A tip-off prompted the NT Police to stop a vehicle at Cahill’s Crossing, suspected of trafficking drugs and alcohol into Arnhem Land, resulting in the arrest of a 31-year-old man on November 10.
Man arrested over alleged rape of woman in Moulden
A man has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Moulden oval on Tuesday night, NT Police said. Police director of communications Mark Wilton said that about 8pm on Tuesday the 27-year-old man allegedly followed the woman whilst she was walking...
Hundreds of meters of copper wire stolen in Alice Springs
Telecommunications in Alice Springs have been disrupted numerous times by the theft of hundreds of metres of copper wire since April, with NT Police asking the public to help them catch the perpetrators.
Man assaulted on the street, has scooter stolen
A man was assaulted and had his electric scooter stolen in the Darwin CBD on Sunday, NT Police said.
Topline Steel Fabrications charged over contractor being crushed by steel
Topline Steel Fabrications and two of its senior managers have been charged over a contractor being crushed by a bundle of steel weighing over 1.2 tonnes while his truck was being loaded, NT Work Safe has said.
Trump’s anointed energy secretary connected to Beetaloo Basin fracking
US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Energy, Chris Wright, is also chief executive of a company that has a stake in Beetaloo Basin fracker Tamboran Resources.
Sid Vashist elected mayor of the Barkly Regional Council
Former Barkly councillor Sid Vashist has been elected Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council, securing 54 per cent of votes after final counting.
Japan to rotate troops to Top End alongside US forces following Darwin meeting
Japan will deploy troops to the Top End in collaboration with the US Marines it was announced on Sunday, following trilateral discussions in Darwin with the Australian Defence Minister.
Elderly man confronted at home by armed males: police
An 83-year-old resident was confronted in his Katherine house by three males who allegedly tried to break in while armed with blunt and edged weapons last Tuesday, and who are still on the run, NT Police said.
Former INPEX boss named interim Territory Coordinator as bill released for public comment
The Finocchiaro Government has named former INPEX NT general manager Stuart Knowles as the interim Territory Coordinator, on the same day it publicly released its proposed legislation that would give the position and the Chief Minister sweeping powers to exempt certain projects from environmental and other regulatory processes.
14-year-old who assaulted police and used stolen credit cards at shop granted bail again
A 14-year-old boy who broke into a Wagaman home in broad daylight Thursday to steal credit cards and go on a shopping spree while already out on bail, allegedly assaulted two officers as they tried to arrest him and was promptly given bail again by a judge, NT Police said.
Police announce 16 extra officers for Alice Springs over summer
Fourteen constables and two senior officers will be sent to Alice Springs until the end of the school holidays in January in response to an increase in crime, Commander James Gray-Spence has said, a move that involves “high visibility” policing which Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro seemingly ordered for the Territory after she came to power.