The troubled community of Peppimenarti will have a new permanent police station built at an estimated cost of $19 million, NT Treasurer Eva Lawler announced as part of Tuesday’s NT Budget, but the union representing police says they are “confused” about the announcement.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s mum and dad were the largest single contributors to the Territory Labor Party during the Arafura by-election that was won by controversial Labor candidate Manuel Brown, according to financial disclosures released by the NT Electoral Commission. FIND OUT HOW MUCH THEY KICKED IN HERE.
The Fyles Government has patted itself on the back for justice reforms it said “provide smarter justice for a safer Territory”, which the CLP Opposition said shows how far “out of touch” Labor is with Territorians. READ ABOUT NEW REFORMS HERE.
Darwin-based Roof Power Pty Ltd will face court after it chose to contest an infringement notice issued by NT WorkSafe, the workplace regulator said. SEE WHAT THE COMPANY WAS CHARGED WITH.
Bathurst Islander Brendan Kantilla, the 29-year-old man charged with the murder of Bangladeshi CDU student Ishaqur Rahman, has appeared in court.
Two men are facing multiple drug related charges following an NT Police operation that involved surveilling a man last week while he allegedly buried three kilograms of cocaine and $110,000 in cash in a small drum near the Esplanade in Darwin City, NT Police said.
NT Police have charged a man with murder over the death of an international CDU student who died in hospital from injuries he suffered during an alleged home invasion early Wednesday morning.
A public servant who helps attract international students to the Territory has risked his job by criticising the government on social media, saying he and some students are considering leaving the NT in the face of the ongoing crime crisis that saw a CDU student bludgeoned in his own bed this week, while calling on elected officials to show real leadership and fix the problem.
The Fyles Government should suspend the Barkly Regional Council and install an administrator instead of holding by-elections for new members, says a former councillor who led the committee that was to handle an investigation into bullying and harassment claims against the former chief executive officer and Mayor.
The Fyles Government’s recently announced $11.5 million for fire services in the NT has been met with indifference from the union representing firefighters, who say the fire service is “in crisis and firies are leaving” amid protracted contract negotiations which the new funding does not address.
A university student has died in hospital from injuries he suffered during an alleged home invasion early Wednesday morning, in a violent crime that has rattled the university and the wider community amid the ongoing crime crisis gripping the Northern Territory.
Ten MV-22B Ospreys ‘tiltrotors’ from the US Marine Corps based in Hawaii have recently arrived at the Royal Australian Air Force Base in Darwin to join the 2,500-strong rotational force training to respond to regional crises, contingency, and humanitarian assistance during disasters.
