Police are looking for a teenage boy after a teenage girl was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital following her finger being severed during an alleged assault in Galiwinku on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
Hit-and-run driver who killed Indigenous man related to Attorney-General
The 24-year-old man who struck two Aboriginal men with his car, leaving one to die as he fled the scene, and who received no jail time this week for the crime, is related to Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby, who publicly commented on the matter Thursday morning at a press conference, but did not disclose the familial relation and her clear conflict of interest.
CLP’s ‘new’ police recruitment claims offset by exodus of experienced officers
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has claimed it has overseen 184 “new” officers joining the NT Police since the August 2024 election, but failed to disclose that 105 experienced officers left the force since October, while the 184 figure is also disputed by the NT Police force itself, which says the sworn officer count has only increased by 48 over that time period.
Territory bus drivers start industrial action, claim violence on buses escalating
Territory bus drivers employed by private operator CDC have started protected industrial action drawing attention to increasing incidents of assaults, rock throwing, and other threats workers face, as part of their demands for better pay and working conditions, which comes one year to the day since a driver was kicked in the head while driving 70km/h down the Stuart Highway.
‘I really admire Lia, she is a legend’: New CLP ‘crisis management’ comms director heaps praise on Chief Minister
After many months of searching, the Finocchiaro CLP Government has hired a former adviser to the NSW police commissioner and noted “crisis management specialist” as its new director of communications.
‘Fast and fearless’: MXGP set for this weekend as world motocross arrives in NT
The highly anticipated Motocross World Championship will make its return to Australia after a 24-year hiatus this weekend in Darwin, when world class racing hits the Hidden Valley Motorsports complex on a new purpose-built international motocross track.
Woman arrested for alleged assault on family member
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly inflicting head injuries on a female family member in Palmerston yesterday, NT Police said.
Man who bragged about running Indigenous men down in hit-and-run may have no jail sentence appealed by DPP
A 24-year-old Darwin man who was spared jail time this week after killing an Aboriginal man with his car in 2024 and leaving another injured before fleeing the scene and bragging in text messages to mates about teaching an “oxygen thief” a lesson may have his sentence appealed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Man arrested over partner’s death
A man has been arrested after his partner died after being found unresponsive in the front yard of their Palmerston home overnight, NT Police said.
Community disturbance at Tennant Creek; police assault and other violent incidents reported over weekend
Two women were taken to hospital with head injuries following a “large disturbance” in Tennant Creek Sunday afternoon, that involved some members of the crowd armed with “various weapons”, NT Police said, with investigations continuing and no arrests made yet.
Former deputy Palmerston CEO appointed head of Agriculture and Fisheries
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has appointed the former deputy chief executive of the City of Palmerston as the new CEO of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, amid assurances her former boss, head public servant Luccio Circarelli, was not involved in the hiring process.
‘It diminishes confidence’: NT EPA chair’s undisclosed perceived conflict of interest with gas lobbyist firm raised
An MLA, a national integrity body and the Environment Centre are calling for action to be taken against the head of the NT Environment Protection Authority after it was revealed on Friday that he did not disclose a perceived conflict of interest he had by working for a lobbyist firm that did work for the co-owner of the Darwin Liquified Natural Gas plant, the gas plant he made key decisions about after it was found to be leaking methane.