The Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment will not say on what legal basis it is considering selectively limiting back pay for firefighters to six years, following a decision of the Fair Work Commission that firies should be paid more than just the hours they were owed, as part of an ongoing underpayment policy that dates back to 1988.
A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a stranger who broke into her house in Borroloola, NT Police said.
UPDATED: The three-day curfew for Alice Springs will not be extended, Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has determined, despite a massive street fight involving 100 people armed with weapons in the troubled town on Wednesday afternoon and a man making threats to a group in the CBD overnight, with the government now pledging to return visitors to their homes.
Police officers in Peppimenarti allegedly had rocks thrown at them after seizing alcohol, NT Police said, while the NT Police Association president Nathan Finn has said officers were being assaulted every day, including with rocks and iron bars.
The streets of Alice Springs that had grown quiet following a 72-hour “public disorder declaration” erupted in violence on Wednesday afternoon, as dozens of people fought in the CBD with weapons, including machetes and spears, before police were able to restore order.
The crocodile that killed a 12-year-old girl near Palumpa last week has been killed, NT Police said.
The Lawler Government is in discussions with two unspecified “potential green energy projects” to take the place of Fortescue Future Industries at the controversial Middle Arm industrial area, it has claimed, while the Federal Government has said it still intends to spent $1.5 billion on infrastructure at the site, but a final business case would have to completed before the project is formally assessed for final funding.
Two bars have been shut for the next two days during the “public disorder declaration” in Alice Springs due to “riotous conduct” by patrons, while a local business had three vehicles stolen during the first night of the latest curfew, which political leaders say is not a proper solution to the town’s underlying problems.
Fortescue has given up its spot at the proposed Middle Arm industrial development precinct, a decision which follows the February departure of former chief minister Michael Gunner from the company just five months after being named Fortescue Future Industries director of business development for Australia and New Zealand.
Prime Video has announced that award-winning global hit show Deadloch season two will be filmed in Darwin and other areas later this year, as the detectives in the show investigate how the bodies of two “Top End icons” were murdered, in what has been billed as a “sweatier, stickier investigation” than season one.
Offenders rammed the front gate of an Alice Springs business and stole three vehicles overnight, NT Police said.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has ordered a three-day curfew for Alice Springs following days of serious incidents in the troubled town, that saw four off-duty police officers bashed and robbed over the weekend and another officer run over by a car outside a bottle shop late last week.
