Today’s national news includes Former US President Barack Obama drawing a crowd while strolling in Sydney, millions of driver and passport licenses having been stolen in Australia, Australia to be supplying tanks to Germany, and Australia’s holidaymakers seen to spend over A$9.1 billion on travel this year.
Territorians want smarter justice solutions put in place to break the criminal cycle and improve community safety, according to a new report by the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement group, that shows that the NT Government’s ‘tough-on-crime’ policies have failed.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says she has the support of her caucus colleagues to continue in the role despite the out-of-control crime crisis and growing calls for her to stand down, while also defending Attorney General Chansey Paech who was campaigning with NSW Labor members over the weekend while thousands rallied at NT Parliament House to plead for action on crime.
The family of 19-year-old Keith Kerinaiua have spoken out after he was charged with murdering Declan Laverty last week, saying he suffers from foetal alcohol syndrome and was neglected and left starving as a child, who became another victim of a “racist system”.
Today’s national news includes Billionaire Gina Rinehart seen volunteering in Lane Cove shortly before the NSW election, Sydney trains hit by widespread delays and cancellations on election night, South Australia’s unemployment dropping to an all-time low, Philippine mining companies searching for business partners in Australia, Australia’s regional road deaths remaining high, Australia’s growing vape addiction, and Taylor Swift looks set to announce tour dates in Australia.
A crime spree in Alice Springs over the weekend that saw multiple cars set on fire and businesses ram-raided have citizens terrified and calling on the Federal Government to take real action to restore order to the town less than two months after a visit from the Prime Minister.
EDITORIAL: It is not in the political parties’ interests to fix the Territory’s crime problem, so we need to take the politics out of the debate and start looking at solutions that already exist.
Godfrey Alan ‘Goff’ Letts, who became the Majority Leader in the newly minted Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory in 1974, died on March 10, aged 95. Dr Robyn Smith writes about his life.
A man was killed in a fatal road incident on Thursday afternoon near Victoria River after becoming trapped underneath a trailer on a highway, NT Police said.
BWS stores across the Northern Territory will be closing at 6 pm starting today, while the Airport Tavern BWS store – where Declan Laverty was stabbed to death on Sunday – will remain closed indefinitely, the company’s owner has said.
The first batch of US Marines has arrived in Darwin for the 12th rotation of the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) which will see up to 2,500 marines conducting military exercises with the Australian Defence Force and regional partner nations over the next seven months.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has dispelled fresh rumours that he has resigned, or plans to resign, claiming the latest rumour was started by “anti-vaxxers and people with agendas”.
