NT Independent

Domestic violence victim dies in hospital 10 days after stabbing

A 47-year-old woman who was left at the hospital by her partner after he allegedly stabbed her twice in the chest and told healthcare workers she was feeling “unwell” has died as a result of her wounds 10 days after the incident, with her 39-year-old partner now facing charges, NT Police said.

REVEALED: Here’s what Territory Labor is hiding in its 2024 election campaign review

ANALYSIS: Fifteen months ago, Territory Labor Leader Selena Uibo was handed a review of the party’s crushing 2024 election defeat prepared by the national executive, which she promptly hid and refused to make public. Today, the NT Independent can reveal the contents of that report show the party has yet to fully come to terms with why Territorians booted it from office and failed to learn any lessons from one of the worst political defeats in Territory history.

Confusion over Local Court judge appointments amid allegations of politicisation

The NT’s acting Chief Judge was forced to issue an extraordinary “correction” earlier this week after an email from the courts’ deputy registrar stated there would be no new Local Court judges appointed “in the foreseeable future” necessitating cancelled court lists in an already over-stretched system, which kicked off allegations in legal circles that the CLP Government had rejected the appointment of new judges on the grounds that their alleged politics did not align with the ruling party’s.

NT Police officers shared AI-generated sexually ‘explicit’ image of senior cop

Former NT Police assistant commissioner Janelle Tonkin has taken aim at the NT Police Force’s toxic culture, after her official police picture was altered with AI to make it sexually suggestive and shared amongst an unknown number of officers, saying the police force has “real work to do” to make it safe and respectful for women and minorities.

Ghost bats found at Bullo River Station

Ghost bats have been discovered at Bullo River Station in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy has said.

Teen girl tasered after stabbing cop: Police

UPDATED: A 14-year-old girl was tasered by police in the Darwin CBD Tuesday afternoon after she allegedly stabbed a police officer with a kitchen knife, injuring his upper arm and chest, NT Police said.

$Opinion: CLP out of touch on AI data centres and fracking$

Opinion: CLP out of touch on AI data centres and fracking

There is no current market for production-scale Beetaloo gas fracking until a pipeline is built, so the CLP has announced plans for a string of water-guzzling, AI data centres powered by Beetaloo fracking, writes Bree Ahrens, that might make things easier for the fracking industry, but there’s no happy ending for Territorians.

‘Very difficult to work with’: Feds sum up Finocchiaro CLP Govt after meeting to discuss funding priorities

Federal Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says the Finocchiaro CLP Government is gaining a reputation as being “very difficult to work with” following a meeting on Friday that the Federal Labor Government scheduled to discuss why the NT was leaving tens of millions of dollars on the table in unclaimed flood disaster relief payments and why other money it has collected from the Commonwealth is not being spent on domestic violence prevention, remote housing and in other crucial areas.

NT Police officer charged over alleged DV incident

UPDATED: A 42-year-old NT Police officer has been suspended on full pay after being charged with aggravated assault and served with a domestic violence order following an incident at a Palmerston home while the male officer was off-duty, NT Police said.

Major upgrade of key Alice Springs intersection put to tender

Alice Springs is set to receive a major infrastructure upgrade for a new four-way signalised intersection at Schwarz Crescent, connecting to Smith Street and the Stuart Highway, as part of a joint government tender, with the total cost not revealed.