Tradies in Wadeye stopped a group of animal management clinic staff having their vehicle carjacked by youths armed with weapons, including wooden planks and machetes, NT Police said.
‘We have a prison system like Asia’: Corrections sources speak about the dangers of Holtze prison overcrowding
A Holtze prison corrections officer who lost an eye after having a crutch thrown at him was working alone at the time he was attacked by a prisoner who had not been properly classified for his threat risk, part of a wider problem of overcrowding and understaffing, prison insiders have said, but the Corrections Department insists prisoners are being properly classified.
Woman in critical condition after assault
A woman is in a critical condition in Royal Darwin Hospital after allegedly being attacked in a Palmerston home by a man she knew, NT Police said.
Darwin civic centre tower opponents warn council of potential class action over use of car park levies
The applicants of a Federal Court action seeking details of a secret deal Darwin Council signed with a developer to build a 21-storey civic centre-private office tower say they have dropped the original case because a court date would be too late to stop construction, but said they are still looking at a claim to stop millions of dollars in car park levies being spent on the building and instead returned to developers and property owners who have paid the fees.
Territory Coordinator’s hidden work history revealed amid lack of public recruitment for role
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has defended hiring former low-level bureaucrat and one-time gas lobbyist Stuart Knowles as the Territory Coordinator, claiming on radio that he was hand-selected for the role without going through a public recruitment process because of his “vast experience” in the government and private industry and for his record of delivering “major projects”, but his work background suggests neither claim is accurate, the NT Independent can reveal.
Man charged with murder over Palmerston attack
A man has been charged with murder over the death of another man in Palmerston in March, NT Police said.
Public servants to be made redundant rather than provided two years to find a job under new proposal
NT public servants will have a redeployment option taken from them and the Commissioner for Public Employment will be able to make determinations about their employment outside of the current enterprise agreement under a proposal put forward amid ongoing negotiations, the Community and Public Sector Union says, adding it could result in job cuts.
Stolen vehicle spree through Darwin northern suburbs leads to 13 arrests, one crash
Eleven youths and two adults were arrested in connection to a string of stolen vehicles across Darwin overnight that saw one stolen ute crashed on the highway north of Adelaide River, resulting in two adults and two youths arrested and taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries, NT Police said, with other offenders still on the run.
Cullen Bay ferry channel to undergo urgent dredging this month
Delays and cancellations to low-tide ferry services at Cullen Bay due to seasonal weather and sedimentation build up has prompted an urgent maintenance dredging this month.
Man arrested over street fight stabbing
A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man multiple times in the chest during a street fight involving 20 people in the Alice Springs CBD, leaving him in a critical condition, NT Police said.
Woman was not dead before car crash: Police
NT Police have emphasised that a woman the agency says was killed in a collision in Palmerston yesterday was not already dead when the stolen car she was in crashed into another car, while it has been reported the driver was allegedly on bail after being on the run from police for close to a decade.
Chief Minister was told about cover-up of Territory Coordinator’s animal abuse in 2023, email reveals
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s claims that she was unaware of criminal animal abuse charges against Territory Coordinator Stuart Knowles before she appointed him have been seemingly contradicted by a May 2023 email sent to her from a whistleblower, detailing the animal abuse investigation cover-up and other alleged misconduct concerning current Mining and Energy CEO Alister Trier, who ordered the charges against Mr Knowles be dropped.