A 26-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman he did not know in the back while she walked down the street in a remote NT community on Monday afternoon, NT Police said.
Jetstar announces Bali deal
Jetstar is offering packages of return flights from Darwin to Bali with four-nights accommodation beginning at $423 per person, the company has said.
CLP’s proposal to lower age for criminal intent will only increase youth offending: Productivity Commission
The CLP Government’s proposal to reduce the age of criminal responsibility will result in increased youth crime and elevated rates of Indigenous incarceration in the NT, the federal Productivity Commission has warned, while the Chief Minister has defended the move, calling critics “political commentators” bent on creating a “scare campaign”.
New ways to reduce crime in Katherine to be explored at justice symposium
Experts in law, justice, health education and social services will descend on Katherine this week to engage locals and help find solutions for the town’s crime issues, as part of a justice symposium held by Flinders University, that locals are eagerly anticipating given ongoing problems in the community.
‘There was no investigation’: Traditional owners slam latest land council review, labelling it a ‘propaganda exercise’
Anindilyakwa Land Council chief executive Mark Hewitt drove the independent reviewer employed by the federal government to investigate the land council around Groote Eylandt during the investigation, the itinerary for the trip shows, while traditional owners claim Mr Hewitt was also present while board members gave evidence to the investigator.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for Sept 18
Today’s national news includes the Albanese administration being criticized for an immigration mishap, the government allocating $3.6 million for women’s health literacy, Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres said Labor is attentively listening to the business sector, and domestic airfares up by over 12 per cent following the withdrawal of regional airlines.
Police searching for masked suspects in overnight Katherine crime spree
An “extensive search” is underway in Katherine for a group of alleged masked offenders who evaded police and fled into bushland following an overnight crime spree in a white Toyota Landcruiser, that involved ramraiding a local restaurant and threatening a service station employee with a weapon, NT Police said.
Paul Henderson to step down as CDU chancellor
Former chief minister and current gas lobbyist Paul Henderson will not seek a third three-year term as chancellor of Charles Darwin University, the university has announced.
Comprehensive election bloodbath upholds pattern of low voter turnout
Remote enrolments increased in the lead-up to The Voice referendum last year, yet the NTEC indicated that fewer than 45 per cent of eligible remote voters exercised their votes at August’s NT election, citing “voter fatigue and general apathy”, writes Dr Robyn Smith, while the question remains: why?
CEO of Aboriginal Investments NT announces departure amid massive change to grants money
Aboriginal Investments NT began advertising for a new chief executive a week after its five-year strategic investment plan was released, which rolled the majority of $180 million in Aboriginal Benefits Accounts money to be given out as small business and community initiative grants over three years, into a new fund which appears largely focused on investment opportunities.
More NT road carnage: Police investigating Katherine hit-and-run, Alice Springs road death over the weekend
NT Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian in an Alice Springs road crash on Sunday morning, as well as the alleged hit-and-run of another pedestrian in Katherine on Saturday, that left that person in hospital with serious injuries.
Death of person who ‘works with courts’ forces shut down of Darwin Local Court
The Darwin Local Court was shut down on Friday afternoon after a person died following a “medical episode”, court officials said, with the public being moved on as the body was removed from the building.