Two security guards, one suffering suspected fractures, were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital after being attacked by up to 20 people in Parap on Saturday afternoon with bottles and sticks, NT Police said.
16 youths arrested for numerous crimes in Katherine during police blitz
Sixteen youths in Katherine have been arrested and charged as part of NT Police Task Force Cerberus for 40 offences related to burglaries, stolen vehicles, and bail breaches as part of a three-day operation targeting property-related crime in the Katherine CBD, NT Police said.
CLP passes controversial changes to Anti-Discrimination Act
The Finocchiaro CLP Government passed changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act through Parliament Thursday night that nobody but the government is happy with, following months of fierce debate and controversy, with everyone from the crossbench to the LGBTQI community to the Australian Christian Lobby criticising the amendments.
REVEALED: Shields secretly using Waterfront carpark for vintage Mercedes car collection at taxpayer expense
EXCLUSIVE: Darwin Waterfront Corporation chief executive Alastair Shields has been using at least two valuable parking spaces on the top level of the Kitchener Drive multi-storey carpark as his own personal garage to keep two Mercedeses – including the red one that featured in a recent Four Corners episode – which the former chair of the corporation says he had no knowledge of, raising questions about undisclosed gifts and whether fringe benefit tax has been paid for Mr Shields’s free parking fancy.
Darwin Basketball Association solvency raised again by auditors but bingo night income gives board optimism
Auditors have warned the Darwin Basketball Association is at risk of going under for the third year in a row, this time due to a more than $600,000 cash shortfall for the year, with the association blaming Basketball NT for its situation but claiming it is confident in its solvency partly based on the $9,000 it pulled in from a weekly bingo night at the Casuarina Club, a figure the auditors have also called into question.
Armoury hit again by thieves, emergency services vehicles damaged: NT Police
A government armoury in Katherine has been robbed for the second time in three months, after four unknown people broke into the building in the industrial area in Katherine East on Saturday morning, stealing an undisclosed quantity of ammunition and damaging emergency services vehicles, NT Police said.
‘Alarm bells’: Department confirmed fuel tank barriers were leaking three weeks after Minister approved their use
Test results from early 2024 show barriers underneath the military fuel tanks at East Arm to prevent leaks were ineffective, the Environment Centre NT has said, which was confirmed by the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment in a letter sent three weeks after Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne approved the tanks for use and they began to be filled with jet fuel.
‘Just business as usual’: Racing Minister casts doubts over review of conflicts at wagering commission
Racing Minister Marie-Clare Boothby has caused confusion over her government’s claims it is reviewing potential conflicts of interest concerning the Racing and Wagering Commission raised in a Four Corners investigation last week, telling Parliament on Tuesday its review is “business as usual” while the board is doing its job “really well”, despite allegations of a cosy relationship with the $50 billion online gambling industry and the commission’s failures to effectively regulate it.
CLP scraps Aboriginal Art Gallery for Alice Springs after picking fight with Feds
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has scrapped nearly a decade-long plan to build the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia in Alice Springs following an unusual fight with the Federal Government, but no savings are expected to be found after Treasurer Bill Yan indicated the NT Government’s contribution would still be spent on something in the town.
Woman charged over bus stop stabbing
A woman has been charged after she allegedly stabbed another woman at the Palmerston bus interchange this morning, NT Police said.
‘Maybe I would have been on her radar if I had died?’: Hostel manager on government’s response to bashing
A Darwin hostel manager has questioned whether the Finocchiaro Government would care more about her if she had been killed during a violent bashing allegedly at the hands of a man who was described as “not safe to be released into the general community”, who was booked into her hostel by a government contractor without disclosing his violent history, adding the government was “causing crime” by neglecting its responsibilities.
Police use tyre spikes to stop car in Alice Springs, accidentally get another
Two 10-year-olds, an 11-year-old, and a 14-year-old were allegedly in a stolen car stopped by tyre spikes in Alice Springs, but officers also accidentally shredded the tyres of another car, NT Police said, which is not the first time the wrong car had its tyres slashed.