Qantas will be using an Airbus A220 to fly a new route between Darwin and Singapore but the start of the service has been pushed back until the end of March.
Changes to bail and weapons search laws pass Parliament
The first of a raft of legislative changes promised by the government has been passed by the Legislative Assembly. Legislation providing for a presumption against bail for serious violent offenders and giving police the power to search people for weapons with metal detectors in any public place was approved after the government used its numbers to prevent referral of the bills to the Legislation Scrutiny Committee.
Anindilyakwa Land Council raided by National Anti-Corruption Commission: sources
The Anindilyakwa Land Council’s offices have been raided by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, multiple sources have told the NT Independent, with the commission confirming it was conducting an operation on Groote Eylandt on Wednesday.
Police to use spit hoods on children in watch houses again
The Finocchiaro Government will reintroduce the use of spit hoods on children in police watch houses, Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has said.
Government refuses to put crime bills before legislation scrutiny committee
The Finocchiaro Government stopped its crime legislation being reviewed by the newly re-established scrutiny committee, instead pushing on to have its five amendment bills dealt with on urgency over the next two weeks, but some members told the Parliament they had only seen one of the five pieces of legislation.
Woman killed in Wickham Point crash
A woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover at Wickham Point overnight, NT Police said.
Legislation scrutiny committee reinstated, five bills to be introduced
The Finocchiaro Government will re-establish a legislation scrutiny committee despite declaring as late as Friday that it would not, while it also plans to introduce amendments to five different pieces of legislation into Parliament over the next five days.
Two men charged over child exploitation
Two Northern Territory men have been charged with separate child exploitation offences, including one of the men being charged with gross indecency with a child under 14-years of age, NT Police said.
Woman killed in stabbing: police
A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his partner to death in the remote community of Lajamanu, NT Police said.
Sudden announcement of assistant ministers, all CLP members now in ministry
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro today announced eight assistant ministers, meaning that all government members are now ministers or assistant ministers, and Independent MLA Robyn Lambley has been endorsed as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
‘I just hear hypocrisy’: Criticism of CLP’s flip-flopping on scrutiny committee
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro will not re-establish a legislation scrutiny committee despite calling it “the dismantlement of transparency” and “closing down democracy” when it was scrapped by the Gunner Labor Government, a position former independent MLA Gerry Wood has labelled hypocrisy.
Woman charged for allegedly stabbing people with scissors
A 19-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly stabbing multiple people with scissors on the street in Parap on Thursday evening, NT Police said.