The NT Government has pledged to launch an investigation after elevated levels of PFAS contaminants were discovered at the Alice Springs Fire Station, while assuring the public the town’s water is safe to drink.
Collisions avoided as car speeds through busy Bagot Rd intersection at rush hour
WATCH THE VIDEO: A 33-year-old woman and her two-year-old child suffered head injuries after the car she was driving at high speed blew through a Bagot Road intersection after failing to make a turn, narrowly avoiding a collision with a number of moving vehicles before crashing into a business on the other side of the busy intersection.
Police Commissioner intends to bring in mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all police members
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has told staff that he is “now of a view” that all members of police should be subject to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, according to an internal email sent by the Acting Assistant Commissioner People and Cultural Reform obtained by the NT Independent.
Teen charged after assaulting nine-year-old in Leanyer home
UPDATED: A teen who allegedly assaulted a nine-year-old child after forcefully breaking into a Leanyer house overnight Tuesday has been arrested and charged after evading police for more than 24 hours.
Rosebery man arrested in connection to 2019 fatal WA crash
A man who allegedly fled to the NT after allegedly being involved in a fatal crash two years ago while high on drugs in WA has been arrested on an interstate warrant, NT Police said.
Police looking for driver of black Commodore who allegedly bashed two men with tyre iron
NT Police are looking for witnesses to an assault in Alice Springs on Saturday involving a driver of a black Holden Commodore and its passengers who allegedly bashed two men with a tyre iron leaving them with serious injuries.
Man who allegedly raped woman in broad daylight charged
A 48-year-old man has been charged with rape and gross indecency after allegedly raping an “unconscious female” in broad daylight in Nightcliff Saturday afternoon, NT Police said.
No investigation into Smalpage’s social media gaffe, no disciplinary action: Chalker
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has ruled out any disciplinary action against Deputy Commissioner Murray Smalpage after Mr Smalpage accidentally live-streamed himself making controversial comments to social media, stating that if the “people in the world were much kinder to one another, we would be in a far better place”.
Deputy Police Commissioner must stand aside NTPA says, while Commissioner stays silent
Deputy Police Commissioner Murray Smalpage needs to stand aside while an independent investigation into comments he made that were accidentally live-streamed across social media is completed, the union representing the NT’s police officers says.
Deputy police commissioner apologises for ‘murder’ comment, calls for resignation mount
Deputy Police Commissioner Murray Smalpage has issued an apology after “inadvertently” recording himself suggesting that a group of police officers should be called a “murder” and posting it to Facebook, as calls for his sacking grow internally.
Man found dead Saturday morning in Darwin CBD street
The body of a 33-year-old man was found around 6:30am near a building in Woods Street, authorities said, which they later described as “non-suspicious”.
Police investigating assaults of two women in Jabiru
A Jabiru woman was hospitalised after a 19-year-old man assaulted her and another woman during an attempted theft in a caravan park early Thursday morning, NT Police said.