NT Police are searching for a machete-wielding man who broke into an Alice Springs residence on Saturday afternoon and threatened a resident before fleeing the scene.
Editorial: The old Territory conundrum; is it incompetence or corruption?
EDITORIAL: The Fyles Government’s failure to recruit a new ICAC Inspector while a major corruption investigation into their members and staff is underway is deeply troubling for our democracy and could lead one to believe they did it on purpose, to delay the release of Michael Riches’s investigation into their alleged theft of taxpayer money during the last election campaign.
Missing woman’s remains recovered in Kakadu by NT Police
Human remains believed to be those of 35-year-old Jessica Louise Stephens who went missing for more than a week in Kakadu National Park have been recovered by the NT Police on Nourlangie Rock.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for October 31
Today’s national news includes Australia-EU trade talks failing, Victoria being Australia’s best-performing economy, Rosebank Engineering now providing F-35 wheels and brakes repair work, and the Police minister being axed months out from the NT election.
Govt rejects report calling for local council reforms to allow Indigenous leadership, CLP backs changes
The Fyles Government has rejected a recommendation from a scathing Public Accounts Committee inquiry into its flawed Local Decision Making program, that would explore the viability of community councils with local government structures in remote communities.
Fugitive Jermaine Austral stabbed a man in the back, police kept information from public: Sources
Fugitive Jermaine Austral, who has now been arrested, stabbed a man in the back in a home invasion the week before he allegedly broke into a Johnston house with a gun, sources have told the NT Independent – information the NT Police have not disclosed to the public.
Jetstar’s Darwin to Bali flights back starting October 31
Jetstar has announced the return of its flights between Darwin and Bali after a three-week hiatus due to runway repair works at the Darwin International Airport.
‘Racist, bigoted’: Lawler calls CLP member racist for raising Sorry Day in schools concerns
Education Minister Eva Lawler attacked the CLP’s Jo Hersey in Parliament for writing to her to raise concerns by a constituent that Sorry Day activities in primary schools were encouraging young children to apologise, which Ms Lawler said amounted to “racist, bigoted and ignorant” comments made by a “cold-hearted, nasty, old [woman].”
‘Is anybody being investigated?’: Lawler unleashes in Parliament about ongoing ICAC investigations
Treasurer and Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler erupted in Parliament when asked to verify her claims earlier in the week that nobody in the Labor caucus is currently under investigation by the ICAC, which she said is a fact because she asked her colleagues “in passing in the lobby” and nobody said anything.
$140k govt gig to ‘design and deliver customer experience and human-centred design, learning pathways’
The Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet is looking for someone to bring empathy to the public service by leading the design and delivery of “customer experience and human-centred design learning pathways, programs and tools” in the NT public service, described as being part of the the Chief Minister’s “Customer Reform Agenda” from 2020.
Police officer numbers not keeping up with increase in serious crime: NTPA
The Fyles Government’s expectation that police can deal with record levels of crime and violence with just 14 additional police officers compared to last year is “farcical”, NT Police Association president Nathan Finn has said.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for October 27
Today’s national news includes Australia experiencing hot weather in the next three months, additional ADF personnel and aircraft deployed in the Middle East, Canberra being the first to legislate the right to a healthy environment, and Uber pushing for fully electric car service.