A man was allegedly stabbed in the chest by a teenager in Katherine on Monday night, NT Police said.
NT Government pleads guilty to damaging sacred site after ‘extremely costly’ legal battle
The Department of Logistics and Infrastructure has been fined and convicted for breaching the conditions of an Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority certificate, which led to damage of a sacred site in a remote Central Australian community, and follows a costly, years-long court battle in which it attempted to defend its actions.
Chief Minister’s mate appointed permanent judge, two others made acting judges in midst of court turmoil
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has moved to deal with a backlog of cases in the court system and a major lack of judicial officers by appointing two new acting judges, while also making the Chief Minister’s family friend Steve Ledek a permanent judge, which follows reports the Territory’s court system had come to a “screaming halt” in recent weeks.
‘They are furious’: Chief correctional officers vote on industrial action
Chief correctional officers in the NT prison system are voting on whether to take protected industrial action, including work stoppages, while their enterprise bargaining agreement is being negotiated, the union representing them has said, which comes at the same time as hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have taken industrial action.
Police investigating $400k attempted cattle duffing operation
The attempted duffing of up to 300 head of cattle from a Central Australian cattle station involving two road trains is under investigation, NT Police said.
Chief Minister dodges media following heated police association conference
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro fled the NT Police Association annual conference Friday morning after delivering a “tone deaf” speech and facing criticism, refusing to talk to police union delegates and the media, despite her office earlier stating she would make time to answer questions following the conference speeches.
Council election court battle leads to City of Darwin ditching fines against candidates
The City of Darwin has agreed to cease fining council candidates and their volunteers $200 for campaigning outside of early polling centres, after independent candidates took the city to court seeking an immediate injunction on the “unfair” restrictions.
Man charged with manslaughter over alleged poisoning of partner
The partner of a woman who died in March last year has been charged with manslaughter after police found she had allegedly been poisoned, NT Police said.
NT pharmacists stopped from taking industrial action: Union
UPDATE: The Northern Territory Government has successfully prevented Friday’s planned industrial action by hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, following an after-hours application for an injunction.
Public pepper spray trial not ready to roll out, police union says
The Finocchiaro CLP Government is not ready to roll out its plan to allow the public to purchase pepper spray next month, the union representing the Territory’s police officers has warned, raising unaddressed concerns over the lack of mandatory training for safe usage, vague legal thresholds for its use that will cause police an increased workload to investigate, and the lack of a “real-time database” to ensure criminals are not buying the spray.
Pedestrian suffers ‘serious head wound’ after hit by car in Katherine
NT Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a pedestrian strike in Katherine that left a 20-year-old man unconscious on Riverbank Road on Wednesday night and are calling for witnesses.
Three youths allegedly assaulted senior in street, threatened mum with kids in car: Police
Three youths, including a 12-year-old boy, have been arrested and are facing charges after allegedly assaulting a 70-year-old woman in the Darwin CBD Wednesday morning, before allegedly threatening a mum with her three children at a Karama school car park later in the morning, NT Police said.