Mark Hewitt’s conflict of interest in being both the chief executive officer of the Anindilyakwa Land Council and Winchelsea Mining was “unlikely” to be effectively managed, a government commissioned report found, but it stated the board was considering paying him to act as a mining consultant despite allegations against him having been reported to the National Anti-Corruption Commission by the Federal Government.
A man, who was found asleep beside a pool of blood in Malak, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman in the ankle, and for another alleged domestic violence attack on the woman overnight, NT Police said.
Federal Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy will not approve the Anindilyakwa Land Council’s budget for this financial year, until the council has demonstrated to the National Indigenous Australians Agency that it can prioritise and implement the recommendations of an “independent” review which was ordered after a damning government audit early last year.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has backed away from holding a parliamentary inquiry into what she called a “crisis in police”, despite calling for one seven times while in opposition, and criticising the previous Labor government’s “deliberately constrained” and “behind-closed-doors review” of police.
A female pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car on the Stuart Highway near Knuckey Lagoon, NT Police said.
Motorists in Palmerston will now enjoy free parking as council began removing parking meters this week due to the upcoming shutdown of Telstra’s 3G network, which will render the current parking meters obsolete.
CLP Leader Lia Finocchiaro was sworn in as the Territory’s 14th Chief Minister at a ceremony at Government House Wednesday morning, where she and her deputy Gerard Maley gave themselves every portfolio on an interim basis to “continue with the business of government” until the full Cabinet is sworn in next week, she said.
A man has been charged for allegedly drug driving and for having a traffickable amount of methamphetamine, NT Police said.
Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro has pledged not to move the Police Commissioner or the Territory’s head public servant in order to ensure her “journey of change” includes the men currently occupying the crucial roles.
A man has been charged with causing serious harm and contravening a domestic violence order after allegedly beating his partner unconscious in the street in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A man has been charged for allegedly raping a woman he knew at East Point last Monday, NT Police said.
Up to 30 vehicles were damaged during a break-in at the Pickles vehicle auction yard in Alice Springs, with the office building also damaged, NT Police said.
