Former assistant police commissioner Sachin Sharma has alleged he was demoted by former police commissioner Michael Murphy partly because he told the truth to the coroner in a domestic violence inquiry about the status of his job, which has been denied by the defence in newly released court documents that current Police Commissioner Martin Dole attempted to keep from the public.

Northern Territory firefighters are being exposed to serious risks because of inadequate training and operational direction, poor equipment, and the lack of a dedicated training facility, the union says, but the NT Fire and Rescue Service maintains it deals with hazards in accordance with nationally recognised incident management principles, risk assessments, and work health and safety frameworks.

Darwin prisons will be forced into “restricted conditions” next week, as NT corrections officers expand protected industrial action to walk off the job for multiple 12-hour shifts that the Corrections Commissioner says will create “significant disruption”, which comes amid stalled negotiations on a new enterprise bargaining agreement that saw officers in Alice Springs march through the streets last Friday in protest.

NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole has lost a legal bid to keep “serious allegations” about misconduct of officers made by a former assistant commissioner secret, after ineffectively arguing their conduct was “sensitive” and that he preferred the allegations “remain confidential” before a potential settlement could be arranged.