The Opposition CLP have written to the Prime Minister to request federal assistance to restore order to Alice Springs, citing a national emergency and a “city under attack by violent and life-threatening offenders” that is so under siege residents “cannot even get our groceries”.
NT Health has advised Territorians and visitors to protect themselves from mosquito bites as numbers are expected to rise after the latest monsoonal showers.
A video posted on YouTube and Facebook claiming to show Darwin being destroyed by Indonesian and Russian missiles has unsurprisingly been found to be untrue by the Agence France-Presse.
Inspections conducted by the NT Environmental Protection Authority on unlicensed dumps revealed that toxic materials such as asbestos, chemical waste, and other health hazards abound in landfills across the Territory – having a far worse effect on human health than originally projected.
A 23-year-old man has been charged for child abuse crimes by the Territory Police and Australian Federal Police after several computers, mobile devices and data storage devices were seized during the execution of a search warrant on his Nightcliff residence on Tuesday.
New auxiliary police recruits will be deployed to help the police’s response to emergency calls, with 13 additional officers set to take Triple-O calls from across the Territory, the government has said.
The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog wants to hear from whistleblowers who have exposed corruption in the NT as part of a “project” to review “the state of whistleblowing in the Northern Territory”, following years of concerns from whistleblowers that they aren’t protected and in some cases have been exposed by the Office of the ICAC and its Inspector.
NT Police have confirmed that a woman was allegedly indecently assaulted in a Hartley Street clothing store in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon by two teens who they are now seeking the public’s help to locate.
Three men allegedly broke into an Alice Springs home through a smashed window on Tuesday morning before one threatened a female resident with a weapon and the trio stole money and alcohol, NT Police have said.
Katherine Mayor Elisabeth Clark has said a second high-level bridge is crucial to prevent an economic standstill as experienced in the Kimberley region after Fitzroy Crossing bridge was destroyed when ex-tropical cyclone Ellie devastated the region last month.
Darwin writer and director Kate Wyvill will have her first short film The Wardrobe showcased at the Flickerfest Film Festival in Sydney on Saturday.
A man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking his partner with an “edged weapon” in Alice Springs on Sunday, leaving her in a serous condition in hospital, NT Police have said.
