Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s claims that police are responsible for determining bail for violent offenders is “highly embarrassing for the government and deeply insulting for our members”, the union representing the NT’s police officers has said, adding the Territory’s bail laws aren’t working.
Economic constraints, ageing infrastructure and volunteer burnout are being cited as the reasons the Tennant & District Show Society Committee has cancelled the much-anticipated Tennant Creek Show just three weeks before it was set to kick off on July 14.
The mother of a young man who was stabbed to death while doing his job at a Darwin bottleshop has criticised Chief Minister Natasha Fyles for “minimising and downplaying” her son’s death while dodging questions about the crime crisis at Estimates and failing to take meaningful action to keep the community safe.
Darwin Mayor Kon Vatskalis appeared to believe his wife running the Confucius Institute would be politically damaging for him, threatening legal action against a private citizen for raising the issue with council in 2020, a private email from the Mayor obtained by the NT Independent shows.
The anti-corruption commissioner says his office is not functioning at full capacity with key roles remaining unfilled and again blamed budget cuts, while also admitting he does not read Cabinet documents submitted to his office without seeking the Chief Minister’s approval – which has never occurred.
The Federal Labor Government’s $2 billion social housing funding pledge will see the NT receive $50 million to continue to address a public housing shortage in urban and remote areas – which ranks among the smallest total of the funding in the country – despite the NT’s high homeless rate.
The NT Police have confirmed they are investigating Detective Senior Sergeant Wayne Newell over allegations he perverted the course of justice in his handling of the criminal murder investigation into Zach Rolfe.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include MetalsGrove to commence drilling on its Bruce rare earths project in NT, Vista Gold extending the Mt Todd agreement with the NT Government until 2029, Tamboran Resources securing 420 acres of land for LNG development in Middle Arm and more.
A single-vehicle car rollover near Arlparra Community, northeast of Alice Springs on Saturday, has claimed the life of a 27-year-old British woman with another occupant of the vehicle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NT Police said.
Three women will need months of treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital following a Cessna 210 light plane crash on Friday afternoon at Groote Eylandt, while another crash victim, a 26-year-old male, was discharged on Sunday.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has outraged environmental groups with a decision that will permit clearing operations at Lee Point for Defence Housing Australia’s development despite threats posed to the endangered Gouldian Finch habitat.
A senior NT Police detective has been accused of “criminal conduct”, including withholding and manipulating evidence, while playing a key role in the Zach Rolfe murder charge investigation, a formal complaint filed with the acting Police Commissioner alleges.
