NT Police are searching for a man wearing “open-toe fluffy slippers” and no pants who allegedly performed an indecent act while chasing a woman on a run in Alice Springs on Monday afternoon.
Batchelor Institute CEO suddenly leaves, deputy CEO directly promoted despite ICAC warnings of ‘perceived impropriety in recruitment’
The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education’s chief executive officer Joe Martin-Jard will leave the job roughly 14 months after he started, while his deputy has been directly appointed to take over from him in a “succession plan”, despite the Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption previously warning the organisation against direct appointments of staff without a selection process.
CLP to rush through changes to Youth Justice Act in Parliament, claims ‘evidence-based’ approach not working
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has used the Saturday night stabbing of a 15-year-old at the Darwin showgrounds to promote changes to the Youth Justice Act it will introduce this week on urgency, without any evidence the measures will reduce crime and while refusing to work with Indigenous groups and leaders to find solutions to the Territory’s crime problem.
Riddle out as Tamboran CEO in major shake-up for Beetaloo gas player
Tamboran Resource’s long-serving CEO and managing director Joel Riddle has suddenly “stepped down” from his roles, the company said in a surprise announcement on Monday, with the chair of the board appointed interim CEO amid reported financial problems and other challenges facing the company.
Show stabbing: Teen charged after Saturday night stabbing at Darwin Show
UPDATED: A 15-year-old is in police custody and has been charged after allegedly stabbing another teen at the Royal Darwin Show on Saturday night in front of dozens of show-goers, with the victim rushed to hospital in a “serious condition”, NT Police said.
Measles alert issued by NT Health
The NT Centre for Disease Control has issued a measles alert following the hospitalisation of a man in north Queensland who visited numerous tourist attractions in the NT earlier this month.
Man dead in road train collision north of Katherine
A 23-year-old man has died in a head-on collision involving a Honda CRV and a road train on Sunday afternoon, 14 km north of Katherine on the Stuart Highway, NT Police said.
Falconio search: NT Police did not fully pursue expert’s identified disposal sites for Falconio’s body
NT Police have confirmed they did not undertake full searches of several potential disposal sites of Peter Falconio’s remains mapped out for them by a world-leading expert in “no-body” homicide cases in 2007, and have yet to action the entire scope of the search report.
Land councils label government ‘pathetic’ and ‘racist’, call for independent inquiry into racism in NT Police
The Finocchiaro Government has been “pathetic” and “appalling” by introducing overtly racist policies, the Northern Land Council chair has said, adding government spending on Indigenous disadvantage should be audited, while all four land councils have called for an independent inquiry into structural racism in NT Police, an independent body to investigate police misconduct, and a better policing model for remote communities.
‘Double standard’: Lia’s failure to disclose husband’s director role damages public’s trust, independent MLA says
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s failure to disclose her husband’s directorship in a company linked to the Darwin Waterfront Corporation for two years, while at the same time publicly demanding other politicians follow the rules, is the type of double standard that destroys the public’s trust in its elected officials, an independent MLA says.
Attorney-General attacks NAAJA after raising concerns about conditions inside watch houses
NT Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has attacked the acting CEO of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency for criticising the inhumane conditions inside the Palmerston watch house and calling for the Federal Government to suspend funding police in remote communities until the NT Government meets with Aboriginal leaders to discuss ongoing crime issues, labelling the calls “irresponsible” and “absurd”.
Teens carry out northern suburbs crime spree in stolen car, swerved at police and pulled machete on others
Four teens have been arrested and another is on the run after a night of chaos through Darwin’s northern suburbs, that started with a car-jacking at knife point, followed by a ram raid of a bottle shop and police later having to abandon a high-speed chase down Tiger Brennan Drive after the teens “attempted to ram” a police vehicle, NT Police said.