An off-duty NT Corrections officer who was returning home from a fundraiser for another officer who lost his eye last month in an attack at Holtze Prison, had his face slashed by an unknown offender late Saturday night after refusing demands for cigarettes and money, a union official has confirmed.
Nearly 800 letters demanding an independent investigation into the death of Kumanjayi White have been presented to NT Parliament, while the Chief Minister continues to reject the calls, stating this morning that she “can’t understand” why Indigenous Territorians do not trust the NT Police and claimed it is “a fantastic relationship”.
A mysterious warning that new direct flights between Darwin and Kuala Lumpur with AirAsia are subject to “gaining government approval” is not a result of NT Government regulations, the CLP Government has said.
A man has been charged after a stand-off with the Territory Response Group in Parap on Monday, NT Police said.
An unknown male who slashed another man’s face early Sunday morning with an ‘edged weapon’ after he refused demands for cigarettes and money remains on the run, NT Police said, while calling for anyone with information to come forward.
Three people were killed in two separate crashes on Saturday, NT Police said, including one crash near Beswick that involved four occupants of a single vehicle, resulting in the death of a 14-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.
NT Corrections has revealed overtime costs are expected to exceed $20 million this year due to surges in the prisoner population and staff shortages in all Territory prisons.
Disgraced senior bureaucrat Andrew Kirkman is still on the government payroll nearly two months after departing his chief executive position, the CLP revealed at Budget Estimates hearings, but how and why remains a mystery.
EXCLUSIVE: The death of a man who was treated by St John Ambulance in 2021 has recently been investigated by the NT Police Major Crime Squad, including allegations the patient’s records were altered to cover up treatment failures, with the matter now referred back to the Coroner, the NT Independent can reveal.
The NT Police are appealing to the public for information following three incidents in Wadeye on Sunday, including a vehicle swerving at police and a man throwing projectiles at officers on their own compound.
UPDATED: The Finocchiaro CLP Government is considering arming the public with pepper spray as of September 1, which it says will improve personal safety amid a 12-month “controlled trial” that the Chief Minister teased on social media yesterday as “something new” to help Territorians, but critics argue it’s “a bad idea” that won’t fix violence.
A Territory police officer has been arrested in Alice Springs and charged with two counts of rape in relation to alleged sexual assaults that occurred in 2024, NT Police said.
