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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The Darwin Airport has banned Australia Institute advertisements which point out gas companies Santos and Inpex get Australia’s gas for free, which the institute has claimed was done in part because those companies advertise with the airport.
Today’s national news includes government and opposition reaching an extraordinary healthcare deal, PM Albanese hit back at Elon Musk after calling the government “fascists,” Melbourne Airport is set to get a third runway after the federal government approved the project, and a woman sustains injuries following skydiving incident in Queensland.
