SEE THE LIST: The Supreme Court witness list for senior Labor figure Kent Rowe’s child sex offence trial has been revealed, and it includes prominent local business people and families, other Territory Labor Party figures, the Deputy Chief Minister’s brother, a local councillor and more.
Implementation of the Fyles Government’s new remote rental payment scheme, that could see rents rise by as much as $200 a week in some instances, has been deferred with the government stating it would continue consultations with remote tenants.
A person has died in a single vehicle crash near Douglas Daly, Northern Territory Police has said.
A 22-year-old male is in custody after he allegedly indecently assaulted a woman at a Katherine shopping centre at 8am this morning, NT Police said.
Former assistant police commissioner Jeanette Kerr – who has been widely tipped by NT Police sources to replace Jamie Chalker as Commissioner – has been spearheading the government’s response to deep dissatisfaction in the NT Police ranks and the reorganisation of operational procedures to address youth crime, Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has said.
Less than two weeks after Darwin and Palmerston teachers walked off the job, educators across the entire Territory will go on strike this Thursday to protest the government’s wage freeze offer amid ongoing EBA negotiations.
Criminal charges against senior NT Police officer Neil Mellon for attempting to pervert the course of justice and destroying evidence are connected to the investigation into the February fatal helicopter crash that killed Outback Wrangler cast member Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson, with another 40-year-old officer charged on Friday afternoon in connection to the crash investigation.
Former Darwin Turf Club chair Brett Dixon’s company Jaytex Constructions has had its building practitioner registration suspended after Mr Dixon failed to renew his personal builder’s registration after 16 years as the company’s nominee, government records show.
The company that owns the Ranger Uranium Mine and regulators are looking into how radioactive waste ended up in Winnellie after being transported through Kakadu National Park from the mine site in June.
Northern Suburbs residents living in the Waters Ward will hit the polling booths on Saturday for a by-election with three potential candidates vying for council after Justine Glover announced her early resignation from the position in May.
A 20-year-old man who is alleged to have stalked several women in Tennant Creek over the last few months and was carrying out a “relationship” with a child under the age of 16 has been arrested, NT Police said.
NT Police watch commander Acting Senior Sergeant Neil Mellon faces 31 charges including conspiracy to pervert course of justice, with the details of his alleged offences but not his name revealed at a press conference, which police sources told the NT Independent was highly unusual for police to hold.
