NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole has lost a legal bid to keep “serious allegations” about misconduct of officers made by a former assistant commissioner secret, after ineffectively arguing their conduct was “sensitive” and that he preferred the allegations “remain confidential” before a potential settlement could be arranged.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Katherine Town Council to reinstate its former chief executive officer Ingrid Stonhill and allow her to continue on worker’s compensation leave until the conclusion of two unlawful discrimination complaints currently being investigated by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
A flood evacuee at Marrara has been charged after he allegedly grabbed a police officer by the hair, dragged them along the ground, and hit them in the face on Saturday, NT Police said.
UPDATED: The CLP Government’s last minute move to block Alice Springs corrections officers from walking off the job for 12 hours has failed, with the Fair Work Commission ruling early Friday morning that the industrial action is legal and can proceed.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has rejected the recommendations made in its own report into Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation to add a controversial new eligibility requirement for those looking to access assisted dying that a former chief minister cautioned against, but which the Australian Christian Lobby has heralded as a “sensible safeguard”.
Core Lithium will restart its Finniss lithium mine based on $170 million in funding from a consortium of three companies which includes Glencore Australia, and plans for $120 million in equity raising, the company has said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange.
The NT Police has closed its investigation into allegations Darwin Mayor Peter Styles was involved in the production and distribution of fraudulent how-to-vote cards at last August’s local government election, with no charges laid against Mr Styles or any of his political associates.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has returned home from Canberra with no new committed federal cash for flood recovery efforts, pledging instead to dip into the Territory’s over-stretched coffers for a $100 million Flood Recovery Fund that will be overseen by Minister Jo Hersey – the same Minister who drew the ire of the Federal Government by spreading false “speculation” on social media Monday that the NT Government would be billed for ADF members helping clean up Katherine.
Two men from the Borroloola area are facing drug charges following a drug bust in the remote community that saw 11 kilos of cannabis and more than half a million dollars in cash seized by police from a 68-year-old man.
Lands and Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne donned a cowboy hat Monday morning to announce the Finocchiaro CLP Government is gifting a two-hectare parcel of land to the NT Livestock Exporters Association to expand the Berrimah Export Yards, but the value of the free land and the cost of planned infrastructure works was not disclosed.
Alice Springs corrections officers’ plan to walk off the job next Friday over stalled pay negotiations with the government will force prisons into full lockdown, with the Corrections Department raising concerns about community safety.
Northern Territory Police say an officer who shared a photo of a half-naked distressed Aboriginal woman with colleagues in a group chat will not face a criminal investigation, partly because he had received an internal punishment of 12 months’ good behaviour, while the agency has refused to say whether the woman was asked if she wanted the matter investigated.
