A woman is being treated at Royal Darwin Hospital after being assaulted by a group of people she knew near the Woolworths supermarket in Darwin city on Thursday night, NT Police said.
Police looking for more victims of phone harasser to come forward
A 27-year-old Alice Springs man has been arrested and charged for allegedly targeting women with thousands of sexually threatening phone calls, NT Police said, while urging more victims to contact them.
‘City of Darwin has failed’: Chief Minister lashes council over pre-cyclone clean-up cancellation
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says Darwin council has the money to undertake this year’s pre-cyclone clean-up collection service and has “failed its constituency” by cancelling it, adding councillors should be made to answer to voters for their “questionable decision”, while the City of Palmerston is moving ahead with its clean-up.
No investigation into CDU and Batchelor Institute amid ongoing scandals, govt promises KPIs instead
The Finocchiaro CLP Government will not hold full and independent investigations into Charles Darwin University and the Batchelor Institute following recent scandals at both institutions that saw millions in public funds wasted and has instead pledged to “get better outcomes” for apprentices and trainees by implementing key performance indicators at the institutions.
Cahill leading trade delegation to Vietnam
NT Business and Asian Relations Minister Robyn Cahill will lead a delegation to Vietnam this week with representatives from numerous local education providers including CDU, Alana Kaye College and Haileybury Rendall School, which she said will “strengthen ties” with the one-party authoritarian state and comes the same day the Vietnamese president was in Canberra to strengthen economic ties with the Commonwealth.
Alice Springs Town Council launching $70k Todd Mall voucher program
Alice Springs Town Council has launched the ‘myTodd Mall’ buy-local voucher program to support small businesses and attract customers amid ongoing construction disruptions that will see customers earn vouchers depending on how much they spend at participating businesses.
Police seeking more video of Katherine dangerous driving incident after residents call for action
NT Police are calling for anyone in Katherine with video of last Thursday’s dangerous driving incident that saw up to seven youths tear around town in a stolen vehicle to contact them, as police seek to “actively identify and locate the remaining youths involved” after arresting two youths over the weekend.
‘Find a mate with a ute’: Darwin’s pre-cyclone clean-up cancelled this year
Darwin Council has scrapped its annual pre-cyclone clean-up collection service this year which it says is due to “significant operational impacts of Cyclone Fina” that hit the city last November, with Mayor Peter Styles telling residents to rent trailers or call a “mate with a ute” to take their own hard waste to the tip this year.
Territory households urged to complete Census
All households in the NT are being urged to complete and submit their census forms in advance of Census night on Tuesday, August 11, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says, with daily fines of $364 issued for repeated noncompliance.
Here’s why we need independent oversight of the NT Police’s Administrator assault investigation
EDITORIAL: We heard the Chief Minister and the Police Commissioner loud and clear when they said any assertion the police would be politically motivated while investigating the Gosling-Connolly spectacle was “insulting”. Our response is, frankly, we don’t care how you want to take it or if it hurts your feelings, history has shown us you need to bring in independent oversight of this wacky investigation in the best interests of the Northern Territory.
Man arrested after alleged sexual assault in Palmerston
A 35-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Palmerston overnight after he was tracked through the CBD using CCTV, NT Police said.
Two boys charged over alleged Katherine stolen car joyride
Two boys, aged 13 and 15, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a reckless driving spree involving a group of up to seven youths in a stolen car in Katherine on Thursday night, NT Police said.