The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has been granted permission by the Legislative Assembly to search Labor MLA Mark Turner’s phones and computer as part of an ongoing investigation, despite claims the contents fall under parliamentary privilege.
Sex crime detectives have apprehended two boys in connection to the alleged indecent assaults of two women in Casuarina on Tuesday night – one of whom is a nine-year-old and cannot be charged due to his age, NT Police said.
There will be no changes to the Territory’s bail laws until much later this year – if at all – after the Gunner Government rejected the CLP Opposition’s proposed urgent reforms in Parliament yesterday, opting to introduce their own similar reforms later this year.
Member for Blain Mark Turner is under investigation by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, Chief Minister Michael Gunner disclosed to Parliament this afternoon.
A group of male youths who allegedly “indecently assaulted” two women at a residential complex in Casuarina Tuesday night are still at large with one of the suspects believed to be a nine-year-old, NT Police said.
The Gunner Government’s much-hyped “tough on crime” reforms will not be brought to Parliament until May and it remains unclear when the proposed legislation might be enacted, as the Chief Minister announced his proposed reforms to “keep Territorians safe”.
A sex offender caught outside a little girl’s bedroom with a “rape kit” was arrested by police earlier this month who retrieved video from his phone that showed he had been in the girl’s room on several occasions to sexually assault her – including one night when he hid behind the bedroom door while the child’s father had checked on her – in another deeply disturbing incident that the NT Police have not disclosed to the public.
The giant Chinatown hole in the ground at Mitchell St on the corner of Mott Ct has been sold for $3.75 million to an undisclosed buyer after 20 years on the market.
Traditional owners in the Mini Mini and East Alligator River regions have signed off on allowing recreational fishing access to their waters after it was previously restricted, the Northern Land Council has announced.
Larrakia traditional owners have welcomed the renaming of Darwin’s Vesteys Beach after many years of calling on the government to recognise its cultural significance.
A toxic workplace specialist was hired by the Gunner Government to investigate ministerial offices on the fifth floor of Parliament in late 2019 – less than six months after a separate report into the management of the Chief Minister’s own office was binned – and while allegations of illicit drug use amongst staffers was known, the NT Independent can reveal.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner and his wife Kristy O’Brien charged taxpayers thousands of dollars for private luxuries including $8 vanilla slices, chai lattes, schooners and special vegan breakfasts during a series of taxpayer-funded trips over a three-month span last year, internal government documents reveal.
