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‘Crime panic’: CLP’s plan to allow public to buy pepper spray for ‘personal safety’ heavily criticised
UPDATED: The Finocchiaro CLP Government is considering arming the public with pepper spray as of September 1, which it says will improve personal safety amid a 12-month “controlled trial” that the Chief Minister teased on social media yesterday as “something new” to help Territorians, but critics argue it’s “a bad idea” that won’t fix violence.
NT Police officer charged with two counts of rape
A Territory police officer has been arrested in Alice Springs and charged with two counts of rape in relation to alleged sexual assaults that occurred in 2024, NT Police said.
Acting ICAC refuses to publicly disclose conflicts of interest, CLP flags impending ‘changes’ to office
Acting ICAC Greg Shanahan told Estimates hearings on Tuesday that he has recused himself from involvement in an undisclosed number of matters due to conflicts of interest, but refused to publicly disclose his conflicts register, stating only that some of his disclosures related to people he “worked directly with for a long period”.
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