Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down 35 recommendations for the NT Government and police to improve their response to the growing epidemic of domestic violence, calling on the government to properly fund services that will prevent the deaths of women and children.
Two brothers have been arrested for fighting in the street in Alice Springs today, with one allegedly “assaulting” the other with an “edged weapon”, NT Police said.
NT Police are investigating after four Alice Springs properties were broken into overnight and are also looking for information relating to a stolen car allegedly used to target a taxi.
The Remembering Cyclone Tracy committee has organised a series of events at the end of December to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy.
An 85-year-old woman was first “bumped” by a member of a group of four adults, and then had her handbag stolen by the same person, in an Alice Springs car park on Friday, NT Police said.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage will release her findings and recommendations this morning into the deaths of four Indigenous women who died as a result of domestic violence, following a landmark inquiry that critically analysed the circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths and the NT Government’s inadequate responses.
The CLP Government has ruled out placing the Darwin Esplanade back on the heritage list, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the previous government’s provisional heritage listing for the site.
Today’s national news includes Australia to reconsider ICC membership, Labor dumps misinformation bill, Coles refutes allegations of land banking, Man charged for making a Nazi salute at a rally supporting trans rights, and Aerial refuelling deal signed between Australia and India.
Territorians are being warned to avoid a solar company now operating in the NT, following reports of its questionable practices in WA, where it is alleged the company made coercive sales, delivered malfunctioning equipment and took deposits while making customers sign unlawful contracts, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs and NT WorkSafe have said.
An armed man who kidnapped another man at gunpoint in Daly Waters and forced him to drive three hours to Katherine after discharging a gun in the vehicle has been arrested, NT Police said.
The CLP Government has released a new masterplan for the ANZAC Oval Precinct in Alice Springs, which will see the proposed and long-delayed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia reduced in size from previous designs to save on costs, with the oval to be reinstated as a rugby field.
The Finocchiaro Government is proposing six solar power plants and a battery to produce electricity to be built by the private sector near Berry Springs.
