Alice Springs CLP MLA Josh Burgoyne has pleaded guilty to one careless driving charge after he smashed into a 66-year-old healthcare worker’s car in August, which sent her to hospital and left her unable to return to work.
Police report record methamphetamine seizure
A man was arrested after officers found 9kg of methamphetamine in his Darwin home, while another man was arrested after police found kava, cannabis and rum in the baggage packed for a flight to Galiwinku, NT Police said.
Woman robbed at gun point in street
A woman was robbed at gun point on a Fannie Bay street by someone she knew overnight, NT Police said.
New VET training program in remote community to get ‘students on pathway to work’: Lawler
The first on-country Vocational Education Training “prototype” program in the NT will provide more VET courses for remote students to get them on a pathway to work, which will in turn reduce crime, the Chief Minister has said.
Territory not on track to fully fund schools until 2050 Feds say
The NT has the most underfunded public schools on average in the country, the Albanese Government has said, and is not on track to fully fund them until 2050, while the teachers’ union has called on the Federal Government to follow an expert panel review on school finances and double its contribution to Territory schools to meet the shortfall.
Kids who car-jacked vehicle reported same vehicle was car-jacked from them
Three children who allegedly car-jacked a vehicle by threatening a couple with a knife, then robbed a service station with a knife, reported to police that they had the car forcibly stolen from them later in the night by another group of youths, NT Police said.
Stolen ute used to ram raid tobacconist
Two kids used a stolen ute to ram raid a tobacconist at Jape Homemaker Village on Monday morning, NT Police said.
Man dead after assault: Police
Police are investigating the death of a man who had been assaulted at Milikapati on the Tiwi Islands on Sunday, NT Police said.
Ute driver dies after collision with truck
A man has died after his ute collided with the back of a truck in Palmerston on Sunday, NT Police said.
MLA calls for review of past disciplinary action against cops and public servants in light of CM’s support for Potter
UPDATED: Disciplinary action carried out against police officers and public servants needs to be immediately reviewed, an independent MLA says, following the Chief Minister’s precedent-setting lack of action against Police Minister Brent Potter, who posted racist and misogynistic social media material that he hid from the public ahead of his 2022 by-election.
Man killed in rollover of stolen ute in Alice Springs
A young man has died after he was thrown from the stolen ute he was in, when it rolled over in the Alice Springs CBD overnight, NT Police said.
Potter won’t resign, apologises for offensive social media material but says Labor knew about posts
Police Minister Brent Potter has refused to resign following revelations he shared racist, homophobic and misogynistic posts on social media, saying he has “been on a journey” since posting the material and that Territory Labor knew about the posts before they preselected him in 2022.