Australia’s newest low-cost airline Bonza has launched its Melbourne – Alice Springs route, with its maiden flight due to touchdown in Alice Springs later today.
Actions of CEO and Mayor not part of investigation into Barkly council, investigator says
The lawyer appointed to investigate the Barkly Regional Council has told a former employee that she has been excluded from examining code of conduct complaints against elected members, chief executive officers, or other staff, despite serious allegations of bullying, harassment, and mismanagement at the troubled council, which include the bungled handling of a sexual harassment complaint made by a young Indigenous woman.
Rural man charged after killing two dogs with gun
A 52-year-old rural area man is facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting two dogs at a Humpty Doo property and taking the dead animals with him, NT Police said, resulting in an armed stand-off.
High Court bid to overturn Gunlom Falls ‘immunity’ ruling
The Aboriginal Areas Protection Agency is taking its legal fight over Kakadu’s Gunlom Falls walking track construction to the High Court, following a Supreme Court ruling the Federal Government was immune from any criminal punishment, it has been reported.
Kids and adults arrested for stealing senior’s ute, aggravated robbery: Police
Eight people are facing charges after they allegedly threatened a 73-old-man with “blunt weapons” before stealing his Toyota Hilux on a property in Adelaide River, NT Police said.
Trial of overnight child protection workers for Alice Springs
Child protection workers will be rostered on overnight in Alice Springs on weekdays and 24-hours on Friday to Sunday in a trial lasting less than two months, the Fyles Government has announced, breaking the promise of Police Minister Brent Potter who when spruiking the government’s so-called ‘summer crime reduction plan’ said they would be on the streets 24-hours-a-day with no mention of it being a trial.
Fracking projects will need federal government approval over water use
Beetaloo basin fracking companies’ water allocation will have to be approved by the federal government to assess it against its impact on the aquifier, after changes passed the Senate this week, a change which Tamboran Resources said would not affect its gas production plans.
Woman allegedly stabbed in back by partner
A man who allegedly stabbed his partner multiple times in the back, and slashed her ear, in Palmerston has been arrested, NT Police said.
Matt Wright committed to stand trial in Supreme Court
UPDATED: Reality television star Matt Wright has been committed to stand trial in the NT Supreme Court on one charge of perverting the course of justice in relation to the fatal helicopter crash that killed his friend and co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson, while two others pleaded guilty to destroying evidence.
CDU misses out on funding to train doctors, given funding to accredit medical school
Charles Darwin University has missed out on funding to train 40 medical students in a proposed new medical school which was announced in November 2021, but has instead been given $2.8 million by the federal government to seek the accreditation required to establish the medical school.
Wait time for patients, emergency admissions up at NT hospitals new data show
Ninety per cent of incoming emergency patients to NT hospitals are waiting up to 161 minutes to be seen by medical staff – up from 134 minutes last year – against the national median wait time of just 20 minutes, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health.
Parents of boy sat on by Tennant Creek mayor investigate civil action against him and the NT News
The parents of a child who was filmed while suspended Tennant Creek mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sat on him and another man abused and threatened the boy, want criminal charges laid against the mayor, while also seeking legal advice about taking civil action against him and the NT News.