Twenty per cent of motorists specifically tested for drugs at checkpoints as part of last weekend’s Easter road safety campaign were found to be under the influence, NT Police said, in an alarming result of a small sample size.
Police still investigating ‘suspicious death’ involving woman and kangaroo at Avon Downs in Barkly region
UPDATED: The death of a woman who reportedly stopped breathing after the vehicle she was in “allegedly” struck a kangaroo near the Barkly Homestead Sunday morning is being treated as suspicious, NT Police said, with more information provided on Wednesday as police continue to call for the public’s help.
Edged weapons used in two break-ins, nine arrested: police
Nine people have been arrested in Alice Springs after two separate incidents in which four males, including one armed with an edged weapon, broke into a house and five males, armed with edged weapons and metal poles, broke into a caravan, threatening residents and stealing car keys in both cases, NT Police said.
Part II: The long road to the Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill
A post-euthanasia legislation education campaign in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities in 1996 revealed deep cultural fears about whitefella “kill business”, evidence that informed a federal inquiry, but it was moral arguments from outside the Territory that ultimately drove the law’s override, writes Dr Robyn Smith.
Girl ‘indecently assaulted’ while sleeping in her northern suburbs bedroom
NT Police sex crimes detectives are searching for a “middle-aged man” who allegedly broke into an Anula home and indecently assaulted a girl under 15 while she slept in her bed early Saturday morning.
NT Health confirms rare parasitic fungus caused eye infections for Darwin footy players
NT Health has identified the specific pathogen that caused the outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis in more than 100 AFL NT players in the Top End over the past month following testing at an interstate lab, while investigations into the source are continuing.
NT Government says it may act on 1940s legislation to ‘manage ongoing fuel crisis’
The Finocchiaro CLP Government says it may enforce existing legislation from 1949 called the Price Exploitation Prevention Act it says would force fuel retailers to disclose the full cost structure and price margins of its fuel or face jail and could be used to allow the government to set the price, a move that was described by the last CLP government as a rash decision.
The NT Police Force keeps falling apart as our leaders refuse to fix the broken blue line
EDITORIAL: There is no question our NT Police service is completely broken and untenable in its current state, but what is most alarming now is that nobody in a position to fix it has any interest in doing their job to provide stability and leadership for our hard-working officers, while restoring the public’s trust in this crucial institution.
Corrections officers call off Darwin strike action
Planned industrial action at Darwin correctional facilities that was to see corrections officers walk off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday has been cancelled by the union representing officers the day before the action was set to occur, after the death in custody of a 26-year-old man at the Darwin Correctional Centre last Friday.
Bilby comeback gathers pace as numbers quadruple across sanctuaries, AWC says
The population of the greater bilby has significantly increased, with numbers quadrupling in key protected areas over the past five years, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy says its latest data shows.
St John Ambulance’s critical failures exposed as triple zero calls ‘abandoned’ over weekend
St John Ambulance NT says a critical situation over the weekend led to nearly half of all emergency triple zero calls “abandoned” due to overwhelming demand, leaving 29 life-threatening emergencies unaddressed for up to five hours, with calls for the Health Minister to take urgent action to keep Territorians safe.
Part I: The long road to the Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill
A century-old tension between the Northern Territory and Canberra frames the rise, fall, and revival of the world’s first voluntary euthanasia law, from Marshall Perron’s historic 1995 reform to its federal override by Kevin Andrews, and the long fight to reclaim the Territory’s right to decide.