There is no evidence to support St John Ambulance chief executive Andrew Tombs’ claim the organisation has addressed the urgent recommendations made in a damning report into patient treatment, that found multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff, the United Workers Union has said.
Five remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are among the 23 that will receive free community Wi-Fi as part of a $20 million Federal Government program.
A federal multi-agency operation to crackdown on illegal foreign fishing off the NT coast has been launched, involving the Australian Border Force, Defence and the fisheries management authority, which will also be responding to foreign people-smuggling activities.
Santos executive vice president Brett Darley has said the company is reconsidering the potential of gas fracking in the McArthur basin and Beetaloo sub-basin to help fill its Darwin and Gladstone LNG plants, with the company planning “further appraisals” in 2026, it has been reported.
EDITORIAL: Proving five senior NT Police officers committed perjury was not a complex investigation; we did it in a few days. If any of the five officers or the Police Commissioner want to challenge the facts, we welcome it and encourage them to take us to court if anything we’ve reported is incorrect. The question now is: When will those in positions of power do the right thing and restore the public’s trust in our police force?
Charles Darwin University has appointed a qualified person as its next Chancellor, with former chief justice Trevor Riley being selected by the university’s council.
Former chief minister and noted stock market enthusiast Natasha Fyles has been named the new chief executive of Somerville Community Services, with a salary estimated at roughly $250,000, more than three months after getting turfed out of Parliament by voters.
EXCLUSIVE: Two senior NT Police officers who lied to the court about the existence of racist TRG awards in sworn statements were heavily involved in their making and awarding, the NT Independent can reveal, with one officer who denied the existence of a “coon of the year award” having been involved in awarding the “most coon-like BBQ” certificate in 2007, while another senior officer had his name engraved on the ‘Noogudah club’ – an improvised weapon seized from a remote community during riots that he told the court was “never linked to Indigenous people”.
An unnamed 32-year-old NT Police officer is facing rape and other sexual offence charges, NT Police have confirmed.
St John Ambulance NT chief executive officer Andrew Tombs told staff the ambulance provider has no record of harm to patients from its treatment, despite the author of a damning report into the ambulance service finding multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff, while also raising concerns patients had died from treatments.
UPDATED: Three police officers were injured, and one knocked out, early Wednesday morning after an alleged “disgusting” attack by multiple people at a remote community while the officers attempted to arrest a man for domestic violence offences, NT Police said.
The inaugural Darwin Comedy Festival will launch at the Darwin Entertainment Centre from March 6 to 8 next year, headlined by top comedians Celeste Barber, Nazeem Hussain, and Reuben Kaye, along with a line-up of international comedians, emerging talent and local acts.
