A masked man who allegedly set a Katherine servo on fire was finally apprehended in the Darwin rural area after allegedly setting more fires. Find out how he was dramatically arrested.
Govt awarded $30k contract to assess damage ‘and related works’ at Howard Springs camp while Fyles claimed no damage
The Fyles Government awarded a $30,000 contract to a construction company for “condition assessment inspections and related works at the flood evacuation accommodation at Howard Springs”, before some of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s most recent denials of damage there, denials she said were “based on advice I got”.
Chief Minister claims post-COVID-19 behaviour change has led to more violent crime
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has said there is evidence in the Northern Territory and around the world of more violent crime post the COVID-19 pandemic, when asked about a weekend of crime that included five ram raids on bottle shops, stolen cars, several homes broken into – including one where a resident was attacked with sticks – and a disabled woman being sexually assaulted in public during the afternoon.
Independent review into NT Police should be made public before election: NTPA
The NT Police Association said it expects an independent review into NT Police promised by the Fyles Government will commence towards the end of the year and called for the findings and recommendations to be made public before next year’s general election.
‘I was acting on advice that I got’: Chief Minister’s excuse for saying no Howard Springs damage
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has finally admitted damage has been done to the Howard Springs workers’ camp after weeks of denials and public contradictions by her own ministers – which she was still denying last week – before seemingly accepting on Monday that damage has in fact been caused at the facility.
Police looking for kids who held up Katherine servo, arrested kids over break-ins in Tennant Creek
Four youths allegedly robbed a Katherine service station armed with a knife and spear, while four youths, one 11-years old, have been charged over break-ins in Tennant Creek, NT Police said.
Police call for witnesses in month-old assault and robbery in Nightcliff
NT Police have requested the public’s assistance to help identify five people who allegedly assaulted and robbed a man on March 17 in Nightcliff – but have not explained why they would be seeking assistance five weeks after the incident, with no descriptions, and why they did not report it publicly when it occurred.
Court records cast doubt on Labor MLA’s claims about fatal car crash conviction
EXCLUSIVE: Territory Labor Member for Arafura Manuel Brown appears to have misled the public in a statement released just before the by-election last month in which he claimed he “rendered first aid” to a woman he killed with his car in 2009, according to court records obtained by the NT Independent. READ THE FACTS HERE.
Five grog ram raids in the Territory, police car rammed, ‘machinery’ thrown at police car during chase: Police
Three businesses were ram raided in greater Darwin, including the Buff Club, while a licensed business in Palmerston was broken into twice in fours hours, and “machinery” was thrown at a police car during a pursuit of a stolen car, while cars were stolen and houses broken in a weekend which also saw two bottle shops broken into in Alice Springs, NT police said.
Two ram raids on Alice Springs bottle shops, man attacked with sticks in house break-in: Police
Two supermarket bottle shops were ram raided in Alice Springs on Monday morning, with the offenders running off after police stopped their car using tyre spikes, while a man was taken to hospital after being attacked with large sticks in a house break-in, NT Police said.
Manison on un-costed trade trip to Japan, Korea
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison is on an un-costed trade mission to Japan and South Korea, which she says will attract “new major investment” into the NT’s critical minerals and energy sectors, and plans use the trip to highlight “breath-taking” new tourism experiences in Central Australia to the “Japanese tourism industry”.
Disabled woman sexually assaulted in Alice Springs in middle of the day, another woman also attacked: Police
UPDATED: A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a disabled woman in Alice Springs in public on Saturday afternoon may have been apprehended after police said on Monday they have a 20-year-old man in custody in connection to the incident.