A defiant Jeffrey McLaughlin has refused to resign as Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council while police investigate a video that shows him holding an Indigenous child to the ground as another man threatens to kill the boy, blaming the Fyles Government’s “youth crime epidemic” for his actions that have been denounced by federal agencies as “excessive violence”.
A motorbike rider has been killed after colliding with a tree along the Stuart Hwy near Mataranka, NT Police said.
EXCLUSIVE: National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has called for a thorough investigation into a “distressing” video showing Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sitting on an Indigenous child while another man threatens to kill him, which comes as a second video of the incident has emerged.
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison will spend more than $65,000 of taxpayer money to lead a trade delegation to India next week, her office has revealed, which it said would include two ministerial staff, three industry department staff and one “representative” from the Department of Chief Minister.
An engine room fire on cattle export ship the Brahman Express has led to authorities directing the vessel back to Darwin Port, authorities have said.
EXCLUSIVE: A video of Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sitting on an Indigenous child while another man puts his booted foot on the child’s head while threatening to kill him has been reported to NT Police, the NT Independent can reveal. WATCH THE VIDEO
Two people have been arrested in connection to two armed attacks at the GEMCO Groote Eylandt mine site that saw a female employee held up with an axe by several men and significant property damage caused, resulting in lockdowns of the mine over the weekend and again on Tuesday.
The Tennant Creek and District Times’ owner, editor and reporter Tash Adams’ role as the Barkly Regional Council media advisor and executive assistant to the Mayor and chief executive officer has been described as “ethically untenable” by a journalism ethics academic.
Two 12-year-olds and a 14-year-old who allegedly stole a car before later stealing fuel and causing damage to “multiple businesses” across the Greater Darwin region and threatening people with a knife, have been arrested and are facing multiple charges, NT Police said.
Today’s national news includes PM Albanese backing transport minister King’s decision to block Qatar’s bid for additional Australian flights, ‘Yes’ campaign events heating as the Voice poll approaches, Pilots’ strike cancelling Qantas flights from Perth airport, and Darwin residents being fed up with high crime rate.
The NT Government is considering challenging a landmark decision by the NT Supreme Court this week that found the Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities is responsible for delivering safe drinking water to residents in the remote community of Laramba.
A 56-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman in a lane in the Darwin CBD on Tuesday afternoon before fleeing the scene has been arrested, NT Police said.
