Environmental group Lock the Gate Alliance says it is seeking a Federal Court injunction to halt Tamboran Resource’s fracking operations in the Beetaloo Basin, arguing it needs to be assessed under federal environment laws concerning its water use, before proceeding.
Another planned arrest of an alleged domestic violence perpetrator in a remote community has gone wrong for police, this time with two officers having a large cup of a boiling liquid thrown on them, that required medical assistance, NT Police said.
A suspected member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club had his Darwin accommodation raided by police following allegations he assaulted and threatened to kill his partner, NT Police said, resulting in charges for the alleged assault, drugs and perverting the course of justice.
Video of a stolen ute in a remote community shows a different story to the one portrayed by police media in late October after a massive pursuit of another stolen ute involved up to 10 police vehicles – including the Territory Response Group – ending in what police described at the time as a “seamless coordination across multiple police teams and communities”, but which was a “volatile” and “dangerous” situation that put the public at risk.
Police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman in Lajamanu on Monday, NT Police said.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has committed to taking no action against five senior police officers who lied to the court about their involvement in the racist TRG awards, despite evidence the joint investigation by the ICAC and NT Police executive failed to properly review the officers’ criminal conduct.
There is no evidence to support St John Ambulance chief executive Andrew Tombs’ claim the organisation has addressed the urgent recommendations made in a damning report into patient treatment, that found multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff, the United Workers Union has said.
Five remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are among the 23 that will receive free community Wi-Fi as part of a $20 million Federal Government program.
A federal multi-agency operation to crackdown on illegal foreign fishing off the NT coast has been launched, involving the Australian Border Force, Defence and the fisheries management authority, which will also be responding to foreign people-smuggling activities.
A man has been charged after allegedly verbally abusing and physical threatening a flight attendant before punching him in the face when the plane was about to taxi before take off in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman sleeping in her bed in her Alice Springs home, NT Police said.
Former chief minister and noted stock market enthusiast Natasha Fyles has been named the new chief executive of Somerville Community Services, with a salary estimated at roughly $250,000, more than three months after getting turfed out of Parliament by voters.
