Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has admitted under oath at a coronial inquest that he was made aware of racist awards distributed by the NT Police’s elite tactical unit last August but took no action, later misleading the public when he said at a February press conference that he had no knowledge of them.
Parks Australia will plead guilty to damaging a sacred site at Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park during construction work in 2019, the authority has said.
A female of an unspecified age was treated at Royal Darwin Hospital after bleeding heavily from being stabbed in the foot, leg, and lower back in a Darwin home, while her alleged attacker has been charged, NT Police said.
A man was treated in Alice Springs Hospital for head and chest injuries after being kicked and punched and assaulted with a blunt weapon, while trying to stop his attacker from damaging his car, NT Police said.
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy was made aware of racist awards handed out within the Territory Response Group at least six months before they were aired publicly, a coronial inquest has heard, contradicting Mr Murphy’s claims in February that he was “not aware of the TRG awards”.
NT Police have welcomed four new members to its elite Search and Rescue Squad after completing their training and evaluation, which follows the unit being plagued with a lack of personnel that meant it could not undertake some diving operations in late 2021.
A man was killed in a two vehicle collision on the Stuart Highway near Pine Creek on Sunday afternoon, NT Police said.
Six people were arrested early Sunday morning in connection to an alleged vehicle theft ring, NT Police said, after “several” stolen vehicles were driven dangerously in the northern suburbs and Palmerston, while more stolen vehicles were located and recovered after tyre spikes were deployed near Adelaide River.
More racist awards and offensive images of Aboriginal people created and distributed by NT Police officers have been uncovered as part of the joint investigation into widespread racism in the TRG, with the new material labelled by the ICAC as “so offensive that I do not consider it in the public interest [to] be circulated”.
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out an appeal by the Northern Territory Government contesting a decision that it had underpaid firefighters by removing overtime hours, with the full bench noting the government changed its argument from what was contained in its notice of appeal when it came to oral arguments in the hearing.
Police are looking for an 16-year-old Alice Springs girl who has not been seen since Wednesday night.
Five 13-year-old males who allegedly stole a car from a northern suburbs residence overnight and led police on a chase through Berrimah have been arrested, NT Police said.
