UPDATED: A 19-year-old man has been arrested over the death of an Airport Tavern bottle shop employee in Jingili overnight, NT Police said, while the victim’s father has spoken out to call for “something to be done” to better protect workers following the violent stabbing incident.
Territory Labor has claimed victory in the Arafura by-election, after its candidate Manuel Brown secured 66 per cent of the primary vote within hours of counting commencing, marking the third straight by-election loss for the Opposition Country Liberal Party.
OPINION: Thirty years of neoliberalism’s distinctly punitive approach to marginal groups, and the institutional degradation it set in train, is bearing its predictable fruit in the NT, writes John Lawrence, and the current polity is incapable of, and has little will, for addressing the ever-growing ills, including juvenile crime.
A 12-year-old girl has been discharged from hospital with minor injuries after surviving an attack by a 2.2 metre saltwater crocodile in a creek in the rural area on Thursday afternoon, government officials said.
New funding valued at $14.3 million from the Federal Government will be used to aid in preventing domestic violence and helping sexual abuse victims in the Territory, the NT Government said.
An adult and two youths were arrested early this morning after bashing a woman in the street before stealing her purse and car and leading police on a hunt through bushland, NT Police said.
Today’s national news includes The Australian Energy Market Operator saying LNG exports may need to be diverted to avert winter gas shortage, Australia’s population increasing by 1.6 per cent in the last 12 months, international students going up 111 per cent, Melbourne being awarded as the best airport in Australia, and Australia’s First-Ever Angelika Film Centre to open in Brisbane.
Pro-euthanasia advocates have criticised the Fyles Government for being “weak and cowardly” after indicating it will not move on the issue of voluntary assisted dying until at least after the next NT general election.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese discussing regional security with Fiji, eastern Australia’s electricity rates rising by at least 20 per cent, Samsung has launched new Galaxy phone editions in Australia, Aussies consuming 14 tonnes of illegal drugs in the past 12 months, and where can you buy Sony’s latest PSVR 2 in Australia.
Territory Plant Hire and its director Jason Madalena have been convicted and fined a total of $1.14 million in the Darwin Local Court over the death of Dwayne Beaumont in 2019, NT Work Safe said.
Darwin Council has faced pressure from Labor MLAs to crack down on people sleeping rough in Darwin, brought about in part by the Fyles Government’s own remote alcohol bans, leading council to issue fines of more than $160 to people sleeping in public areas, which homeless advocates and council itself say will not solve the crime problem.
NT Police have charged two females for allegedly robbing a woman on Smith Street who had withdrawn a “large sum of cash” from an ATM on Monday night.
