The Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals have enacted ‘code yellow’ protocols after a spike in demand over the last week, the government said.
Government to pay for security guards at bottle-shops, capsicum spray for transit officers
Security guards will be temporarily stationed at bottle-shops at government expense and transit officers and bouncers will be allowed to carry capsicum spray, under proposed policy changes announced by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles this morning in the aftermath of the stabbing death of a bottle shop worker, along with a pledge to review bail laws and penalties for weapon offences.
Labor defeats no-confidence motion, declares it will win next year’s general election
Labor’s Justice Minister Chansey Paech has told Parliament during a no-confidence motion for failing to keep Territorians safe that the Fyles Government will win the next Territory election and continue to govern for years because the CLP’s disunity is the “best gift” for Labor – with the comments coming two days after a young bottle shop employee was stabbed to death while on the job.
Darwin’s new 60-bed aged care facility will not meet growing demand: NT Council on the Ageing
The NT Government’s move to set up a new 60-bed aged care facility and 12 dementia care places in and around Darwin will only go a small way in addressing the overburdened aged care system which is now at a tipping point, the peak body representing seniors has said.
Man charged with murder, breach of bail over stabbing death of bottle shop worker
UPDATED: The 19-year-old man arrested yesterday for allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old bottle shop employee to death has been charged with murder and breach of bail, with the court hearing he was on bail following an alleged assault with a “bladed weapon” last year.
NT Resource News – March 23
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Rio Tinto assuring Mirarr traditional owners that the Jabiluka uranium deposit adjacent to the Ranger uranium mine will not be developed, DevEx Resources finding high-grade uranium in its Nabarlek project and billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes bidding for full control over Sun Cable’s AAPowerlink project, plus more.
‘Reprehensible’: NT’s top public servant texted by adviser while giving evidence in Fair Work hearing
A public servant with a legal background advising the Northern Territory’s top bureaucrat in a Fair Work Commission hearing was secretly texting the senior bureaucrat to prompt her to make certain points, an action described by the Commissioner as reprehensible, a word she also used to describe the NT Commissioner for Public Employment’s attempt to justify it.
Police say BWS worker’s death could be linked to other violent attacks
NT Police are continuing their investigation into the stabbing death of 20-year-old Airport Tavern BWS employee Declan Laverty and say the stabbing may be linked to another violent assault on Sunday night at the Beachfront Hotel bottle shop, with two other teens currently in custody along with the 19-year-old man police suspect killed Mr Laverty.
Firefighter reinstated after Fair Work finds sacking by NT Fire boss ‘ill conceived and hasty’
The Fair Work Commission reinstated an NT firefighter with more than 25 year experience, who was sacked for not proving his COVID-19 vaccination status while on leave, finding that while NT Fire chief fire officer Mark Spain had a valid, although technical reason to sack the man, it found the sacking was harsh, unjust and unreasonable, partly because the CFO misunderstood simple facts.
Government pays $3.66m for controversial Alice Springs art gallery site
The NT Government has paid $3.66 million for the controversial forced acquisition of Anzac Oval – the future home of the National Aboriginal Art Gallery – the Alice Springs Town Council has said, but the government has not given an up-to-date construction cost from the $180 million estimate nearly four years ago.
Property crimes in Alice Springs up as locals continue to lobby govt for help
Property crimes in Alice Springs reached all-time highs with 1,135 properties – or roughly one in 10 houses – having been broken into, stolen from or damaged per day in January alone, according to police figures, that come as the man behind Action for Alice calls for the government to “wake up” and address the ongoing crime problem.
Man arrested over death of bottle shop employee in Darwin: Police
UPDATED: A 19-year-old man has been arrested over the death of an Airport Tavern bottle shop employee in Jingili overnight, NT Police said, while the victim’s father has spoken out to call for “something to be done” to better protect workers following the violent stabbing incident.