NT Police are investigating after four Alice Springs properties were broken into overnight and are also looking for information relating to a stolen car allegedly used to target a taxi.
Council threatens Cyclone Tracy memorial protestors with fines, minister says VIP event doesn’t pass the ‘pub test’
Darwin Council has threatened to take action against Cyclone Tracy survivors who protest the VIP-only unveiling of the controversial 50th anniversary memorial unless they get public liability insurance, a provision the council gives contradictory advice to the public about on its website, while NT Treasurer Bill Yan said the event needs to be opened to the public and labelled the monument debacle “a dog’s breakfast”.
Bowman says CDU in ‘financial ruins’ with staffing ‘bloodbath’ on the cards, then skips town for early Christmas holidays
CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has told staff to expect sackings in the near future while the university’s “finances lie in ruins”, admitting it cannot afford to continue the way it is, then informing everyone in his “weekly musings” email that he is taking early and extended Christmas leave as of next week.
Elderly woman ‘bumped’ before handbag stolen in Alice Springs car park
An 85-year-old woman was first “bumped” by a member of a group of four adults, and then had her handbag stolen by the same person, in an Alice Springs car park on Friday, NT Police said.
No plans to put Darwin Esplanade on heritage list: CLP
The CLP Government has ruled out placing the Darwin Esplanade back on the heritage list, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the previous government’s provisional heritage listing for the site.
‘They couldn’t run a raffle and should all be resigning’: Barrister calls for NAAJA board’s resignation
Prominent Darwin silk John Lawrence has condemned the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency board’s years of mismanagement and called for their resignations, following an extraordinary public apology to chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins after the Federal Court found the board unfairly sacked her.
Batchelor Institute won’t say how it dealt with conflicts over chair’s honorary doctorate
The Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will not say how its council members dealt with potential conflicts of interest when voting to confer an honorary doctorate on their own chair, with the Office of the ICAC last year finding in its review of the organisation that it had no policy to deal with personal or social conflicts of interest.
Aboriginal Art Gallery downsized in CLP’s new Alice Springs Anzac Oval masterplan
The CLP Government has released a new masterplan for the ANZAC Oval Precinct in Alice Springs, which will see the proposed and long-delayed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia reduced in size from previous designs to save on costs, with the oval to be reinstated as a rugby field.
Pressure on Chief Minister over flawed ICAC investigation into racist TRG awards, lying police officers
The Finocchiaro Government needs to restore the public’s confidence in the NT Police and the Office of the ICAC following a flawed investigation into racist awards handed out by the TRG and evidence that five senior officers committed perjury, says well-respected CLP elder and the Northern Territory’s first chief minister Paul Everingham.
Centre for Public Integrity calls for Manison to resign or be sacked by Tamboran, review into govt gas decisions
The Centre for Public Integrity has called on former deputy chief minister Nicole Manison to resign from her new VP position with Tamboran Resources and for the CLP Finocchiaro Government to review all decisions the previous government made concerning the gas company, in what is becoming a major PR nightmare for Tamboran.
NAAJA apologises to wrongfully sacked CEO who has been reinstated
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has issued a public apology to its chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins for unlawfully sacking her in 2023, and for the accusations it made against her, with the agency also clarifying that she is currently the organisation’s CEO.
Man arrested over alleged rape of woman in Moulden
A man has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Moulden oval on Tuesday night, NT Police said. Police director of communications Mark Wilton said that about 8pm on Tuesday the 27-year-old man allegedly followed the woman whilst she was walking...