Labor MLA for Fannie Bay Brent Potter has announced an independent review into the NT Police force to investigate “systemic issues”, which he said would have both parties’ input into who would run it, but initially said it would only happen if police officers agreed to a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
Three young males who were out on bail have been arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful entry for stealing a “large quantity” of alcohol and cigarettes at a shop in Alyangula on Tuesday, NT Police said.
The Fyles Government has extended alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs for another three months citing widespread success and community support for the rules to be extended, including limiting takeaway sales and further narrowing bottle shops’ business hours.
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison has confirmed some flood evacuees have been responsible for “senseless destruction” at the Howard Springs’ workers camp, which directly contradicts Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s repeated claims there has been no damage outside of regular “wear and tear” and has raised political speculation about internal disputes within Labor.
NT Police watch commanders in Alice Springs have been told by the brass not to post serious crimes on social media because it has negatively affected tourism in the region, which comes amid a critical shortage of officers in town, resulting in some crimes not being fully investigated, highly-placed sources have told the NT Independent.
A 33-year-old man released on a suspended sentence was arrested along with an 18-year-old male for a previously unreported break-in and attempted break-in at a Cullen Bay premises on Saturday, NT Police have said.
A Senate committee report on fracking in the Territory’s Beetaloo basin has recommended an inquiry into the proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct that will host liquified natural gas and petrochemical plants, and recommended the Federal Government “strongly assist” the NT Government to create a regulatory framework to offset all emissions from fracking in the basin.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has not returned from leave as planned today after launching legal action against the Chief Minister, Police Minister and the NT Government to block his sacking, while the courts have set aside three days in June to hear the case amid unknown “allegations” raised against Mr Chalker.
Action for Alice Facebook page operator Darren Clark has alleged Territory Families Minister Kate Worden told him he was lucky her husband had not come with her to bash him in their first meeting, which came after Mr Clark had published a Facebook post critical of her going on holidays during a rise in crime in the town.
Two men have been charged with domestic violence offences in two separate public incidents in Darwin involving weapons being used on women.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has launched legal action against Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and Police Minister Kate Worden in the NT Supreme Court, with media reporting that amongst other things, he is seeking a declaration that the NT Government “does not have the power to dismiss him”.
A confronting video shows a man being attacked by a group of men at the Casuarina bus interchange, before he was hit by the back of a passing bus while attempting to flee. SEE THE VIDEO.
