NT Police are warning Alice Springs business owners to watch out for people trying to pass off fake $100 notes that have Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and Alf from Home and Away on them, after the funny money was stolen overnight Monday.
Royal Darwin Hospital’s mental health facilities affected by power outage: NT Health
Royal Darwin Hospital has declared another Code Yellow after a power outage across its mental health facilities, including the Cowdy Ward, Joan Ridley Unit and Youth Inpatient Unit, health officials announced Monday afternoon.
Humpty Doo man charged after allegedly attempting to run over partner, taking toddler
A 21-year-old man is facing a string of charges including assault and deprivation of liberty after he allegedly assaulted his partner and tried to run her down in his car, before taking a toddler from her home and assaulting police in Humpty Doo early on Friday morning, NT Police said.
Here are the crimes in the youth justice court the government has blocked from the public
EXCLUSIVE: Eighteen young offenders are fronting Darwin’s youth court Monday charged with 28 violent robbery offences between them – with one offender alone also facing 13 serious breach of bail charges – according to a youth criminal justice court list obtained by the NT Independent.
‘Uneconomical and ineffective’: Police Minister rejects petition for permanent police presence in Karama
Calls for a permanent police presence in the crime-ridden suburb of Karama by more than a thousand residents have been rejected by the Fyles Government.
Greens, enviro groups object to federal funding for Middle Arm industrial precinct
The Federal Greens will try to use their influence in the Senate to persuade the Albanese Government to scrap its plans to fund the $1.5 billion prosed petrochemicals precinct at Middle Arm that environmental groups have called “greenwashing at its worst”.
Charges dropped over fatal helicopter crash involving NT cattle company
Charges against the directors of a cattle company in connection to a Central Australia helicopter crash that killed an employee and left another injured have been dropped, NT WorkSafe said, after the company agreed to an enforceable undertaking over the 2018 incident.
Labor Minister charges taxpayers $362k for electorate office fit out
Labor Minister Lauren Moss charged taxpayers more than $360,000 to fit out her new electorate office, government documents show, which is more money than she committed to community suicide prevention programs for the year.
Return of giant cruise liners boost hopes for Territory’s tourism and hospitality industry
The arrival of the Coral Princess cruise ship has signalled the resumption of ocean cruise liners into Territory waters, renewing opportunities for the jurisdiction’s hospitality and tourism businesses impeded by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has said.
Another proposed hotel for Darwin Waterfront: NT Government
WATCH THE VIDEO: The Fyles Government has hired a commercial real estate company to identify a developer for a proposed new 250-room “upscale” hotel near the Darwin Convention Centre, as part of an overall redevelopment of the Darwin Waterfront.
‘He was there at the site’: Key figures connected to helicopter crash that killed ‘Outback Wrangler’ cast member revealed in court
A helicopter pilot facing charges over the crash that killed Outback Wrangler cast member Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson was ordered by the court not to contact celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright, with names of other prominent Territorians “inextricably linked” to the incident disclosed in court for the first time.
Fyles Government announces crime action plan for Alice Springs
The Fyles Government has announced a “co-ordinated approach” to tackle the ongoing Alice Springs crime crisis after years of repeated cries for help from the community.