Two bars have been shut for the next two days during the “public disorder declaration” in Alice Springs due to “riotous conduct” by patrons, while a local business had three vehicles stolen during the first night of the latest curfew, which political leaders say is not a proper solution to the town’s underlying problems.
Fortescue has given up its spot at the proposed Middle Arm industrial development precinct, a decision which follows the February departure of former chief minister Michael Gunner from the company just five months after being named Fortescue Future Industries director of business development for Australia and New Zealand.
Prime Video has announced that award-winning global hit show Deadloch season two will be filmed in Darwin and other areas later this year, as the detectives in the show investigate how the bodies of two “Top End icons” were murdered, in what has been billed as a “sweatier, stickier investigation” than season one.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has ordered a three-day curfew for Alice Springs following days of serious incidents in the troubled town, that saw four off-duty police officers bashed and robbed over the weekend and another officer run over by a car outside a bottle shop late last week.
Twelve people have been arrested, mostly young teens, following multiple stolen car chases across the Darwin area on Sunday morning, NT Police said, including one incident that saw the police’s dog operations unit vehicle rammed by car thieves during a pursuit.
Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech’s big spending on travel continued in the past financial year, racking up nearly a third of all ministerial travel across the NT himself, records show, including claiming “offical allowance” expenses under “other” costs, which has raised further questions about how the government is acquitting ministerial travel.
Four off-duty police officers were allegedly robbed and assaulted by a group of 20 youths early Sunday morning, NT Police said, while it has been reported the Police Commissioner is considering another curfew for the town following the incident.
Corruption allegations levelled against the Anindilyakwa Land Council by traditional owners have been referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the National Indigenous Australians Agency has confirmed.
The NT government has declared the controversial buffel grass a weed, and while the decision has been welcomed by an environmental group, the pastoralists’ peak body has said there are better ways to manage the grass than by declaring it a weed.
Today’s national news includes Australia scaling back RIMPAC participants, PM Albanese downplaying rate hike fears, Australia risking gas shortage by 2027, Australia to be setting up secret data centres, and a worker dying after being trapped in a silo on S.A. property.
UPDATED: Master Builders NT CEO Ben Carter has suddenly and mysteriously resigned his position with the powerful construction industry peak body after less than two years in the top role.
The remains of a 12-year-old girl who went missing while swimming in a creek in the remote community of Palumpa have been located, NT Police said, following an extensive day-and-a-half search amid fears she had been killed by a crocodile.
