EXCLUSIVE: Yuendumu officer-in-charge Sergeant Julie Frost endangered health staff with an ill-fated plan to “deceive” the community, failed to take control of the officers she requested the night Kumanjayi Walker was killed and later told officers to turn off their body-worn cameras, in breach of protocol, a damning internal draft coronial report has revealed.
EXCLUSIVE: NT Police officers in Yuendumu lied to the family of Kumanjayi Walker about his condition the night he was fatally shot and refused to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as he lay dying in a police station, a coronial report prepared by the NT Police and obtained by the NT Independent has revealed.
Auditor-General Julie Crisp has found many “significant deficiencies” in Batchelor Institute’s governance and financial controls, with the situation so dire she could not sign-off on the financials of the annual report, also calling into question student records management in a damning report on the troubled tertiary organisation.
NT Police Deputy Commissioner – and former commissioner Jamie Chalker’s right-hand man – Murray Smalpage has announced he will retire from the role next month after a tumultuous three-year term.
Virgin Australia has announced a massive flash sale, with flights to Darwin and Alice Springs from interstate as low as $149 one-way until September 1, for travel from October 11 to May 30 next year.
Today’s national news includes PM Albanese confirming the date of the Voice referendum, Australia and the US boosting critical technology partnerships, ADF enhancing partnerships for improved global mobility of troops and equipment, and workers at Chevron’s Australia gas facilities to strike.
The percentage of women in the Northern Territory who fish recreationally has overtaken men, a new report by the national Fisheries Research and Development Corporation shows.
A Palmerston mum who was approached by two armed male teens while putting her young child inside her car near Goyder Square had her purse allegedly stolen and was threatened with a knife for her car, NT Police said.
UPDATED: The Fyles Labor Government restricted debate on a petition calling for action on crime in Parliament Tuesday morning to just 10 minutes per member, with the Chief Minister failing to speak for the allotted time, which the Opposition said showed disrespect to Territorians.
Increased pressures and a lack of police resources have led to priority one call-out response times nearly doubling over the past five years – including a 165 per cent increase in response times from the Casuarina police station – the union representing the NT’s police officers has said.
Two Japanese Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are at RAAF Base Tindal near Katherine on their first international mission, along with 55 Japanese aircrew.
Professor Tom Calma will give a public lecture at Charles Darwin University about the processes and technical aspects of the proposed Indigenous voice to parliament.
