One person is in custody after an aggravated robbery in Bellamack overnight that involved two men allegedly using a firearm to shoot open a door at a home on Eucharia Street, NT Police said.
‘I do not accept your apology’: Former Darwin RSL VP calls for Potter to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister
A former Darwin RSL vice-president says Brent Potter needs to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister following his blame-shifting apology for racist Facebook posts, with the veteran stating in a scathing letter to the Minister that “racism, bigotry and sexism is not the Australian way” and that “being an idiot does not excuse your actions”.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for March 13
Today’s national news includes Australia urging Israel to change course in Gaza to keep international support, Australia providing $42 million to ASEAN countries for maritime security in the South China Sea, business conditions improving in February, and AirAsia Malaysia flying to Perth.
Invitation only forum to discuss future of barramundi fishing
An invitation-only forum discussing the future of barramundi fishing in the Northern Territory will be held in Darwin with speakers including Carefish Queensland founder Paul Aubin, who organisers say was instrumental in securing funding to buy back the commercial fishing licences in Queensland.
CLP MLA pleads guilty to careless driving involving car crash
Alice Springs CLP MLA Josh Burgoyne has pleaded guilty to one careless driving charge after he smashed into a 66-year-old healthcare worker’s car in August, which sent her to hospital and left her unable to return to work.
New VET training program in remote community to get ‘students on pathway to work’: Lawler
The first on-country Vocational Education Training “prototype” program in the NT will provide more VET courses for remote students to get them on a pathway to work, which will in turn reduce crime, the Chief Minister has said.
Territory not on track to fully fund schools until 2050 Feds say
The NT has the most underfunded public schools on average in the country, the Albanese Government has said, and is not on track to fully fund them until 2050, while the teachers’ union has called on the Federal Government to follow an expert panel review on school finances and double its contribution to Territory schools to meet the shortfall.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for March 12
Today’s national news includes Australia being pressured to resume Gaza aid funding, the new Tuvalu PM having first talks with PM Albanese, wine oversupply threatening industry and growers, and a severe heatwave continuing in Victoria and South Australia.
Violent home invasion of elderly couple in Alice Springs leads to four arrests, one possibly outstanding
Four people have been arrested following a violent home invasion in Alice Springs where a group of men armed with knives allegedly held a knife to a 72-year-old woman’s throat while demanding cash, cigarettes and alcohol, NT Police said.
The Curious Case of Territory Labor’s political Benjamin Button with major frat-boy energy
ANALYSIS: It isn’t just that Potter exudes toxic frat-boy energy with strong Manchurian candidate vibes that’s unnerving, it’s his documented conduct since starting on the fifth floor that causes the most concern. The racist and derogatory posts are the latest hypocrisy, that fill in a few missing years, and present the man in full.
MLA calls for review of past disciplinary action against cops and public servants in light of CM’s support for Potter
UPDATED: Disciplinary action carried out against police officers and public servants needs to be immediately reviewed, an independent MLA says, following the Chief Minister’s precedent-setting lack of action against Police Minister Brent Potter, who posted racist and misogynistic social media material that he hid from the public ahead of his 2022 by-election.
Man killed in rollover of stolen ute in Alice Springs
A young man has died after he was thrown from the stolen ute he was in, when it rolled over in the Alice Springs CBD overnight, NT Police said.