Former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe will be forced to give evidence at the Kumamjayi Walker coronial inquest after he lost his appeal against a Supreme Court decision, with the judges finding his claim of protection from giving evidence by way of a “penalty privilege” was not covered under the Coroners Act.
Three boys, aged 12, 13, and 16 have been charged over multiple unlawful entries, the theft of three cars, as well as criminal damage, with the youngest also charged with drink driving and for driving dangerously while being chased by police, and a serious breach of bail, all allegedly committed in one weekend, NT Police said.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has said it is investigating after a cattle mustering contractor died when his helicopter crashed on a remote Northern Territory station on Tuesday.
An investigation by an outside panel found a Charles Darwin University academic had plagiarised his students’ work, contradicting an internal investigation’s conclusion that was also supported by the vice-chancellor, but the university has not explained how the original inquiry found the former professor had not stolen his student’s work.
NT Police media has suppressed that knives were used in two different public attacks on Territory women, resulting in both of them ending up in hospital because of their wounds, in statements that came in the week following the NT Independent revealing the government installed a marketing manager who gives strategic advice on the “Territory master brand” to decide on what crime is reported and how it it is done.
A man has head injuries after being assaulted and robbed in Alice Springs, with the alleged attackers not having been caught yet, NT Police said.
The NT Police Association president has said he will talk about the perception of political interference in the operation of the NT Police force with Chief Minister Natasha Fyles after the NT Independent revealed a marketing manager who gives strategic advice on the “Territory master brand” to the Chief Minister’s department, had been installed by an unknown person to help decide what crimes are reported to the public.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, featuring thousands of art pieces from over 70 Indigenous-owned art centres, as well as traditional dance performances, material demonstrations, workshops, children’s activities, and artists’ talks, will be on again in August.
A series of orbital space launches at the Arnhem Space Centre are scheduled to commence in 2025, after Equatorial Launch Australia entered into a multi-year deal with Korean aerospace company INNOSPACE.
EXCLUSIVE: A marketing manager who gives strategic advice on the “Territory master brand” to the Chief Minister’s department, has been installed by an unknown person to help decide what crimes are reported to the public, usurping the NT Police media unit, sources have confirmed to the NT Independent.
The NT’s Power and Water Corporation has asked the federal energy regulator to approve an eight per cent annual increase on utility tariffs every year until 2028-29, it was revealed at Budget Estimates hearings Thursday morning.
South Australia space company Equatorial Launch Australia says it plans to spend $100 million to upgrade its rocket launch facilities in Arnhem Land over the next few years, but has blasted the Federal Government for cancelling a $30 million grant from its latest budget.
