Independent MLA Robyn Lambley was forced to withdraw a comment in Parliament about convicted child rapist and former Labor secretary Kent Rowe, after Labor Speaker Mark Monaghan ruled the comment “offensive” despite Ms Lambley sharing proven facts.
Federal Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s Darwin appearance at risk due to lack of interest: CLP
The Country Liberal Party is having problems selling tickets to a party fundraiser featuring federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, according to an internal party email imploring members to show up or the event will be cancelled.
Tennant Creek Post Office franchisee sentenced to four and a half years for $425,000 theft, money laundering
Former Tennant Creek Post Office manager Rebecca Liebelt has been sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to four and half years jail, suspended after six months when she will go into home detention, after pleading guilty to stealing more than $425,000 from Australia Post.
Police arrest suspect in Moulden stabbing after public plea for witnesses
UPDATED: NT Police have arrested a man after a public plea for witnesses in connection to a stabbing in Moulden on Friday morning that sent the victim to hospital.
ICAC makes recommendations for Batchelor Institute, whistleblower says they were not interviewed
EXCLUSIVE: The ICAC has made 27 recommendations concerning the Batchelor Institute in a report that only “aspects of” will be made public, while a whistleblower who had previously produced their own report into credible allegations of ongoing fraud and misconduct said they were not questioned as part of the watchdog’s review.
Fyles Government to raise age of criminal responsibility
The Fyles Government has introduced a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years old, which it has claimed will “break the cycle of youth crime”.
Fyles announces measures to ‘protect victims and businesses from crime’
The Fyles Government will give security guards and other employees the power to issue trespass orders, and remove the ‘second chance’ warning for people who breach a trespass order, in a week the government shut down an Opposition motion to censure Police Minister Kate Worden over what they said are her ongoing failures to manage out-of-control crime in the Territory and the ongoing “police crisis”.
ICAC investigation unit woeful on meeting KPIs, no public corruption findings in more than a year: Report
Anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches has admitted he spent the first 12 months in the role navel-gazing, with crucial ICAC investigation KPIs failing to be met by substantial margins, according to the office’s annual report.
Darwin shooter Ben Hoffmann sentenced to life, no chance of parole
Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffman will spend the rest of his life in jail for killing four people in a drug-fuelled rampage through the city in 2019.
CLP’s fuel price bill not debated after party games
The CLP’s self-celebrated fuel price disclosure bill that would force petrol companies to disclose their profits was not debated in Parliament Wednesday after the party attempted to manipulate general business orders and had it explode in their face.
Labor MLA accuses NT Police top brass of spying on members
Labor MLA Mark Turner has used parliamentary privilege to suggest the NT Police executive is secretly recording police officers and staff at stations and in their patrol cars, adding that if proven “the attrition rates would further climb”.
Woman charged over fatal crash near Yulara
A 21-year-old woman has been charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a passenger following a fatal crash near Yulara on Friday.