A police officer who was not criminally investigated for sharing a photo of a half-naked, distressed Aboriginal woman with colleagues in a social media chat group was later recommended for a National Police Service Medal by former commissioner Michael Murphy for his “ethical and diligent service”.
Nine people have been arrested in Alice Springs after two separate incidents in which four males, including one armed with an edged weapon, broke into a house and five males, armed with edged weapons and metal poles, broke into a caravan, threatening residents and stealing car keys in both cases, NT Police said.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government says it may enforce existing legislation from 1949 called the Price Exploitation Prevention Act it says would force fuel retailers to disclose the full cost structure and price margins of its fuel or face jail and could be used to allow the government to set the price, a move that was described by the last CLP government as a rash decision.
Up to four youths remain on the run after allegedly attempting to break into a home and assaulting a 50-year-old man, leaving him with a serious hand injury, NT Police said.
Planned industrial action at Darwin correctional facilities that was to see corrections officers walk off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday has been cancelled by the union representing officers the day before the action was set to occur, after the death in custody of a 26-year-old man at the Darwin Correctional Centre last Friday.
St John Ambulance NT says a critical situation over the weekend led to nearly half of all emergency triple zero calls “abandoned” due to overwhelming demand, leaving 29 life-threatening emergencies unaddressed for up to five hours, with calls for the Health Minister to take urgent action to keep Territorians safe.
A man has been arrested after a 19-year-old died after being stabbed Katherine, and another man with a stab wound was flown to Darwin for treatment overnight, NT Police said.
Former assistant police commissioner Sachin Sharma has alleged he was demoted by former police commissioner Michael Murphy partly because he told the truth to the coroner in a domestic violence inquiry about the status of his job, which has been denied by the defence in newly released court documents that current Police Commissioner Martin Dole attempted to keep from the public.
Northern Territory firefighters are being exposed to serious risks because of inadequate training and operational direction, poor equipment, and the lack of a dedicated training facility, the union says, but the NT Fire and Rescue Service maintains it deals with hazards in accordance with nationally recognised incident management principles, risk assessments, and work health and safety frameworks.
EXCLUSIVE: NT Police Assistant Commissioner Janelle Tonkin sat on two hiring panels that promoted at least two senior police officers with whom she had allegedly been involved in separate sexual relationships but did not declare any conflicts of interest, sources with knowledge of the situation have told the NT Independent, with the matter mysteriously removed from the Justice Alan Blow report into senior police appointments publicly released last October.
Darwin prisons will be forced into “restricted conditions” next week, as NT corrections officers expand protected industrial action to walk off the job for multiple 12-hour shifts that the Corrections Commissioner says will create “significant disruption”, which comes amid stalled negotiations on a new enterprise bargaining agreement that saw officers in Alice Springs march through the streets last Friday in protest.
NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole has lost a legal bid to keep “serious allegations” about misconduct of officers made by a former assistant commissioner secret, after ineffectively arguing their conduct was “sensitive” and that he preferred the allegations “remain confidential” before a potential settlement could be arranged.
