The tragic death of a 4-year-old girl who was reportedly killed by a falling palm tree in a Darwin northern suburb on Saturday afternoon is still under investigation by NT Police, who issued a statement on Monday to correct that the girl was four and not seven as initially reported.
A new partnership between the Australian Border Force and ranger groups led by Indigenous communities to address “shared border protection challenges” in the NT has been raised in response to a rise in illegal fishing activities off the Territory coast, but the rangers are seeking more enforcement powers to help curb the issue.
UPDATED: A Toyota troop carrier that was involved in a fatal road crash that killed a 76-year-old male tourist near Delemere on Wednesday was stolen from a residence in Katherine, NT Police revealed on Thursday.
A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged with sexual intercourse with a child under 10, in what NT Police have described as a “confronting investigation” involving a “very young victim”.
Latest highlights include the NT Government setting up a new investment fund for businesses looking to invest in the NT, crime continuing to impede the NT’s property sector growth, ‘dark-sky’ experiences being pitched to shore up slumping tourism, and the Federal Government renews major project status for AAPowerLink.
The nearly three-year long coronial inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker has cost two government agencies more than $7.4 million combined, with the total costs for the inquest still unknown, the government revealed in an answer to a question at Budget Estimates.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has launched its first NT Investment Summit in Darwin, bringing to town over 100 business leaders, investors, and key stakeholders from numerous countries and industries, but has not disclosed the cost to taxpayers of the summit or details about what is being discussed.
The Coffee Club in Katherine was ransacked overnight by a group of offenders in a stolen Toyota Hilux from the showgrounds, NT Police said, but police media did not report that the intruders reportedly returned to the cafe around 7:15am this morning, where they allegedly attacked staff, the owner and customers, with one staff member reportedly sent to hospital.
The CLP Government has committed to “fast-tracking” the majority of recommendations from the Approvals Fast Track Taskforce report to cut red tape and boost the economy, including extending food business registrations to three years, exempting “low-risk” electrical works from needing a certificate of compliance and extending responsible service of alcohol certificates from three to five years.
Overcrowding in the Palmerston Police station watch house hit ‘crisis point’ on Monday with 92 people in custody, including 76 Corrections prisoners, the police union has said, which is a statement at odds with the government’s claim in March that all the Corrections prisoners had been moved.
A man has been charged for allegedly physically and sexually assaulting his ex-partner in a home, and then on the side of the Stuart Highway near Howard Springs, NT Police said.
A 46-year-old Darwin man was arrested on Monday morning for multiple drugs and firearms offences after NT Police detectives, the dog unit and Australian Border Force personnel intercepted him at a Katherine service station following his return from Queensland, police said, while also executing search warrants at his home and business.
