Aboriginal Investment NT has appointed asset consultancy company JANA to manage its two royalty-fed investment funds worth a combined $655 million, with the organisation having previously announced the majority of the initial $180 million it received was to be rolled into one of those investment funds, rather than distributed to small Indigenous business owners.
The NT Police force is urging Territorians to voluntarily submit their DNA to specific consumer genealogy databases, which police say could help provide answers for families and assist in identifying long-term missing individuals and solving cold cases, but failed to explain what limitations would be placed on the DNA’s usage.
Three women have been arrested in relation to an aggravated assault in Palmerston on Tuesday that saw another woman attacked with bottles and weapons, while a 17-year-old male was charged in connection to an aggravated robbery that occurred in Karama on Monday night.
The 18-year-old man charged with the murder of Nightcliff Friendly Grocer owner Linford Feick appeared in court Monday, where it was discovered his age and legal name were not properly recorded, resulting in previous charges connected to other alleged offences believed to be youth matters now changed to adult matters.
A 26-year-old Alice Springs service station worker was stabbed on Sunday morning after confronting two males stealing merchandise, NT Police said, while another Darwin service station employee was threatened with an “edged weapon” in a similar situation on Friday night.
EDITORIAL: The CLP Government’s decision to ignore serious instances of improper conduct at the taxpayer-funded Darwin Waterfront Corporation when faced with documented evidence has sent a message to the entire NT Public Service: Go ahead and do your worst, this CLP Government will cover it up. It also shows why our latest government-in-crisis cannot perform its basic function of keeping the public safe and maintaining the public’s trust in its institutions.
UPDATED: An 18-year-old who allegedly stabbed a Nightcliff supermarket owner to death on Wednesday after a dispute over stolen goods has been charged with murder, NT Police said. The teen was on bail at the time of the stabbing and had been ordered to remain in a remote community.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has announced she will hand down the findings of her more than two-years-long inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu on June 10.
The 18-year-old who allegedly killed a Darwin supermarket owner on Wednesday afternoon was on bail for multiple violent offences at the time of the stabbing, including sexual intercourse with a child under 16, depriving a person of their liberty, assaulting police and spitting on emergency workers, The Australian has reported. He was charged with murder on Thursday night.
Two people were killed in a two vehicle collision on the Stuart Highway near Lake Bennett overnight, NT Police said.
Santos is expected to commence production at its Barossa offshore gas field off the NT coast later this year, following final federal approval being granted this week.
An elderly Katherine woman used a shovel to stop four people breaking into her house through a window they had smashed, NT Police said.
