Police and Territory Families Minister Kate Worden says she, the Chief Minister, and Deputy Chief Minister have “all been completely honest” about damage to the Howard Springs workers camp despite conflicting stories for weeks and the Chief Minister’s repeated denials until after a $30,000 tender was awarded to assess the damage.
NT Police officers fired shots into the water in the croc-infested Daly River to protect two alleged offenders from the Jovi Boys gang who had jumped into the water to avoid capture, while crocodiles entered the water after them.
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A teenager has been stabbed in the chest with scissors during a brawl at the Casuarina bus interchange, NT Police said.
NT Police have confirmed “significant incidents” in the Wadeye, Peppimentarti and Daly River communities after the NT Independent’s reporting on the violence, including that two men jumped into a croc-infested river to evade officers.
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Flood victims from Kalkarindji, Daguragu and Pigeon Hole will be sent back home to live in temporary emergency accommodation after being displaced for almost two months due to flooding, the NT Government said on Friday.
Darwin Council lawyers have written to the Fyles Government asking it to declare that a heritage nomination that would see the Darwin Esplanade declared a heritage site had lapsed and to have the minister revoke a provisional heritage declaration, saying both the Heritage Council and the minister failed to follow the required process.
The Federal Albanese Government will be spending $3.8 billion over the next four years to upgrade Defence bases across northern Australia, including two air bases, two naval bases, and the Robertson Barracks in the NT, following the release of the National Defence Strategic Review, although it was not disclosed how much of that is new money and how much is already committed.
Rioting in Peppimenarti has forced some workers to be evacuated from the remote community, with plans enacted for all non-Indigenous workers to also be evacuated, sources have told the NT Independent.
Outgoing police commissioner Jamie Chalker has delayed filing his evidence against Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, according to a Supreme Court order that granted him a deadline extension, indicating a settlement could be imminent that would keep the details of the case secret.
The NT Government has announced a $71 million power bill subsidy for Territorians for the next financial year ahead of the Budget, money that is typically funded every year, that the government said would help lower utility prices and boost the economy, but the Opposition and the peak body for the social and community sector say the money does not go far enough to address cost of living pressures.
