Proposed reforms to vehicle inspection regulations in the NT were rushed and will pose financial and safety risks to Territorians, the Motor Trade Association has warned, including the potential for people to be “ripped off by dodgy private vehicle sellers”.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s plan to arm bus and public housing officers with guns to target “anti-social behaviour” has been criticised by numerous peak organisations as dangerous to the public, with one national body calling for the Federal Government to intervene before “further damage is done”.
NT Police and Fire and Rescue Services are investigating the cause of a major structure fire in Humpty Doo overnight that saw a shipping container, two buses, two caravans, a car and a shade structure fully engulfed in flames.
Health Minister Steve Edgington’s claims that a ‘code yellow’ has not been called for bed pressure at RDH since the change of government misleads the public about the real issues facing the NT’s health system, the Australian Medical Association NT says.
St John Ambulance NT has written to staff claiming the emergency road ambulance portion of the government contract is not going out to tender, only the patient transfer portion, but the Health Minister and Health Department have refused to clarify, a situation which follows revelations the Major Crime Squad investigated the death of one of the charity’s patients and an alleged cover-up by management earlier this year.
Over 600 activities will be on offer throughout the Territory for the upcoming June-July school holidays to support local youth and community organisations, ensuring that Territory kids stay active, learn new skills, and connect with others during the break. SEE WHAT’S ON NEAR YOU
Following the previous Labor government’s move to arm public housing and bus safety officers with pepper spray last year, the current Finocchiaro CLP Government has moved to give them guns, as part of a plan to quickly train those officers and police auxiliary members as new “Police Public Safety Officers” to “target antisocial behaviour in public places”.
The Jovi Boys gang and their associates ram-raided the Peppimenarti Social Club gates, injuring a woman before ransacking the premises while patrons and staff secured themselves in a store room late last month, however NT Police did not attend until two days later, and will not say why the attack was not made public.
An off-duty NT Corrections officer who was returning home from a fundraiser for another officer who lost his eye last month in an attack at Holtze Prison, had his face slashed by an unknown offender late Saturday night after refusing demands for cigarettes and money, a union official has confirmed.
Nearly 800 letters demanding an independent investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White have been presented to NT Parliament, while the Chief Minister continues to reject the calls, stating this morning that she “can’t understand” why Indigenous Territorians do not trust the NT Police and claimed it is “a fantastic relationship”.
Government fireworks displays will be held in 21 locations for Territory Day with other significant entertainment also being provided in Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, and Nhulunbuy, the Finocchiaro Government has said.
A mysterious warning that new direct flights between Darwin and Kuala Lumpur with AirAsia are subject to “gaining government approval” is not a result of NT Government regulations, the CLP Government has said.
