Two males, aged 17 and 20, were charged with aggravated unlawful entries in two separate incidences in Alice Springs yesterday that involved the pair allegedly abusing seniors in their homes, NT Police said.
Young woman dies in the NT’s first road crash fatality for the year
Territory Police are investigating a deadly crash that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman after her vehicle rolled over on the Stuart Highway south of Darwin yesterday afternoon.
NT Utilities Commission bans QEnergy from retail electricity sales
The NT Utilities Commission has temporarily suspended Queensland-based QEnergy’s electricity retail license in the Territory under section 36 of the Electricity Reform Act effective from January 23.
Arafura by-election set for March 18 as state funeral to be held for former member: Fyles
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has set March 18 as the date for the Arafura by-election, following a state funeral that will be held on March 1 for the former member who died late last month.
Her majesty Administrator Vicki O’Halloran plans grand send-off, police motorcade for ‘ceremonial farewell’
Outgoing NT Administrator Vicki O’Halloran has scheduled a “ceremonial farewell” for herself on Monday that will involve a marching band, a flag ceremony and a police motorcade in a government car that her office is encouraging Territorians to assemble for as she does “one final circuit around the State Square precinct”, while the cost to taxpayers has not been disclosed.
Two men charged with multiple counts of domestic violence offences in separate incidents
Two men were charged with domestic violence offences in separate incidences in Casuarina and Palmerston, NT Police have said.
Two males with gunshot wounds in West Daly community found as TRG sent in
NT Police have sent their special tactical team to a remote community in the West Daly region following the discovery of two males with gunshot wounds in two separate incidents on Wednesday.
Man attacked by crocodile near Daly River
A man collecting crocodile eggs on a remote station near Daly River was attacked by a crocodile earlier today, NT Police said.
NT to continue to lose 160 police officers annually as pay talks drag on: NTPA
The Fyles Government’s “insulting” pay rise offer of two per cent annually for the next three years to police will intensify the exodus of officers quitting their jobs each year to join interstate police forces, causing further crisis in the force, the union representing the NT’s police officers warns.
$40b economy unlikely as NT to experience weakest economic growth in country to 2027: Report
The Northern Territory’s economy will drop by 4.1 per cent this year and will only grow by a meagre 0.3 per cent next financial year as inflation increases by 6.9 per cent, the latest data from Deloitte Access Economics reveals, casting more doubt on the Fyles Government’s $40 billion economy by the end of the decade.
‘The cynic in me says it won’t work’: Alice Springs Mayor sceptical of new grog restrictions
Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson says he is willing to give the Fyles Government’s new alcohol restrictions for the town a try, but that he’s concerned depriving alcoholics of grog for two days a week could lead to more break-ins and increased crime in the community – a community that was at “crisis point” a year ago, before the federal ban on drinking in communities ended. And he’s warning Darwin will be next.
NT Resource News – February 1
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Arafura signing up global financier as an additional mandated lead arranger for its Nolans project, Santos holding new consultation meetings on Barossa gas with Tiwi Islanders, and MetalsGrove finishing its heritage survey on its Arunta Project.