Nearly 15 per cent of all Territory voters have already cast their ballot in the first three days of early voting – with some electorates seeing more than 20 per cent of voters turning out early – as the 2024 NT general election kicks into gear, figures released by the NT Electoral Commission show.
A police officer has been charged with aggravated assault and has been suspended with pay, NT Police said.
A new state-of-the-art $80 million data centre in Darwin that will utilise domestic and subsea cables to securely connect and support data storage in the NT and internationally, ultimately improving the NT’s digital economy, has officially opened.
Today’s national news includes Manager of Opposition Business Paul Fletcher saying it is “entirely proper” to ask questions about the “security implications” of people arriving in Australia from Gaza, Australian productivity inappropriate with wage increases, Australia has the highest life expectancy among English-speaking countries, and Heavy downpours put emergency services on high alert in Queensland and New South Wales.
Police are looking a man who robbed a woman in a Coconut Grove street after chasing her with an “edged weapon”, and who later stole her car, NT Police said.
Police broke up a fight involving about 20 people on an Anula Street on Tuesday night, some of whom were armed with machetes, and one with a rife, while one man has been charged as a result, NT Police said.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has named Anthony Beven as acting chief executive officer, the sixth boss of the troubled agency in about 18 months, it has been reported.
Dustin’s has a new white 2019 Toyota Fortuner GUN156R GX Wagon with a 2.8-litre 4-cylinder engine and a 6-speed automatic transmission. This 4WD vehicle has an odometer reading of 40,019 km.
NT VOTES 2024: The NT general election will take place on Saturday, August 24, with approximately 155,000 eligible Territorians casting their ballot for their local Member of the Legislative Assembly. The NT Independent has provided a list of all registered candidates running and their pitch to you. SEE THE FULL LIST.
Forty handpicked brushtail possums have had their return to the Red Centre celebrated, after being driven to extinction in the region in recent years.
Pre-poll early voting in the Northern Territory kicked-off Monday morning, as more than a thousand Territorians cast their ballots in the first couple of hours, ahead of the August 24 election day.
A spate of stolen cars and property damage in Alice Springs last week has led to officers from Darwin and other areas deployed to Central Australia as part of “Operation Archer”, which has recovered multiple vehicles and seen youths arrested, while one officer broke his ankle chasing suspects.
