One person was taken to hospital with cuts to his back and three others were arrested after a machete fight through the Alice Springs CBD on Friday afternoon, NT Police said, while other offenders remain at large.
Nightcliff byelection set for March 7
The byelection to select the next Member for Nightcliff will be held on March 7, with the Greens and Labor announcing their candidates out of the gate, while the CLP is yet to put a candidate forward.
AFP investigating dysfunction in NT Police top brass
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by a senior member of the Australian Federal Police, the NT Independent can reveal, who was recently sworn in to conduct a probe into “allegations against a number of people up on the top floor”.
Reece Kershaw given new undisclosed job at St John Ambulance
Former Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw has been hired by St John Ambulance NT in a new undisclosed role, following the appointment of a new chief executive, while both the NT branch and St John Ambulance Australia declined to respond to an allegation that a preferred CEO candidate was put forward by the federal body and rejected by the NT organisation.
ICAC releases investigation findings into NT WorkSafe conflicts of interest, failure to manage staff
UPDATED: The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has disclosed the findings of its investigation into allegations NT WorkSafe’s electrical inspectors unit misused statutory powers, failed to manage conflicts of interest and failed to disclose secondary employment with commercial electrical companies the workplace regulator may have investigated.
‘Detrimental change’: NT Police’s Darwin property and juvenile crime unit to be moved
Darwin’s property and juvenile crime police unit, Strike Force Trident, is being moved from the Casuarina Police Station to be absorbed by the Crime and Intelligence Command at the Peter McCauley Centre, the police union has said, a move the man who established the unit said could see members siphoned off to other parts of the agency due to political pressures, leading to a potential increase in property crime.
Half of Health’s Acacia IT system shelved pending new funding despite risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ of systems
Half of the controversial $320 million NT Health Acacia patient record IT system is being shelved pending new funding approvals, bureaucrats have told a parliamentary committee, despite their own previous warnings that not fully implementing it risks a “catastrophic IT systems failure” that could disrupt health services.
Greens Member for Nightcliff resigns
UPDATED: Kat McNamara, the first NT Greens member elected to NT Parliament, has resigned “effective immediately”, citing health reasons, while a federal senator says McNamara was insulted and “intimidated” by government while in Parliament.
Singleton Station water licence decision taken to High Court
The NT Government’s decision to approve a 30-year water licence to Fortune Agribusiness for its Singleton Station project will now be considered by the High Court, following a challenge by native title holders from the Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation.
NT Government’s rushed remote rental amendments criticised by Aboriginal groups
The CLP Government’s rushed amendments to the Housing Act that will continue to see individual remote housing residents not consulted on rent increases has been panned by Aboriginal land councils and other bodies as an “assault on the fundamental rights of Territorians”, while the government claims it will consult with the groups before future rental rises.
Deputy Chief Minister’s chief of staff named St John Ambulance NT CEO
St John Ambulance NT has announced Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley’s chief of staff Abigail Trewin as the new chief executive of the troubled organisation, with the politician paying tribute to her in a press release announcing her appointment but failing to disclose she was working for him.
‘The other executives will be furious’: Commander beats assistant commissioners to deputy top cop role
Police Commissioner Martin Dole has appointed Commander James J. O’Brien as acting deputy commissioner, leap-frogging him over four assistant commissioners and three acting assistant commissioners, in a move labelled “very odd” and a “massive slap in the face to all the staff ranked above him” by a former officer, but described as a “common occurrence” by the top cop.