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 deaths on Territory roads over weekend
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.
Corrections overtime bill to exceed $20 million this financial year
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.
‘He has not resigned’: CLP inexplicably keeping Kirkman on payroll
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.
Major Crime Squad refers death of St John Ambulance patient to Coroner
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.
Police seek information following series of incidents in Wadeye
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.
‘Crime panic’: CLP’s plan to allow public to buy pepper spray for ‘personal safety’ heavily criticised
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.
NT Police officer charged with two counts of rape
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.
Acting ICAC refuses to publicly disclose conflicts of interest, CLP flags impending ‘changes’ to office
Acting ICAC Greg Shanahan told Estimates hearings on Tuesday that he has recused himself from involvement in an undisclosed number of matters due to conflicts of interest, but refused to publicly disclose his conflicts register, stating only that some of his disclosures related to people he “worked directly with for a long period”.
St John suspends two emergency procedures a year after expert recommendation
St John Ambulance NT last week told paramedics it was ceasing two emergency procedures, roughly a year after a damning independent review into its medical treatments called for the procedures to be ended until a medical director was employed, with the report also finding multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff.
Substantial growth of Darwin housing market attracting investors, homebuyers: Report
Darwin’s property market has seen the highest quarterly growth in house prices among all capital cities, according to recent data, with property experts suggesting continued “fast-paced growth” after years of sluggish performance.
Record-high prison population leads to massive recruitment of corrections guards
A record-high number of prisoners across the Territory reached 2,903 last week, which has the CLP Government scrambling to recruit record numbers of prison officers, while the union says conditions behind bars remain unsafe after an officer lost an eye last month and have also raised concerns about the continued use of private corrections guards.