UPDATED: NT Police have identified three male children, aged 10, 10 and 11, who police allege threw rocks at The Ghan as it was travelling through Alice Springs on Monday, smashing more than 20 windows and forcing the train to terminate its run at Alice to assess the damage.
A Darwin businessman and vice-president of Master Builders NT has been identified as one of three people facing charges in a federal corruption investigation involving the alleged rorting of Department of Defence contracts valued at up to $71 million, with business records revealing connections to a Commonwealth employee and his wife, who are also believed to be facing charges.
A federal government employee, his wife, and the director of a Darwin building company have been charged over the alleged fraudulent awarding of Defence Department contracts worth about $71 million to the building company, and a subsidiary company owned by the co-conspirators, the Australian Federal Police has said.
The future of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs remains uncertain as it faces a significant decline in reported student enrolment numbers and mounting debt, which comes as the government released a redacted independent investigation report from last year, that raised questions around suspicious enrolment figures claimed by the previous principal and spending irregularities.
Owning a dangerous animal in the Northern Territory will be made easier under proposed regulations introduced by the Finocchiaro CLP Government, after one man told them they should let more people get involved in pet crocodile ownership.
An investigation ordered by the NT Judicial Commission that cleared Justice Stephen Southwood of malice determined other serious allegations including judicial bullying, breaches of judicial conduct, and unnecessary delays in handing down his decisions were “partially made out” and referred to Chief Justice Michael Grant to be dealt with, but a prominent lawyer who brought the allegations has raised questions about the process.
A fire broke out at Inpex’s Darwin LNG facility on Monday, the company has confirmed, but it said no one was harmed and “there has been no impact on the environment”.
Proposed reforms to federal environmental laws will fast-track controversial gas expansion projects in the Northern Territory without proper public consultation, federal Greens Leader Larissa Waters has warned while visiting Darwin, adding the reforms amount to deregulation of industry that will be particularly devastating for the Northern Territory.
An ambitious plan to eliminate racism in the Northern Territory Police Force has finally been released, with dozens of identified actions to be implemented over the next two years despite expected pushback, including reducing racial profiling, empowering Aboriginal communities to address and reduce crime and accepting that previous policing practices have led to distrust of police by Indigenous people.
Health support workers plan to hold protected industrial action within the next 10 days, which could seriously disrupt the operations of NT public hospitals, the union has warned.
Two Territorians suffered serious burns at work in separate incidents last month while refuelling petrol-powered pressure cleaners, prompting a safety alert from the workplace safety watchdog.
A 55-year-old man who was allegedly spreading counterfeit cash for gambling activities across the rural area has been arrested after NT Police said he used a fake ID to evade officers over an outstanding arrest warrant in Victoria in relation to commercial drug manufacturing charges.
