A 15-year-old boy is facing 30 charges after allegedly repeatedly breaking into a government building across three days with a group of unknown co-offenders, damaging it, and stealing credit cards that they used across Palmerston, NT Police said.
Opposition Leader’s chief of staff to run CLP’s 2024 election campaign
CLP Leader Lia Finocchiaro’s chief of staff is departing the role she has held for over a year to run the CLP’s election campaign, with the chief of staff role to be filled by a party figure who quit the CLP last year over the membership’s position on the Voice referendum.
Man bashed his partner in street, set her on fire, police say
A man allegedly bashed his partner in a Darwin street and lit the clothes she was wearing on fire, with witnesses having to extinguish the woman’s clothes, NT Police said.
Three charged in Daly River over Darwin car theft
Three men have been charged in Daly River for allegedly stealing a car in Darwin, and then stealing food and drink from a Noonamah business, NT Police said.
Potter scrubbed Facebook posts before Labor saw them, including DV-related comments: Chief Minister
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has contradicted her Police Minister’s claims that the Labor Party knew about his racist and homophobic social media posts before they preselected him as the candidate for Fannie Bay, while the NT Independent can reveal that Brent Potter also shared a post appearing to condone domestic violence.
Fatal alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs being treated as a death in custody
A 32-year-old man has been arrested over a fatal alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs, which is being treated as a death in custody, NT Police said.
Woman who was stabbed in back with scissors suffered collapsed lung police say
A woman in Wadeye suffered a collapsed lung and was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital after being stabbed in the back multiple times with scissors on Sunday, NT Police said.
NT Cattlemen’s Association elects new president
Henry Burke has been elected as the new president of the NT Cattlemen’s Association, the ABC has reported.
Woman charged for pulling edged weapon on police, spitting at officers
A 18-year-old woman allegedly spat at a police officer before pulling an edged weapon on two officers while being arrested after she had allegedly assaulted transit security officers, NT Police said.
Workers rescued after vehicle swept away by flooded river at McArthur River Mine
Dozens of workers at Glencore’s McArthur River Mine have been stranded in mine buildings after floodwaters from Cyclone Megan cut access back to the worker accommodation, while two workers had to be rescued from floodwaters after their vehicle washed off an internal road, the company has confirmed.
Edgington resigns as Opposition domestic violence spokesman
CLP Member for Barkly Steve Edgington has resigned as the Opposition’s spokesman on domestic violence, following revelations he hired a staffer with a long history of contravening domestic violence orders.
Groote Eylandt cyclone shelter was not opened until three days after cyclone passed island
The Angurugu cyclone shelter was not open for the community until Tuesday morning, about three days after the tropical storm that became Cyclone Megan hit Groote Eylandt, knocking out electricity and water in the community that has many non-cyclone coded homes, but the government will not explain why it was kept closed.