Three people were killed in two separate crashes on Saturday, NT Police said, including one crash near Beswick that involved four occupants of a single vehicle, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.
Corrections overtime bill to exceed $20 million this financial year
NT Corrections has revealed overtime costs are expected to exceed $20 million this year due to surges in the prisoner population and staff shortages in all Territory prisons.
Another sex assault of sleeping woman at home prompts warning from police
UPDATED: NT Police are warning the public to “remain vigilant” following the second reported case of a woman sexually assaulted while she slept by an unknown intruder, with the most recent incident involving a woman waking up to a man in a balaclava with his hand over her mouth on Wednesday night.
Police seek information following series of incidents in Wadeye
The NT Police are appealing to the public for information following three incidents in Wadeye on Sunday, including a vehicle swerving at police and a man throwing projectiles at officers on their own compound.
Woman sexually assaulted while she slept in northern suburbs home
A Parap woman woke to find a naked male “indecently assaulting” her at her home on Tuesday night, NT Police said, with the perpetrator still on the run.
‘Crime panic’: CLP’s plan to allow public to buy pepper spray for ‘personal safety’ heavily criticised
UPDATED: The Finocchiaro CLP Government is considering arming the public with pepper spray as of September 1, which it says will improve personal safety amid a 12-month “controlled trial” that the Chief Minister teased on social media yesterday as “something new” to help Territorians, but critics argue it’s “a bad idea” that won’t fix violence.
NT Police officer charged with two counts of rape
A Territory police officer has been arrested in Alice Springs and charged with two counts of rape in relation to alleged sexual assaults that occurred in 2024, NT Police said.
Dundee boat ramp reopens after upgrade costing more than $12m
The delayed reopening of the Dundee boat ramp has taken place following a more than $12 million upgrade, a boat ramp the former Labor Minister Joel Bowden felt the need to visit during the caretaker period last year before he announced the doubling of the cost of the project seven days later.
Man dies in buggy crash in rural area, two children survive
A 40-year-old man was killed Monday in an “off road buggy” crash on a property in Girraween, NT Police said, but two children involved were unhurt in the fatal crash.
Substantial growth of Darwin housing market attracting investors, homebuyers: Report
Darwin’s property market has seen the highest quarterly growth in house prices among all capital cities, according to recent data, with property experts suggesting continued “fast-paced growth” after years of sluggish performance.
Record-high prison population leads to massive recruitment of corrections guards
A record-high number of prisoners across the Territory reached 2,903 last week, which has the CLP Government scrambling to recruit record numbers of prison officers, while the union says conditions behind bars remain unsafe after an officer lost an eye last month and have also raised concerns about the continued use of private corrections guards.
Editorial: Waterfront Corporation scandal not resolved despite CLP’s efforts to subvert democracy to protect their mates
What occurred at the Public Accounts Committee hearing on Tuesday should serve as the last indictment on the Northern Territory, and the latest reason for the Federal Government to take over management of our institutions. It’s also shown us how bureaucratic fat cats have weaponised the public service to benefit themselves at the expense of the public.