A 79-year-old man was assaulted by a group of five male youths during a home invasion in Tennant Creek, with the offenders still on the run, NT Police said.
Top NT bureaucrat told staffer her career would be ‘destroyed’ if she referred him to Public Employment Commissioner
SECRET RECORDING: Department of Infrastructure chief executive Andrew Kirkman slammed his fists on his desk, yelled at a female staffer and said her career would be “destroyed” if she appealed his decision to move her out of the office, a secret recording aired in a Work Health Court hearing has revealed.
NTPA calls for ‘safe places’ for members to obtain mental health and wellbeing services
NT Police officers need ‘safe places’ away from major police stations where members can receive counselling and the government needs to fully fund and staff a wellbeing team to deliver preventative and responsive services, the union representing the NT’s cops said, while the Police Minister has refused to provide more details around proposed new wellbeing services for officers.
Funding cuts and inflation threaten survival of NT non-profits and charities: NTCOSS
The lack of sufficient funding from the government is threatening the survival of the NT’s non-profits and charities, which are among the biggest employers and providers of crucial services to Territorians, the peak body for the industry has warned.
CLP outraise Labor in political gifts, as Chief Minister says it’s ok for staffers to solicit donations
Chief Minister Eva Lawler says ministerial staffers can solicit political donations for Territory Labor, but only after work hours, as the NT Electoral Commission released the latest political donation returns, that show Tamboran Resources is Labor’s largest donor ahead of the 2024 general election. SEE THE FULL LIST
Man dies in Berry Springs roll over
A man died after his ute rolled at Berry Springs on Tuesday afternoon, NT Police said.
Police looking to identify mental health risks, two years after review found no defined mental health strategy
More than two years after a secret review into well-being services for police found there was no defined strategy to deal with mental health matters, the Lawler Government has established an early intervention program for police well-being, while a former officer who is still waiting for a wellness check three years after he left the force said it has taken too long.
Chief Minister will not say who decided on state memorial for former chair of land council under investigation
Former Anindilyakwa Land Council chair T Wuramaarrba was added to a “significant Territorians” list this year, which is why he is being given a state memorial, the Chief Minister said, despite the activities of the land council under his control currently the subject of an independent federal investigation into alleged corruption.
Cop who shot at Parap man is TRG marksman, sent racist messages while in the IRT
EXCLUSIVE: The police officer who fired a single shot at a disturbed man in Parap last week that missed the target is currently a trained marksman in the elite NT Police’s Territory Response Group, the NT Independent can reveal, who was in the IRT unit back in 2019 when he sent racist text messages calling Indigenous people “n****rs”, but was later promoted to the TRG.
Exercise Pitch Black starts in Darwin and Katherine
The skies have been louder than normal following today’s opening of Exercise Pitch Black 2024 that will see 20 countries participate this year. SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE
Revealed: Here’s what you paid for Fyles to hire a gas lobbyist as her senior adviser
EXCLUSIVE: Labor campaign mastermind and federal gas lobbyist consultant Gerard Richardson was hired by former chief minister Natasha Fyles at considerable cost to Territory taxpayers, before she was forced to resign in scandal and his contract terminated.
Police fire shot at man during 12-hour armed standoff
UPDATED: An internal investigation has been launched into why an NT Police officer fired a shot at a man during an armed standoff at his Parap home on Thursday evening, in an unusual situation that ended 12 hours after it started.