A party of five, including two teens, has been reported missing after their nondescript four-metre tinny with “little to no safety equipment” was last seen leaving Pioneer Beach at Bynoe Harbour on Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty-five men have been arrested for allegedly being involved in riots in Wadeye, with 10 having been remanded in custody to appear in Darwin Local Court, NT Police have said.

The WA Police Union has blamed the “exodus” from the Western Australian police force on management and culture, with a record number of officers leaving, at an attrition rate of 4.6 per cent over the last year, compared to the 10 per cent for the Northern Territory over a similar period.

The occupants of a vehicle that crashed on the Stuart Highway near Manton Dam on Sunday night, that saw the 15-year-old driver killed and four other males between the ages of nine and 15 hospitalised, were allegedly involved in a robbery at an Adelaide River service station using axes and machetes earlier in the evening, sources have told the NT Independent.

NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services has revealed it was swamped with emergency calls during Cracker Night festivities, responding to more than 231 grassfires alone and 13 structure fires stemming from Territory Day celebrations.