A five-year-old boy from an unnamed remote community was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old male relative, with the teen scheduled to appear in Darwin Local Court today, NT Police said.
Federal Government allocates $842.6m to boost services in remote NT
The federal and NT governments and the Aboriginal Peak Organisations have reached a new funding agreement all say will enhance service delivery in remote First Nations communities.
NTFES Commissioner announces ‘once in a lifetime experience’ trip to Antarctica during NT fire season
NT Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Andrew Warton has been given an unspecified amount of time over the fire season to take a ‘sabbatical’ to run Australia’s Casey Research Station in Antarctica, after only seven months in the top job, while the firefighter’s union has said the three most senior NT Fire roles have not been permanently filled 10 months after the new agency was started.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for February 10
Today’s national news includes Australia enacting ‘disputed’ legislation on hate crimes, Australia making an initial $500 million AUKUS payment, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the US engaging in a multinational maritime cooperation exercise, and hot nights anticipated in southern Australian states.
CLP to allow unqualified corrections officers into Territory jails: Union
The CLP Government is expected to announce it will change current legislation to permit “probationary” corrections officers into the job without having to complete current training requirements, a move criticised by the union as raising serious safety issues for the public and officers, while also taking the “first step towards privatisation” of the NT’s jails.
Gov’t needs to pay cops more and immediately increase numbers: Police union
The police force is at “crisis point” and is “haemorrhaging” officers, the NT Police Association has said, calling on Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro to pay officers more, improve their working conditions, and immediately address chronic understaffing in a public pitch before a new enterprise agreement is negotiated.
NT hospitals to see $51 million injection from $1.7 billion federal health funding boost
The Territory’s hospitals will get a one-off cash injection of $51 million this year as part of the Albanese Labor Government’s national funding boost, which the government said was done to strengthen Medicare and support public hospitals.
CLP Minister’s luxury private jet trip to high tea at Hilton revealed
EXCLUSIVE: CLP Education Minister Jo Hersey took a luxury private jet between Katherine and Darwin to attend a boozy, “bottomless” high tea at the Hilton Garden Inn Darwin in early December, but she claims no taxpayer money was expended despite posting photos of the jaunt on her government-funded social media account, which comes as the Minister was also caught out misleading Territorians about her disclosable interests.
Woman allegedly pulled ‘edged weapon’, assaulted police at bus interchange
A 25-year-old woman was arrested at the Casuarina bus interchange Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly threw objects at people and threatened bus workers with an edged weapon, NT Police said, before later allegedly spitting at and kicking police officers.
Jetstar launches direct Gold Coast flights after securing taxpayer subsidy
Jetstar will offer direct seasonal service between Darwin and the Gold Coast in late June, after receiving an undisclosed amount of taxpayer cash to operate the service.
CLP, Labor won’t rule out inquiry into $60M IEPS fraud scandal
The CLP Government and the Labor Opposition have not ruled out supporting independent MLA Justine Davis’s calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the rorting of a government Indigenous employment scheme that saw an estimated $60 million fraudulently obtained by up to 146 Territory contractors.
CLP open up $15 billion debt ceiling amid fiscal pressures
The CLP Government will plunge the Territory into further debt rather than find necessary cost savings of $450 million a year, with Treasurer Bill Yan proclaiming the move “responsible action to repair the budget”.