A 35-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Palmerston overnight after he was tracked through the CBD using CCTV, NT Police said.


A 35-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Palmerston overnight after he was tracked through the CBD using CCTV, NT Police said.

Two boys, aged 13 and 15, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a reckless driving spree involving a group of up to seven youths in a stolen car in Katherine on Thursday night, NT Police said.

A 49-year-old Alice Springs man has been charged with manslaughter for his alleged role in a fatal road incident that saw a male pedestrian killed by a vehicle in Darwin in February 2024, but the man charged was not driving the vehicle, NT Police said.

Five people are now confirmed to have died following a two-vehicle head-on collision on the Stuart Highway on Wednesday, with NT Police calling for witnesses to the crash after alleging a speeding ute had been overtaking dangerously in the minutes before the collision.

Three Aboriginal community police officers have filed a class action in the Federal Court against the Northern Territory Government alleging they were subjected to systemic racial discrimination and racial vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police.

A pedestrian was killed overnight in Moil and the driver returned a roadside test indicating the possible presence of an illicit drug, NT Police said.

NT Police are investigating two separate deaths over the weekend, one involving a 39-year-old woman in Leanyer and the other involving a 58-year-old man in Wadeye.

Chief Minister and Police Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s office said Thursday she was not briefed about the sensational arrest of Labor MP Luke Gosling over the alleged assault of Administrator David Connolly, but has refused to refer the police investigation to an independent agency to mitigate the perception of political interference.

UPDATED: NT Police have arrested and now charged Federal Member for Solomon Luke Gosling in relation to the alleged assault of NT Administrator David Connolly.

A 39-year-old employee of the NT Department of Children and Families has been arrested and charged for allegedly using her position in the government to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme of millions of dollars.

Three teenagers who allegedly smashed into the Gray Oval community facility in Palmerston early Sunday morning to steal alcohol have been arrested, with police recovering a wheelie bin from the oval loaded with the teens’ empties at the scene of their arrest.

A 19-year-old man who was disqualified from driving and in breach of his bail conditions was allegedly caught driving a vehicle carrying 13 adult occupants, along with alcohol, NT Police said.