Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has announced three new assistant commissioners with the acting assistant commissioner James Gray-Spence, who is one of the subjects of the joint ICAC – NT Police investigation into racism in the Territory Response Group, missing out on securing the job permanently.
Police are looking for a group who allegedly assaulted a taxi driver and then assaulted two pub workers and stole alcohol, NT Police said.
The Chief Minister and Police Commissioner appeared to change their stories over why the “emergency situation” was declared for Alice Springs last week, including the youth curfew, following accusations by the union representing police that the emergency order is unlawful.
A man is on the run after he allegedly attacked his partner, then threw rocks at police, and shattered a police vehicle windscreen with an unspecified weapon in Wadeye, NT Police said.
Former Tales from the Tinny presenter Andrew Warton has been announced as the interim chief executive officer of the newly created Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Services agency, while the government searches for a commissioner to head the authority.
A fresh batch of US Marines are currently in the NT for the 13th Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, that will see the Americans conduct combined training with Australian Defence Force personnel “across a number of scenarios”.
A man who attacked another man with a knife while trying to get into his house was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital with injuries NT Police did not explain, while one of his victims was also taken to hospital after being cut with the weapon.
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has not ruled out deploying the Territory Response Group to assist in Alice Springs, despite preliminary ICAC findings that the elite group of officers engaged in racist conduct, while sources say the TRG members will most likely be deployed as general duties officers to prevent stoking racial tensions in the community.
A group of youths or young adults allegedly threatened staff at the Karama Tavern with edged weapons, with one youth allegedly assaulting a staff member, NT Police said.
Issues such as the high cost of doing business, declining population, and rampant crime will cause the NT economy to fall an estimated $6 billion short of its targeted $40 billion economy by 2030, a new report has found.
Federal politicians on all sides have called for action to help under siege Alice Springs on Wednesday, with Labor Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour pledging to get the federal Attorney-General to speak with the NT Police Commissioner about possible AFP assistance, while federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton asked the Prime Minister when he would go back to Alice Springs to help restore order.
Alice Springs Mayor Matt Paterson has called for the Lawler Government to hand responsibility for Alice Springs over to the federal government if it cannot keep residents safe, and once again called for Australian Federal Police or the Australian Army to be brought in, after what he said was the scariest thing he had ever witnessed on the streets on Tuesday.
