A 28-year-old Katherine man has been arrested and charged by NT Police with several offences relating to the alleged repeated sexual assault of children.
No ICAC Inspector to deal with complaints following government bungle
There is currently no oversight of the NT’s anti-corruption body, with the Chief Minister admitting the former ICAC Inspector’s position lapsed last month and has not been filled, which may put the ICAC in breach of his own Act in an unusual situation the Opposition said was blatant “mismanagement” by the government.
‘Let’s see what they come up with’: Speculation mounts over Fyles Cabinet reshuffle
Speculation Chief Minister Natasha Fyles will announce a Cabinet reshuffle later this week was kicked into overdrive after Federal Labor Member for Solomon Luke Gosling let slip on radio that “change is coming” involving “new leadership within the NT team”.
Santos says independent research shows no underwater cultural sites along Barossa pipe route
Oil and gas giant Santos has hit back at claims its Barossa gas pipeline would interfere with underwater Indigenous heritage sites with independent research it says shows there are no cultural heritage sites along its proposed pipeline route, that a group of Tiwi Islanders applied to the Federal Government to halt this week.
Police release description of dangerous offender, two days after warning the public not to approach him
NT Police has released a description of a man wanted over an unspecified “serious crime”, two days after warning the public not to approach him, and four days after he allegedly broke into a house with a gun that ended with a failed attempt to arrest him by the Territory Response Group.
‘Safety is optional’: Pledged govt safety audits of all late night businesses turns into voluntary scheme
The NT Police misinformed the public when it described a man who had his eye gouged out by a stick at a service station earlier this month as a passerby, while the union representing store workers has called the Fyles Government out for putting workers’ safety at risk by turning mandatory safety audits of late night businesses into a voluntary scheme.
Fyles Government letting Alice Springs down by more than $500m, MLA says
Independent Alice Springs MLA Robyn Lambley has blasted the Fyles Labor Government in Parliament for failing to deliver more than $500 million worth of infrastructure projects it pledged for the town when it was first elected in 2016.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for October 26
Today’s national news includes Australia giving $20 million in military aid to Ukraine, the September unemployment rate steady at 3.6 per cent, Virgin Australia ground crew staff threatening to strike, and the overseas student boom slowing down.
Police search for missing woman in Kakadu National Park
Police are conducting a land and air search in Kakadu National Park for a woman who is believed to have been there since Thursday but has not contacted her family in that time
Fyles Government refuses to declare conflicts of interest as ICAC Act amendments passed
UPDATED: The Fyles Government shot down independent MLA Robyn Lambley and the CLP’s motion in Parliament to have government members currently under investigation by the ICAC declare their conflicts of interest and recuse themselves before debating amendments to the ICAC Act.
Tiwi Island elders apply to have Environment Minister stop Santos’ Barossa pipeline
Tiwi Island elders have applied to have an emergency declaration made to temporarily stop Santos constructing a pipeline for its Barossa gas project, while also preventing the company from building the pipeline on the planned route, the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has confirmed.
DPP refuses to comment on failed charges against reporter, other embarrassing cases
NT Director of Public Prosecutions Lloyd Babb has refused to answer questions over why his office pursued charges against a Nine News reporter for allegedly impersonating a police officer with only the testimony of a witness described by the judge as “evasive” and “unreliable” in the latest embarrassing failure for his office.