Three male youths are under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old child who is known to them in an unnamed MacDonnell Region community, NT Police said.
Elderly man who gave lift to three female youths assaulted, robbed
An 83-year-old Katherine man who gave three female youths a ride home was later allegedly assaulted by the girls who stole his vehicle, NT Police said, and remain at large.
Labor announces old Berrimah prison, Alice Springs facility to become women’s prisons
Attorney General Chansey Paech has announced $57 million to repurpose an old prison in Darwin and an Alice Springs rehab facility to house female inmates, contradicting his previous “jailing is failing” mantra, that will also see male prisoners detained at the old Berrimah prison as an “interim measure”.
Police seek CCTV of hit-and-run that injured three people
Two people suffered critical injuries, and one person serious injuries, in a hit-and-run near the coastal reserve in Brinkin overnight, NT Police said.
Darwin’s Throb Nightclub enters liquidation
Throb Nightclub’s legendary parties appear to be over for good after it was placed into liquidation this week.
Kids arrested over two alleged attempted carjackings and taxi driver bashing
A video shows how two young teenagers and two 11-year-olds attempted a carjacking using a knife, with the group later being arrested after NT Police said they also allegedly tried to carjack a taxi before bashing the driver and stealing from his car. SEE the video.
Woman taken to hospital with serious injuries after Alice Springs street fight
A woman was taken to hospital with serious cuts to her head, and hand injuries, after a fight in the street in Alice Springs on Thursday morning, NT Police said.
‘Our prisons are full’: Chief Minister flags using old Berrimah jail as adult prison again
Chief Minister Eva Lawler appears to have contradicted herself about the demolition of the current Don Dale youth detention centre, now floating the idea that the facility once described as “only fit for a bulldozer” could be used to hold adult prisoners again, once the current young offenders are moved to the new purpose-built youth centre at Holtze.
Tyre spikes used to stop stolen car, Taser used on driver: Police
Police used tyre spikes to stop a stolen car officers had chased along two highways, and then tasered the driver after he failed to “follow directions” after pulling into a Humpty Doo property, NT Police said.
NT home construction to drop 55 per cent this financial year
Only 270 homes will be built in the Territory for the 2023-24 financial year, representing a drop of 55 per cent, according to the latest industry forecast from Master Builders NT, which has raised doubts about the NT Government’s ability to meet its target of building 11,000 homes in five years.
Firefighter’s Fair Work ‘industrial relations unicorn’ overtime win that could affect all firies to be appealed
The Fair Work Commission has found the deduction of a portion of NT firefighters’ time-in-lieu hours accrued as part of compulsory overtime from their annual recreation leave, was contrary to the original agreement signed with the Northern Territory Government, suggesting the practice of wiping their banked hours if not used within a year bordered on wage theft.
Cavenagh Street sex assault caught on CCTV leads to arrest
NT Police CCTV operators witnessed a woman being sexually assaulted by an unknown male in the Darwin CBD early Wednesday morning, dispatching police to the scene where a man was arrested, police said.