An NT Police officer has been placed on leave with pay after being charged with using false documents, forgery and obtaining financial advantage by deception, the NT Police said.
Multiple arrests following stabbing, stolen car chase, and drug offences over weekend
A 30-year-old man was chased by police and arrested in Darwin on Saturday night after he allegedly stabbed another man, which was one of multiple arrests for NT Police over the weekend throughout the Territory, including a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that rammed a cop car.
Here’s why the Waterfront scandal won’t go away
EDITORIAL: The Finocchiaro CLP Government doesn’t seem to understand the only way to make a political scandal go away is to confront it head-on, complete with resignations, if not from the politicians overseeing the dysfunction, then from those who engaged in and benefitted from it, with a thoroughly independent investigation to follow.
Mayoral candidate’s false sex assault allegation that cost man thousands in legal fees revealed
Darwin mayoral candidate Sam Weston is standing behind an unproven sexual assault allegation he made against a former RSL committee member, despite the police having found no victim or evidence of wrongdoing and closing the case last year, while the subject of the allegation is out of pocket thousands of dollars in legal fees.
‘Graphic and traumatic scene’: Palmerston man dead after police child abuse material raid
UPDATED: A 62-year-old Palmerston man is dead following a police raid on his Rosebery home on Friday morning as part of a joint child abuse taskforce investigation, the NT Police said, with the man reportedly sustaining self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest.
Darwin mayoral candidates say civic centre development should be stopped
Three mayoral candidates say they would like to see the 21-storey hybrid civic centre-private office tower currently being built in partnership with developer DCOH stopped if elected, and also supported a review or an investigation of the decision-making process for the project, while none of the current councillors would provide their thoughts about the project on the record.
Darwin Entertainment Centre changes name with AANT sponsorship deal
The Darwin Entertainment Centre is now officially called the AANT Centre after a 10-year partnership agreement with the Automobile Association of the Northern Territory, but AANT has declined to disclose how much it paid for the naming rights.
Anindilyakwa Land Council CEO leaves role after three months
Anindilyakwa Land Council chair Cherelle Wurrawilya will not say why chief executive officer Matthew Bonson suddenly left the role less than three months after being appointed to run the troubled organisation, which was raided by the National Anti-Crime Commission last year.
Darwin Council hid costings for two alternative civic centre designs from public
Costings for two different versions of the new Darwin Council civic centre were given to council but never made public in the months before it put out an expression of interest for the building, that led to a partnership with developer DCOH to build the controversial 21-storey hybrid civic centre-private office tower.
‘Paedophile puppets’: Social media page reported for spreading misinformation ahead of council election
A Facebook page purporting to have revealed independent candidates for Darwin council as “paedophile puppets” controlled by Territory Labor, has been referred to the NT Electoral Commission for investigation after breaching the Local Government Act and spreading misinformation.
Major NT aquifer water loss visible from space, new study finds
A vital Territory aquifer is drying at an accelerating rate and taking longer to recover from Dry seasons, a new study by Griffith University has found, raising concerns about the impact fracking operations in the Beetaloo Basin will have on the water source and additional extraction.
‘The public deserves answers’: CLP goes silent as calls for independent Waterfront investigation mount
Territorians have a right to know how $25 million of taxpayer dollars are being spent at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation every year, an independent MLA says, following a compromised parliamentary hearing that did not fully investigate unadvertised jobs, poor governance practices and an unusual overlap of board and executive roles, but the Finocchiaro CLP Government have refused to explain how it intends to deal with the matter now, while ruling out a proper investigation.