NT Police are searching for a man wearing “open-toe fluffy slippers” and no pants who allegedly performed an indecent act while chasing a woman on a run in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon.
Riddle out as Tamboran CEO in major shake-up for Beetaloo gas player
Tamboran Resource’s long-serving CEO and managing director Joel Riddle has suddenly “stepped down” from his roles, the company said in a surprise announcement on Monday, with the chair of the board appointed interim CEO amid reported financial problems and other challenges facing the company.
Show stabbing: Teen charged after Saturday night stabbing at Darwin Show
UPDATED: A 15-year-old is in police custody and has been charged after allegedly stabbing another teen at the Royal Darwin Show on Saturday night in front of dozens of show-goers, with the victim rushed to hospital in a “serious condition”, NT Police said.
Measles alert issued by NT Health
The NT Centre for Disease Control has issued a measles alert following the hospitalisation of a man in north Queensland who visited numerous tourist attractions in the NT earlier this month.
Man dead in road train collision north of Katherine
A 23-year-old man has died in a head-on collision involving a Honda CRV and a road train on Sunday afternoon, 14 km north of Katherine on the Stuart Highway, NT Police said.
Opinion: Territory gas deal failures substantially add to debt and stifle development
The ‘girls and boys from the bush’ who are our politicians have bought far too much gas for electricity generation at far too high a price, which could increase costs to the Territory by $300 million per year, while Beetaloo Basin gas could be too expensive to attract local manufacturing, and too expensive to send to the east coast, writes Dr Don Fuller.
Attorney-General attacks NAAJA after raising concerns about conditions inside watch houses
NT Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has attacked the acting CEO of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency for criticising the inhumane conditions inside the Palmerston watch house and calling for the Federal Government to suspend funding police in remote communities until the NT Government meets with Aboriginal leaders to discuss ongoing crime issues, labelling the calls “irresponsible” and “absurd”.
Teens carry out northern suburbs crime spree in stolen car, swerved at police and pulled machete on others
Four teens have been arrested and another is on the run after a night of chaos through Darwin’s northern suburbs, that started with a car-jacking at knife point, followed by a ram raid of a bottle shop and police later having to abandon a high-speed chase down Tiger Brennan Drive after the teens “attempted to ram” a police vehicle, NT Police said.
84-year-old bashed in car-jacking: Police
A group of four youths are on the run after throwing rocks at an 84-year-old man and his vehicle after he refused to give them a lift Tuesday morning, NT Police said, ultimately stealing his Hilux and assaulting him.
Govt finally moving on proposed scrapping of middle schools, as teacher shortage remains
The NT Government’s move to scrap middle schools in favour of new “comprehensive” high schools will start in Darwin and Palmerston by next year, the Education Minister has pledged, with Alice Springs scheduled to come on line in 2027, while the changes come amid an ongoing teacher shortage.
Woman speared in head during alleged domestic violence incident
UPDATED: An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to Royal Darwin Hospital on Sunday afternoon after being stabbed in the head with a spear, NT Police said, with the alleged 21-year-old male offender who is known to her arrested after initially going on the run.
Child who died after palm tree fell on her was four-years-old, not seven: Police
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.