction delays and severe capacity pressures affecting the hospital that has seen six emergency code yellows this year alone, raising concerns from health staff of an impending “health disaster”.
Letter to the editor: DHA needs to build at Berrimah, not Lee Point
Defence Housing Australia needs to relocate its planned housing development to the Defence Establishment Berrimah site and include a land swap that leaves the irreplaceable natural and cultural values of Lee Point intact for future generations, writes the Planning Action Network’s Nick Kirlew.
Territory driver licences to go digital by end of the year
Territorians will have the option of a digital driver license by the end of this year, the NT Government has said, billing it as a “secure and convenient way” to carry and display licences on smartphones, but security concerns have previously been raised by cybersecurity experts about the potential for hacking of personal information and surveillance.
First gas from Beetaloo set to flow but no power price relief for Territorians
Gas will start flowing from the Beetaloo Sub-basin into the NT’s electricity grid starting Tuesday, marking a pivotal shift from years of resource exploration to production, but the Chief Minister has warned Territorians not to expect to see any reductions in their power bills.