Six Tiwi Islands traditional owners and one Larrakia traditional owner have filed human rights complaints with 12 Australian and international banks, imploring the financial institutions to cut a $1.5 billion loan to Santos in hopes of stopping its Barossa offshore gas project, their lawyers have said.
The 39-year-old man who allegedly carjacked a family with young kids on Sunday morning before driving erratically around Palmerston and ultimately colliding with another vehicle while driving on the wrong side of Tiger Brennan Drive has been slapped with multiple charges, NT Police said.
In the wake of Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker’s unexplained disappearance, we begin a series on his chaotic reign as top cop, bringing together all the failings, the lies, the alleged conspiracies, and mystifying public utterances. We start with his failures in the Housing Department and the four days leading up to Constable Zach Rolfe’s murder charge, told through the notes of the detectives investigating Kumanjayi Walker’s death.
Two children, aged 11 and 12, are facing charges for their alleged involvement in repeated break-ins at a business on the Stuart Highway in Stuart Park over the weekend, NT Police said, including the younger child for possessing a controlled weapon.
Today’s national news includes Australia ending the monarchy and King Charles as head of state, lithium to would match coal’s significance within five years, Peugeot abolishing diesel SUVs in Australia, the Rental crisis worsening as construction fails to keep up with demand, and PM Anthony Albanese signs off on a government-wide ban on the use of the social media app TikTok.
EDITORIAL: It is beyond comprehension and probably explanation why the Fyles Cabinet would seemingly sack the Police Commissioner, or “ask him to resign”, and then continue for days to refuse to admit they did it.
A WA-based civil construction company has been convicted and fined $425,000 for failing to comply with workplace laws that resulted in the death of a worker at the INPEX LNG facility in November 2017.
The Territory Response Group (TRG) has been deployed to restore order in Daly River, NT Police said, after the NT Independent revealed that four guns were stolen from a car in the community on the weekend and people shot with a crossbow.
At least 800 Katherine residents have signed a petition calling for the NT Government to restore some measure of law and order in the town by imposing a curfew for young children and other immediate measures.
Today’s national news includes the Albanese government achieving a once-in-100-year victory in a byelection, capturing the Liberal heartland seat of Aston in eastern Melbourne, Shell set to construct a massive battery system in Australia, and, Swiss company Destinus has been testing hyper aircraft prototypes that can fly from Australia to Greece in only 4 hours.
Forty Mongols motorcycle gang members and associates have been arrested – including the national president, Darwin president, vice president and sergeant-at-arms – as part of a massive undercover operation spanning the last 18 months, with further arrests expected, NT Police said.
Today’s national news includes Aukus spending triggering calls to increase aid budget, US property giant Sentinel Real Estate Corporation expands its Australian build-to-rent portfolio in Adelaide, Australian federal government mulls cracking down on video games with simulated gambling, and Aussie porn star Angela White clarifies on-set injury issue.
