NT Children’s Commissioner Shahleena Musk has sensationally resigned following the CLP Government’s move to advance its controversial child placement reforms amid warnings from legal, health and human rights groups, with the National Commissioner on Friday criticising the CLP for a “lack of accountability”.
An Aboriginal Territorian who alleges he was abused while incarcerated in Alice Springs will challenge NT laws in the Federal Court that limit compensation for people harmed by the government while incarcerated, the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has said, adding the case is about accountability and ensuring the government is “behaving lawfully and appropriately”.
Online gambling outfit Betr will officially relocate from the NT to Tasmania the company said after the Territory Government raised the yearly corporate wagering tax cap to $2 million in July last year.
Territory Labor Leader Selena Uibo needs to show leadership and end the long-running Manuel Brown scandal by taking decisive action and being “upfront and honest” with Territorians, federal Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour has said, adding the ongoing scandal is “not good for the Australian Labor Party” or the Northern Territory.
NT Police have charged a 34-year-old man with one count of murder over the death of a 17-year-old girl in the remote community of Galiwinku on Monday, with police saying the man “was in a domestic relationship with the deceased at the time of her death”.
One man is facing charges relating to the illegal sale of kava in Ramingining after police recently raided a home in the remote community, finding 2,200 individual bags of the sedative that is legal in other parts of Australia, as well as logbooks containing names and sales records, NT Police said.
The Wilderness Society has appointed former Environment Centre NT director Kirsty Howey as its new chief executive officer, starting August 31.
Embattled Labor MLA Manuel Brown has been sacked as the Opposition whip by Leader Selena Uibo for telling one of his many lies, but he remains in caucus and on a parliamentary committee that pays him an extra $18,000 on top of his $180,000 salary, while also collecting a questionable $450 a day to be in Darwin, which comes as calls mount for his outright resignation from Parliament.
Documents obtained under FOI laws by an environmental group have revealed the CLP Government ignored health experts’ concerns in 2024 about pollution from liquefied natural gas facilities near Darwin, only taking action last month.
UPDATED: NT Police have arrested 26-year-old Isacc Thompson, who escaped custody Sunday night and went on the run in shorts, socks and handcuffs after being transferred to Royal Darwin Hospital in an ambulance.
He lied about a fatal 2009 crash that killed a woman, he kept his recent speeding tickets and licence suspension from the public, he is claiming a questionable tax-free $450-a-day in travel allowance to be in Darwin and he permitted two children aged 12 and 14 to operate his car in possible contravention of the law, but Labor MLA Manuel Brown said Monday he is “sorry” and intends to serve out his full term as the Labor Member for Arafura.
Three males allegedly driving dangerously in a black Toyota Hilux have been arrested after being involved in a serious head-on vehicle crash late Saturday night in Marrara, that saw a 34-year-old motorist extricated from his vehicle and taken to hospital, NT Police said.
