Nearly 200 more Banned Drinkers Orders have been taken out against people in Katherine between March and April, which the NT Police said is part of “proactive measures” to reduce spiralling crime and antisocial behaviour due to a “sudden surge of people” in the troubled town.
UPDATED: A 38-year-old man with a string of drink-driving priors who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal Palmerston car crash on Friday was arrested over the weekend and later charged with multiple offences including hit and run causing death, NT Police said.
We already know the Northern Territory Government cannot keep the public safe, while openly applauding and engaging in unchecked widespread corruption, but on Tuesday we were provided hard evidence the government cannot manage its own finances, ticking the final box for federal administrative intervention.
A 25-year-old Katherine man has been arrested and charged with two counts of rape and other offences in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old, NT Police said.
Delays and cancellations to low-tide ferry services at Cullen Bay due to seasonal weather and sedimentation build up has prompted an urgent maintenance dredging this month.
The cronyism exposed at the Waterfront Corporation is the latest illustration of the perception of ongoing graft, corruption and nepotism in the public service, which is part of the wider dysfunction in the Territory that has led to a failed state, writes Dr Don Fuller in his first instalment examining the major governance failings that have besieged the Northern Territory since self-government.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has passed reforms to the NT Sacred Sites Act, with Opposition and crossbench MLAs accusing the government of amending the legislation to help their “mates build a hotel at the Darwin Waterfront”, while others have criticised the lack of consultation with traditional owners.
Interim Territory Coordinator Stuart Knowles was awarded a high-paying, four-year contract by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro on Thursday that was not publicly recruited, and comes amid unresolved concerns over how animal abuse charges against him were dropped by another public servant he currently works with, after Mr Knowles expressed fears about losing his government job in late 2015 over the charges.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal from Darwin construction company Kalidonis against its convictions and fine over the death of a worker in Maningrida in 2020, Work Safe NT has said.
NT Police have emphasised that a woman the agency says was killed in a collision in Palmerston yesterday was not already dead when the stolen car she was in crashed into another car, while it has been reported the driver was allegedly on bail after being on the run from police for close to a decade.
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s claims that she was unaware of criminal animal abuse charges against Territory Coordinator Stuart Knowles before she appointed him have been seemingly contradicted by a May 2023 email sent to her from a whistleblower, detailing the animal abuse investigation cover-up and other alleged misconduct concerning current Mining and Energy CEO Alister Trier, who ordered the charges against Mr Knowles be dropped.
Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley’s brother acted as referee for incoming Legal Aid director Catherine Voumard, who was picked for the role by Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby against the recommendations of an independent selection panel, an MLA said in Parliament Wednesday, after Ms Boothby suggested Ms Voumard should have been interviewed for the role because of her connections to Peter Maley’s law firm.
