EXCLUSIVE: The NT Ombudsman has dropped an investigation into allegations senior NT Police detective Wayne Newell perverted the course of justice while in a key role in the Zach Rolfe murder investigation, citing in internal documents that it is “not in the public interest” to pursue, the NT Independent can reveal.
UPDATED: A 28-year-old man has been charged with driving while under the influence of amphetamine, after being involved in a collision that killed a 33-year-old man who was riding an unregistered dirt bike under the influence of alcohol, NT Police said.
Two housing providers in Darwin and Alice Springs have received $2.12 million as part of a new pilot community-housing program by the NT Government that offers inexpensive housing to domestic violence victims and survivors in the ongoing tight rental market.
Three men have been taken to Royal Darwin Hospital with serious injuries sustained during public unrest in the remote community of Angurugu that has seen family groups at war all week with spears, crossbows and machetes, NT Police said.
The Fyles Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Larrakia Energy and the Korea Midland Power Co to build a 300MW solar power plant to purportedly provide electricity to nearby gas plants, but the government has refused to provide details of the agreement.
Defence Housing Australia has halted preparatory work to build 800 new homes across 131 hectares at Lee Point until March next year due to lingering environmental and Aboriginal cultural land issues with the project.
Famed nature photographer and former Darwin Council alderman Paul Arnold, who is facing stalking, deprivation of liberty and aggravated assault charges, has rebranded his Darwin gallery business by removing his own name from the company’s sign.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has refused to explain if she will refer an investigation into how a broke water bottling company was given $10 million of public money onto police, three months after the ICAC referred the matter to her, which critics say is the latest example of this government sweeping corruption issues “under the rug”.
Today’s national news includes Australia’s retail sales extending a downward trend, China barley tariff decision expected soon, Australia’s office vacancy rates crept higher in the first half to levels not seen since the 1990s, the National Gallery of Australia to return stolen treasures to Cambodia, and ASCO appoints new managing director for Australia.
Now in its 23rd year, the Garma Festival – Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural exchange event – returns to the Gulkula ceremonial site in North East Arnhem Land from August 4-7.
A 13-year-old boy on bail who allegedly broke into a Katherine home armed with a knife and threatened a child on Wednesday afternoon has been charged, NT Police said.
Territorians are facing a potential fuel supply outage if industrial action initiated today over a pay squabble by East Arm fuel tanker operators escalates into a full-blown strike, a union has warned.
