Another man involved in a hit-and-run in the NT over recent weeks has been arrested in connection to last week’s Alice Springs fatality, NT Police have said.
Union boss calls for Jamie Chalker to be stood down as NT Fire CEO over alleged ‘greedy firefighter’ comments
Jamie Chalker should stand down as the NT Fire chief executive officer, the United Workers Union NT boss has said, for allegedly telling new recruits on their second day of training “all firefighters are greedy”, and that he was “coming after” one senior fire officer who is also a union delegate.
Fate didn’t bring Kumanjayi Walker and Zach Rolfe together, failed police procedures by senior cops did
OPINION: The only way any form of justice for Kumanjayi Walker will be achieved is for all of us to look beyond the distraction the NT Police executive has created and start demanding answers for how this tragic incident unfolded and how the decisions made by those in positions of power led to it, writes former NT Police tactical unit boss Carey Joy.
Exercise Diamond Storm will see next generation Top Guns in NT skies
The Royal Australian Air Force’s Exercise Diamond Storm, the final phase of the air warfare instructor course (AWIC), will see action in the skies over the Northern Territory from May 30 to June 24.
Walker coronial inquest to probe NT Police investigation, officer training and 50 other ‘issues’
The NT Coroner’s inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker by Constable Zach Rolfe will consider whether the police investigation was “compromised or impaired”, whether NT Police officers are receiving adequate training, and whether Constable Rolfe “used drugs that impacted his conduct”, a court list has revealed.
New Mental Health and Suicide Prevention ministry lauded
The NT Primary Health Care Network said the appointment of Lauren Moss as the Territory’s first Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Minister was a “landmark moment” in Territory health.
Police Minister backflips on Opposition police station ban
Police Minister Kate Worden says she will now allow the Opposition to visit NT police and fire stations after first banning CLP Leader Lia Finocchiaro from attending the Tennant Creek police station on Wednesday, in a move the Opposition called a “total abuse of power”.
Final design for estimated $110m Tiger Brennan Dr overpass released
The final design for the new Tiger Brennan Dr-Berrimah Rd overpass has been released, while it remains anyone’s guess when works will finally commence and finish on the project.
NASA scientists in Katherine next week to observe rare astronomical event
A team of NASA-funded scientists and astronomers will descend on Katherine next week to witness the “once-in-a-lifetime” astronomical event of Pluto’s stellar occultation – with just north of the town being the best place in the world to view it.
‘As a new MLA, there’s no reason to be overseas’: Labor pollie Dheran Young traveling overseas while his electorate is under seige
Labor Member for Daly, Dheran Young, is currently traveling overseas while the volatile “humanitarian situation” in Wadeye worsens by the day, with his ill-timed trip also wreaking havoc on Budget Estimates planning, which has seen meetings postponed because the government cannot fulfil its commitment of three committee members.
Police hunting silver sedan after alleged hit-and-run death in Alice Springs overnight
A 25-year-old Alice Springs woman is dead following an alleged hit-and-run last night on Gap Road, as NT Police are calling for anyone with information to come forward.
South Korean court rejects application from Indigenous Territorians over Barossa gas project
A legal application filed by Indigenous Territorians and environmentalists to stop the Export-Import Bank of Korea from funding a deep-water pipeline for the Santos-led Barossa gas and liquefied natural gas project has been dismissed by the Seoul Central District Court.