The Fyles Government’s “summer plan” to reduce crime in Central Australia is “the definition of madness” for continuing to do the same things, Alice Springs independent MLA Robyn Lambley has said, while the government is promising an “additional” 50 police officers along with a set of initiatives believed to already be in effect.
The Fyles Government has announced a new three-year deal with Gold Coast and Melbourne to play three AFL games a year in the Territory, but has refused to say how much Territorians are paying the clubs, while the Tasmanian government has revealed it will pay Hawthorn nearly $1.7 million per game in Launceston from next year.
Land rights advocate and nine-term NT Land Council board member, including four as its chair, and the NT’s Australian of the Year Dr Bush-Blanasi died on Sunday at 61.
A group of youths stole car keys from the Alice Springs Local Court building and used them to steal a car which police had described as being driven dangerously around town this week, while at least one occupant threw rocks at police and attempted to ram a police car, sources have told the NT Independent.
A Tennant Creek man is facing an aggravated assault charge after being filmed putting his boot down with force on the head of child being sat on by the now suspended Barkly Regional Council mayor Jeffery McLaughlin, while threatening to bash and kill the child, but police have not said if they intend to charge Mr McLaughlin.
A girl was threatened with a knife by one of three men who broke into her house in Alice Springs while she was alone, with police asking for witnesses but have not provided a description of the men who are still on the run.
Residential building approvals in the NT have fallen by 40.6 per cent annually, with only 39 approved in September, the weakest of any state or territory in the country, the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed.
Almost 2,000 Territory seniors received overpayments through a government rate relief program after the government’s provider botched the payouts, leaving the department moving to claw back nearly $500,000 from the seniors.
The Fyles Government has introduced a school bus service in the Barkly region for the first time amid the fallout of national reporting of its failings to provide a proper education in remote communities, with the Opposition saying the new bus service does not go far enough to address chronic poor attendance rates in the region.
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the sexual abuse of children has visited the Northern Territory as part of her nationwide investigation, which comes amid rising crimes against Territory kids that reportedly jumped by 22 per cent last year, but the total figures have been withheld from the public by the NT Government.
A 42-year-old Humpty Doo man allegedly threatened the occupants of a rural property with a loaded gun on Tuesday night because he was angry about a Facebook post “regarding dogs wandering into yards”, NT Police have said.
The Barkly Regional Council will have to defend the sacking of an employee in the Federal Court after mediation between the two parties broke down, while the aggrieved former employee intends to subpoena the controversial Justitia Report and its author.
