A woman allegedly stabbed a bouncer in the leg with scissors while being kicked out of a city bar, and then stabbed a woman twice in the head at the Darwin bus exchange, NT Police said.
Police union says interstate officers needed while extra police are recruited
The NT Police Association has said an extra 200 officers recruited over fours years is a good first step to improving policing, while some officers on sick leave had been “damaged” by the lack of resources provided by the government and executive and would never be coming back to work, which has also led to a need for more officers.
NT’s economy fell to $30.1 billion in 2023: Treasury figures
The Northern Territory economy shrunk by 5.2 per cent to $30.1 billion last year, driven by declining net exports, according to new government data, which casts further doubts around the Lawler Government’s claims of building a $40 billion economy by the end of the decade.
More charges laid as part of police operation into meth drug ring
Two women have been charged with the commercial supply of methamphetamine after the alleged seizure of 500 grams of the drug last week from a Darwin rural area property, NT Police said, as part of an ongoing operation into the meth trade in the Greater Darwin region.
Damning review into NT Police resourcing shows organisational failures over many years
The Lawler Government has released the long-awaited review into police resources, which made 18 recommendations to improve the NT Police force, following a decade of “deeply traumatic organisational events” that led to multiple organisational failures, including the inability to properly allocate its resources.
Nurses union pinpoints missing staff that led to neonatal intensive care unit being downgraded
Royal Darwin Hospital has minimal neonatologist and nurses qualified to work in its neonatal intensive care unit, which led to its level of care in the unit being downgraded, the Nursing and Midwifery Federation has said.
Alice Springs youth curfew extended for another six days
The Lawler Government has extended the Alice Springs youth curfew for another six days, after it was recommended in a meeting of the Territory Emergency Management Council yesterday.
Lawler Government stuffed up emergency declaration for Alice Springs; police union still concerned curfew not legal
Official documents have revealed the Lawler Government made an error concerning which ministry was supposed to declare the Alice Springs “emergency situation”, raising further questions about the legality of the youth curfew and whether police have been exposed to legal risk in carrying out the orders.
RDH makes cuts to neonatal intensive care unit
The neonatal intensive care unit at Royal Darwin Hospital is no longer treating children born before 32 weeks gestation because of a lack of staff, the Health Department has said, with no timeframe for when it will be caring for younger babies again.
Four teens steal car, lead police on dangerous pursuit through northern suburbs
Four males allegedly stole a car after breaking into a Darwin CBD residence over the weekend, leading police on a dangerous pursuit through the northern suburbs before a tyre deflation device was used to end the chase in Anula, but which then forced police to pursue the offenders on foot, NT Police said.
Arrest over Katherine service station robbery
A 13-year-old has been charged for allegedly being one of a group of six youths who used rocks to hit the front sliding doors of a Katherine service station and then pushed the doors off the rails, before stealing some items, NT Police said.
Interest rate cuts, housing shortage to fuel property price growth in Darwin from next year: Report
Darwin home prices could accelerate next year if anticipated interest rate cuts go through, amid an ongoing housing shortage, a new property forecast report released by Oxford Economics Australia has found.