Tradies in Wadeye stopped a group of animal management clinic staff having their vehicle carjacked by youths armed with weapons, including wooden planks and machetes, NT Police said.


Tradies in Wadeye stopped a group of animal management clinic staff having their vehicle carjacked by youths armed with weapons, including wooden planks and machetes, NT Police said.

A woman is in a critical condition in Royal Darwin Hospital after allegedly being attacked in a Palmerston home by a man she knew, NT Police said.

Eleven youths and two adults were arrested in connection to a string of stolen vehicles across Darwin overnight that saw one stolen ute crashed on the highway north of Adelaide River, resulting in two adults and two youths arrested and taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries, NT Police said, with other offenders still on the run.

Nearly 200 more Banned Drinkers Orders have been taken out against people in Katherine between March and April, which the NT Police said is part of “proactive measures” to reduce spiralling crime and antisocial behaviour due to a “sudden surge of people” in the troubled town.

UPDATED: A 38-year-old man with a string of drink-driving priors who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal Palmerston car crash on Friday was arrested over the weekend and later charged with multiple offences including hit and run causing death, NT Police said.
We already know the Northern Territory Government cannot keep the public safe, while openly applauding and engaging in unchecked widespread corruption, but on Tuesday we were provided hard evidence the government cannot manage its own finances, ticking the final box for federal administrative intervention.

A 25-year-old Katherine man has been arrested and charged with two counts of rape and other offences in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old, NT Police said.

Delays and cancellations to low-tide ferry services at Cullen Bay due to seasonal weather and sedimentation build up has prompted an urgent maintenance dredging this month.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal from Darwin construction company Kalidonis against its convictions and fine over the death of a worker in Maningrida in 2020, Work Safe NT has said.

A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man multiple times in the chest during a street fight involving 20 people in the Alice Springs CBD, leaving him in a critical condition, NT Police said.

NT Police have emphasised that a woman the agency says was killed in a collision in Palmerston yesterday was not already dead when the stolen car she was in crashed into another car, while it has been reported the driver was allegedly on bail after being on the run from police for close to a decade.

The CLP Government has introduced a new support plan for privately insured pregnant women impacted by the closure of maternity services at Darwin Private Hospital, effective June 6, by securing a contract with Mercure Darwin Airport Resort starting June 1, but not everyone is sold on the new plan.