A single-vehicle car rollover near Arlparra Community, northeast of Alice Springs on Saturday, has claimed the life of a 27-year-old British woman with another occupant of the vehicle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NT Police said.


A single-vehicle car rollover near Arlparra Community, northeast of Alice Springs on Saturday, has claimed the life of a 27-year-old British woman with another occupant of the vehicle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NT Police said.

Three women will need months of treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital following a Cessna 210 light plane crash on Friday afternoon at Groote Eylandt, while another crash victim, a 26-year-old male, was discharged on Sunday.

A senior NT Police detective has been accused of “criminal conduct”, including withholding and manipulating evidence, while playing a key role in the Zach Rolfe murder charge investigation, a formal complaint filed with the acting Police Commissioner alleges.

The NT Police Association president has said his members deserve to know how much money former police commissioner Jamie Chalker’s secret payout will take off the agency’s operational budget, adding it was concerning the Police Minister said she did not know how much he was given.

Two women at a Palmerston cafe on Tuesday evening were allegedly robbed by three youths who approached them and stole a handbag, later attempting to use the keys in the bag to steal one of the victims’ car, NT Police said.

Shopping centres in Anula and Jingili were ram raided overnight after a group of male youths reportedly stole two cars from Nightcliff for a crime spree around the northern suburbs, NT Police said.

UPDATED: A train derailed southwest of Katherine and caught fire, NT Police said, which the NT Independent understands led to people being evacuated from nearby properties after reports the fire had spread.

NT Police arrested and charged nine people in the span of a couple days in relation to stolen cars and an alleged ram raid by a 12-and 13-year-old with high-end luxury cars while out on bail.

Treasurer Eva Lawler has confirmed the secret taxpayer-funded payout to former police commissioner Jamie Chalker after his botched sacking will affect the NT Police bottom line, with the undisclosed sum coming out of the police budget.

Update: A former Darwin Council alderman is believed to have been arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges after resigning three weeks ago citing mental health problems, with the Mayor saying at the time he “knew the reasons” behind his departure and thanked him for his service.

Five boys, aged between 12 and 15, who were all on bail allegedly assaulted and robbed a Darwin taxi driver Monday night, forcing him to abandon his car and call for help, NT Police said.

Members of a remote Aboriginal corporation have called on its chair to stand down following serious allegations made against her, while unrelated allegations of the theft of more than $1 million from the organisation appear to be the subject of a police investigation involving possible raids.