Suspended Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin is still being investigated by police for sitting on a child during a claimed “citizen’s arrest”, more than five months after it happened, and three months after a man who was threatening the same boy was charged with aggravated assault.
A Coconut Grove man suffered head injuries after his home was broken into and he was bashed and knocked unconscious, with the offenders still in the run, NT Police said.
Charles Darwin University will research water use patterns and the efficiency of the Territory’s rain-fed cotton crops in a partnership with the Industry, Tourism and Trade Department and the industry itself.
Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech did not inform Cabinet of his shares in a liquor wholesale company while minister of Aboriginal Affairs when the lifting of grog bans in remote communities was discussed, the Chief Minister says, while federal and Territory political leaders have called for Mr Paech’s resignation for his “sickening” conduct.
The Lawler Labor Government’s pick for Speaker of the NT Parliament has caused outrage amongst Opposition and independent MLAs, who have argued that Member for Daly Dheran Young is unsuitable for the job due to his past conduct, that includes threatening a sitting MLA and charging taxpayers for his personal holidays.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has laid out her Labor Government’s priorities in a “year ahead speech”, six months out from the NT election, with a stated focus of getting remote Territorians working, building the Middle Arm industrial precinct and ordering a review of the Youth Justice Act, while also attempting to reduce cost of living pressures.
The owner of a building company has been committed to stand trial for industrial manslaughter over the death of a worker in 2020, NT Worksafe has said.
A man threatened service station staff with an unspecified edged weapon multiple times in an armed robbery in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has denied accusations of mismanagement and says it is ready to resume criminal law services for youth clients – which it suspended in November due to an exodus of staff – amid a deadline by the Federal Government to show why its funding should not be redirected to other legal assistance organisations.
A man who was carrying a machete towards a vehicle which had a replica pistol on its bumper, and was parked near a package filled with an “amphetamine-type substance”, has been arrested, NT Police said.
The Country Liberal Party has a long track record of failing to publicly disclose how much money it collects from donors while avoiding prosecution, with a 2021 independent audit recommending that the party be “pursued” for deliberately breaking disclosure laws, as excuses from the party’s president and treasurer mount over the latest breach.
A man who was forced to climb on the roof of his ute after he got struck in a remote flooded river crossing was rescued by police.
