A surprise ‘code yellow’ has been called for the Royal Darwin and Palmerston Regional hospitals amid “capacity challenges”, just weeks after Health Minister Steve Edgington said there was no need to make emergency capacity orders because his department was effectively managing patient flows.
A tender has opened for upgrading Kubara and Maguk roads in Kakadu National Park, the first works in the promised $70 million in federal government spending on roads in the park announced in 2019.
A 23-year-old man was arrested by the NT Police Monday night after testing positive for drug use following a pedestrian strike in Katherine East, police said, while a 14-year-old was arrested in connection to an axe robbery at a Katherine home last week.
A 24-year-old male was arrested by the NT Police Sunday afternoon in relation to a hit-and-run incident in the Darwin CBD overnight Saturday, in which a 50-year-old man was struck by a blue Toyota Hilux dual-cab vehicle while crossing Mitchell Street that saw him thrown through the air and into a parked car before landing on the road, police said.
NT Police are investigating a break-in at a government armoury in Katherine, where a quantity of ammunition was allegedly stolen from the facility located in an industrial area in Katherine East.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government will crack down on young offenders by scrapping eligibility for youth diversion for 13 additional offences – including break-ins – that it claims will “ensure serious young offenders face real consequences”, but which has been labelled by critics as another ineffective move that won’t reduce or prevent crime and will not end the cycle of reoffending.
Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park has reopened. The iconic attraction was closed in 2019 after Parks Australia built a walkway near a sacred site for which it was fined $200,000 last year.
A 72-year-old man was threatened by two young males armed with an edged weapon and a shovel who broke into his Alice Springs house and are now on the run. In another incident a police car was rammed by a 14-year-old boy in a stolen car.
Construction of the Elysium Green apartment complex in The Gardens has been enabled after the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled in favour of the developer Kalhmera, the NT News has reported.
A man has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and breaching a domestic violence order for alleged attacks in May and late June on his female partner, with the most recent assault leaving the woman in a critical condition, NT Police said.
NT Health has created a syphilis incident management team to address the rising number of infections and the acting chief health officer Dr Paul Burgess has called on Territorians to get tested.
A man is on the run after he and another man smashed a door to break into Lasseters Hotel Casino in Alice Springs this morning, NT Police said. In another incident, a female staff member of a licensed business was allegedly hit in the hand with a bottle of wine by a man who was stealing it.
