A woman who yesterday allegedly stabbed a woman in back of the head at an Alice Springs licensed premises, and then stabbed a man in the arm and upper body, is still on the run, NT Police said.


A woman who yesterday allegedly stabbed a woman in back of the head at an Alice Springs licensed premises, and then stabbed a man in the arm and upper body, is still on the run, NT Police said.

A man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman in Alice Springs on Sunday, NT Police said.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged for stealing a vehicle in Alice Springs after handing himself into the police station, NT Police said.

A single-vehicle rollover that resulted in nine individuals being hospitalised with head injuries and fractures south of Tipperary Station on Saturday night is currently under investigation, NT Police said, with a five-year-old girl suffering a serious head injury.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly trespassing at a Lyons home seven times over four days, stealing alcohol, and twice indecently exposing himself, NT Police said.

A five-year-old boy from an unnamed remote community was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old male relative, with the teen scheduled to appear in Darwin Local Court today, NT Police said.

The CLP Government is expected to announce it will change current legislation to permit “probationary” corrections officers into the job without having to complete current training requirements, a move criticised by the union as raising serious safety issues for the public and officers, while also taking the “first step towards privatisation” of the NT’s jails.

A 25-year-old woman was arrested at the Casuarina bus interchange Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly threw objects at people and threatened bus workers with an edged weapon, NT Police said, before later allegedly spitting at and kicking police officers.

A 14-year-old girl has been charged with aggravated robbery and being armed with offensive weapon at night after she allegedly broke into an Alice Springs house and threatened the occupant, NT Police said.

Two men have been charged over Monday’s shooting in Coconut Grove, another person who was arrested has been released, while the gun that was used has not been found, NT Police said.

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said a permanent task force will continue its anti-crime efforts in Alice Springs following the return of 10 police officers to South Australia.

More than 2,300 illegal nicotine vapes worth $140,000 and an undisclosed amount of marijuana were seized by NT Police on Friday, following a raid of a Palmerston residence after a tip-off that illicit substances were at the house.