An NT Police operation to target domestic violence offenders with outstanding warrants has resulted in 80 arrests, police said, including 36 made in regional and remote areas since the beginning of September.
Investigation into Alice Springs CBD road debacle ordered
Independent Alice Springs MLA Robyn Lambley has called on the NT Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to immediately investigate the rapid and severe deterioration of newly re-sealed roads in the Alice Springs CBD, calling the project an “abject failure”.
No charges against former Barkly mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin for sitting on child
The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to lay charges against former Barkly Regional Council mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin for sitting on a child while another man abused him, in what he later claimed was a citizen’s arrest, NT Police said.
Man killed in remote crash
A man was killed in a single vehicle crash near Wadeye that also involved two other adults and a 10-year-old child, NT Police said.
Lord Mayor initiates legal action against Cyclone Tracy survivor over book and social media posts about sculpture
Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has initiated defamation action against Cyclone Tracy survivor Antony Bullock, who is organising a protest against the council’s cyclone memorial sculpture, over a mini-book he has written examining the process to select the controversial work, with a lawyer demanding he not publish the book and threatening to monitor his social media comments to find more instances of alleged defamation.
NT pollies gifted $8,200 annual raise in middle of cost of living crisis
The Territory’s politicians have quietly been given an early Christmas present in the form of an $8,200 annual pay rise as of January 1 – bringing their base salaries to $175,000, plus benefits and expense accounts – while ministers will see their pay packet increase by nearly $14,000 a year.
NT Police lawyer requested sworn statements from officers that were later revealed as misleading
EXCLUSIVE: The man who organised five senior NT Police officers to sign sworn statements that the racist Nooguda awards were not racist has refused to answer questions about why those five officers were chosen and what was said to them before their misleading statements were tendered to the court, the NT Independent can reveal.
Legal Aid NT given $3.9m govt funding top-up but says there are still ‘ongoing funding challenges’
The Finocchiaro Government has announced an extra $3.9 million in funding for Legal Aid NT this financial year, but an internal email sent to staff warned the agency will still have to find savings, including being more stringent in who was provided legal aid, while hoping the government will increase its base funding for next financial year.
Three taxis rammed in Alice Springs overnight, suspects still at large
A reckless driving incident in Alice Springs involving a stolen vehicle colliding with several taxis Thursday night has the NT Police asking for the public’s assistance, with one of the taxi drivers reportedly attacked twice and threatened with an unspecified weapon.
Darwin man arrested after months of public masturbation incidents
A Darwin man who allegedly masturbated in public in front of multiple victims in the CBD on multiple occasions since August has been arrested and charged following a raid of his residence, NT Police said.
New buoys on Finniss River mark illegal fishing zone
The Northern Land Council has placed two buoys on the Finniss River because of illegal fishing in Aboriginal waters, but said it was not an indication of new or changed access arrangements, while the land council said other parts of that coastline remain closed while long-running access negotiations continue.
Lord Mayor cancels VIP sculpture unveiling event, again denies the memorial to Cyclone Tracy is a memorial
Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has cancelled his VIP-only unveiling of the controversial Cyclone Tracy memorial sculpture, claiming the Prime Minister had a “bad personal issue” to deal with and could not attend, then attempting to justify keeping the $300,000 in government funding for the memorial by bizarrely claiming that while the sculpture is not a memorial, giving the money back “would be a slap in the face” to Cyclone Tracy survivors who helped select the design.