A “bigger, better and more colourful” festival with 100-foot crocodiles, mermaids and aliens will kick off this weekend as Darwin celebrates its second annual Kite Festival on Friday and Saturday at the Cullen Bay lawns.
Darwin bus driver kicked in the head while driving on Stuart Highway
A 21-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly kicking a bus driver in the head while he was driving along the Stuart Highway through Pinelands on Tuesday afternoon, NT Police said.
Darwin supermarket and owner fined $100,000 for underpaying employee
Wulagi Supermarket and its director Vinay Madasu have been ordered by the Federal Court to pay more than $100,000 in fines and repayments after it underpaid a worker for 18 months of work.
Woman stabbed in the back while walking down street by unknown assailant
A 26-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman he did not know in the back while she walked down the street in a remote NT community on Monday afternoon, NT Police said.
Jetstar announces Bali deal
Jetstar is offering packages of return flights from Darwin to Bali with four-nights accommodation beginning at $423 per person, the company has said.
CLP’s proposal to lower age for criminal intent will only increase youth offending: Productivity Commission
The CLP Government’s proposal to reduce the age of criminal responsibility will result in increased youth crime and elevated rates of Indigenous incarceration in the NT, the federal Productivity Commission has warned, while the Chief Minister has defended the move, calling critics “political commentators” bent on creating a “scare campaign”.
New ways to reduce crime in Katherine to be explored at justice symposium
Experts in law, justice, health education and social services will descend on Katherine this week to engage locals and help find solutions for the town’s crime issues, as part of a justice symposium held by Flinders University, that locals are eagerly anticipating given ongoing problems in the community.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for Sept 18
Today’s national news includes the Albanese administration being criticized for an immigration mishap, the government allocating $3.6 million for women’s health literacy, Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres said Labor is attentively listening to the business sector, and domestic airfares up by over 12 per cent following the withdrawal of regional airlines.
Police searching for masked suspects in overnight Katherine crime spree
An “extensive search” is underway in Katherine for a group of alleged masked offenders who evaded police and fled into bushland following an overnight crime spree in a white Toyota Landcruiser, that involved ramraiding a local restaurant and threatening a service station employee with a weapon, NT Police said.
Comprehensive election bloodbath upholds pattern of low voter turnout
Remote enrolments increased in the lead-up to The Voice referendum last year, yet the NTEC indicated that fewer than 45 per cent of eligible remote voters exercised their votes at August’s NT election, citing “voter fatigue and general apathy”, writes Dr Robyn Smith, while the question remains: why?
Guests robbed in Alice Springs hotel rooms
A group broke into rooms in two Alice Springs hotels while guests slept and robbed them, with one alleged offender armed with a machete in one break-in, while an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old stole a camper van from a business in the town and drove it through the city, NT Police said.
More NT road carnage: Police investigating Katherine hit-and-run, Alice Springs road death over the weekend
NT Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian in an Alice Springs road crash on Sunday morning, as well as the alleged hit-and-run of another pedestrian in Katherine on Saturday, that left that person in hospital with serious injuries.