A 30-year-old man was chased by police and arrested in Darwin on Saturday night after he allegedly stabbed another man, which was one of multiple arrests for NT Police over the weekend throughout the Territory, including a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that rammed a cop car.
EDITORIAL: The Finocchiaro CLP Government doesn’t seem to understand the only way to make a political scandal go away is to confront it head-on, complete with resignations, if not from the politicians overseeing the dysfunction, then from those who engaged in and benefitted from it, with a thoroughly independent investigation to follow.
UPDATED: A 62-year-old Palmerston man is dead following a police raid on his Rosebery home on Friday morning as part of a joint child abuse taskforce investigation, the NT Police said, with the man reportedly sustaining self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest.
The Darwin Entertainment Centre is now officially called the AANT Centre after a 10-year partnership agreement with the Automobile Association of the Northern Territory, but AANT has declined to disclose how much it paid for the naming rights.
A vital Territory aquifer is drying at an accelerating rate and taking longer to recover from Dry seasons, a new study by Griffith University has found, raising concerns about the impact fracking operations in the Beetaloo Basin will have on the water source and additional extraction.
The cost of Darwin’s long-delayed ship lift has surged to at least $820 million, a parliamentary committee has found, which will see taxpayers cover the costs for Paspaley Pearls Group to operate, as per an agreement signed in 2021.
NT WorkSafe has appointed Grant Hastie as its new executive director, effective August 25, following a national recruitment process.
Two police officers attempting to arrest a man under a parole revocation order in Titjikala, south of Alice Springs, were allegedly attacked by a group armed with rocks and “forced to withdraw”, NT Police said, while the offender escaped.
Territorians will head back to the polls this month, this time to elect local councils, which will mark the third trip to polling booths in the past year, with early voting starting on Monday. SEE WHO’S RUNNING
Two people were killed in a single vehicle rollover on the Stuart Highway north of Tennant Creek on Friday, NT Police said.
Darwin’s iconic ‘Jim Beam house’ which contains five bathrooms and five powder rooms, but only one ballroom, has been listed for sale at $10 million by agents acting for owner, developer and former abattoir worker, John ‘Foxy’ Robinson.
Darwin Festival 2025 has officially launched, marking its largest ever presence across the city, showcasing 402 shows this year, featuring 734 artists, across a record 50 venues from August 7 to 24.
