Territorians will have to shell out an additional 2.7 per cent on their electricity bills, and on water and sewage, from Friday, the government has announced.
Man in serious condition after being stabbed in Palmerston
A man was stabbed in Palmerston on Monday night and is in a serious but stable condition, Northern Territory Police have said
NT Police attrition rate 10 per cent over the last 12 months, with 171 officers leaving: NTPA figures
There were 42 officers leave the NT Police from late February to late May, a slight reduction in the rate from the three months before that, but the attrition rate hit 10 per cent for the last 12 months, with 171 officers having left, which compares to the about 60 who left the force each year several years ago, according to NT Police Association figures.
Kids aged eight to 12-years allegedly broke into, and damaged, childcare centre: NT Police
NT Police allege four kids aged eight to 12-years of age broke into, and significantly damaged an Alice Springs childcare centre on Friday, and are investigating if the were involved in break-ins of two primary schools.
NASA rocket launched 300km into space from Gumatj land, to investigate structure and evolution of the cosmos
The first of three NASA rockets was launched 300km into space from the Arnhem Space Centre just before midnight on Sunday night, carrying the X-ray quantum calorimeter, cooled to a freezing one-twentieth of a degree above absolute zero, to observe the Alpha Centauri A and B constellations to create new data on the structure and evolution of the cosmos.
Police Commissioner wants to ‘understand the primary drivers’ for vote of confidence in him
The Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has issued an extraordinary media statement saying he does not know why nine NT Police Association regions have asked for a vote of confidence in him, but wants to understand the “primary drivers”, while once again not mentioning by name Constable Zach Rolfe and his Supreme Court murder trial acquittal for the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker.
Student paramedics and volunteers used for life-threatening conditions without paramedic backup: Union
Student paramedics and ambulance volunteers have been used in St John ambulances with urgent patients, including a person who had hung themself, and those who were suffering seizures or needing resuscitation, without, or with delayed paramedic and or intensive care paramedic back-up, the United Workers Union has said.
Recruitment firm at centre of NSW political controversy shortlisted Jamie Chalker as police commissioner in 2019
EXCLUSIVE: A recruitment agency embroiled in a NSW parliamentary investigation into a lucrative political appointment, is the same firm that controversially shortlisted Jamie Chalker for the NT police commissioner position amid allegations of corruption, the NT Independent can reveal.
Police bust lone counterfeiter allegedly circulating bogus cash around Darwin
NT Police have arrested a 30-year-old man they allege was involved in the distribution of counterfeit money throughout Darwin who had been evading them since June 16.
CLP nominate disgraced former speaker Kezia Purick to return as Speaker of the House
The Opposition CLP nominated disgraced former speaker Kezia Purick to resume the role of Speaker in Parliament today, two years to the day after she was forced to resign for being found to have engaged in corrupt conduct by the ICAC while in the role between 2018 and 2020.
Enjoy amazing affordable fun for the whole family at Aquascene
Start the fun this dry season at Aquascene in the heart of Darwin, where hundreds of fish come to shore at high tide to be fed by hand!
Police still calling for witnesses to fatal tour bus crash
NT Police said they are still in the process of investigating the tour bus tragedy which killed one man and injured several other passengers earlier this month and are calling for anyone with information or video footage to come forward.
