John Elferink defends $2 million for Darwin bowling club while cutting Alice...
The Northern Territory's Health Minister John Elferink defends giving $2 million to build a shade structure at a Darwin bowling club while cutting youth services in Alice Springs.
View ArticleGet off Facebook and help us, NT Police tell Alice Springs residents
Frustrated NT Police urge Alice Springs residents to stop complaining about crime on social media and help them by reporting incidents using traditional methods.
View ArticleTennant Creek staff fear for 1yo boy allegedly attacked by another child in care
A five-year-old boy in a Tennant Creek child protection facility has allegedly attempted to smother a one-year-old boy who is also in care, and staff have flagged concerns over the little action taken.
View ArticleBoy who allegedly tried to smother baby 'moved to another facility'
A five-year-old boy in child protection who allegedly attempted to smother a baby living in the same Northern Territory residential care facility is moved after questions were asked of the NT Government.
View ArticleIndigenous leaders demand action on violence against Aboriginal women 'crisis'
Indigenous community leaders Marcia Langton, Jacinta Price and Josephine Cashman join forces to call for national action to address the shocking rates of violence against Aboriginal women.
View ArticleBoot camps, victim conferencing to be expanded in NT in bid to curb youth crime
A suite of measures including boot camps and victim conferencing will be introduced or expanded in the Northern Territory, as the Government responds to growing outrage over a perceived spike in youth...
View ArticleDomestic violence order lodged by murdered wife could have been 'catalyst'...
A domestic violence order filed by a woman the day before her partner murdered her could have been the catalyst for the violent attack, a prosecutor tells the sentencing hearing of Darren Ashley.
View ArticleYouth crime rate in the NT under the spotlight as authorities search for answers
There is a growing consensus that the Northern Territory is experiencing a spike in youth crime - and politicians are starting to take notice.
View ArticleYouth justice trial puts offenders face-to-face with victims in NT program
In a bid to keep low-level offenders out of jail, elders and police in Yuendumu trial a new restorative justice program.
View ArticleYouth justice trial puts offenders face-to-face with victims in NT program
In a bid to keep low-level offenders out of jail, elders and police in Yuendumu trial a new restorative justice program.
View ArticleAlice Springs council to vote on youth curfew as children roam streets
Alice Springs Town Council consider introducing a youth curfew following a spike in crime and vandalism, with as many as 300 kids wandering the streets on any given night.
View ArticleAlice Springs Council calls for return of youth outreach service following...
After a month of increased vandalism in Alice Springs during the school holidays, the council is urgently moving a motion calling on the NT Government to re-introduce the Youth Street Outreach Service...
View ArticleNT Government 'preferring to lock kids up' than fix youth rehabilitation:...
The head of the Northern Territory's only bush rehabilitation program for youth says the Government is more interested in establishing "shinier new prisons" than residential diversion programs which...
View ArticleAlice Springs youth reveal feelings of neglect, frustration in Time to Talk...
Alice Springs is grappling with a perceived youth crime epidemic, with heavily-armed police patrolling the streets. But a new survey reveals local youth feel neglected, bored and frustrated, and are...
View ArticlePolicing alcohol 'discriminatory', hotel lobby says, as police urge industry...
The group representing pubs and clubs in the Northern Territory says it would be "reluctant" to have staff police takeaway alcohol sales, because it is an "ad hoc" measure that is "discriminatory in...
View ArticleDon Dale: Northern Territory Government announces $70m for new youth justice...
The Government says the new centres will focus on culture and connectedness to family and community with the aim of breaking the cycle of crime, with the Darwin facility to be built in 2020.
View ArticleToddler hospitalised after alleged sexual assault in Tennant Creek
A 24-year-old man is remanded in custody after being charged with the sexual assault of a two-year-old girl in the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek.
View ArticleTennant Creek alleged toddler rape prompts NT Government investigation
The Northern Territory Government orders an immediate investigation into its handling of the case of a two-year-old girl, who was hospitalised after allegedly being raped in Tennant Creek last week.
View Article'No specific concerns' before alleged rape of toddler in Tennant Creek,...
More than 20 notifications were made about the Tennant Creek household where a two-year-old girl was allegedly raped, but the NT Government maintains they were "not substantial enough".
View ArticleToddler's alleged rape occurred in same Tennant Creek household as fatal dispute
A two-year-old girl was less than two weeks after a man sustained fatal injures at the same Tennant Creek household, the ABC understands.
View ArticleNT royal commission: Only two incidents uncovered by youth inquiry...
More than three months after Top End police were asked to investigate, no charges have been laid over allegations stemming from the Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection.
View ArticleOutreach groups plead for 'systematic' change in Tennant Creek, Chief...
Long-term, systematic change is needed to reduce high rates of alcohol abuse and family violence in Tennant Creek, outreach groups say, as the remote community grapples with a spate of high-profile...
View ArticleTaxi allegedly used to smuggle alcohol into dry NT community
Northern Territory Police seize a taxi allegedly used to smuggle eight bottles of chardonnay and two bottles of spirits into a dry community near Alice Springs the second incident in less than a week.
View ArticleTennant Creek should ban alcohol for five years, doctor warns
Tennant Creek's population of 3,000 are drinking and taking more drugs than a town three times its size, residents say, amid a call for a total booze ban to help combat alcohol-fuelled violence.
View ArticleTennant Creek alleged toddler rape: Child services 'lacked coordination' in...
An internal review into the alleged rape of a toddler in Tennant Creek finds child protection services lacked oversight and coordination in its handling of the case, with police having made 16...
View ArticleNT Police investigating alleged sexual assault of child in remote community
NT Police are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a child in the remote community of Ali Curung just over a month after a toddler was allegedly raped in Tennant Creek.
View ArticleTennant Creek alcohol restrictions extended by three months amid 'disturbing'...
Restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol in Tennant Creek will be extended in a bid to tackle "disturbing" grog-fuelled violence in Northern Territory town.
View ArticlePrison overcrowding prompts push to abolish mandatory sentencing in the...
Lawyers say record prisoner numbers in Darwin has led to bed shortages, forcing some inmates to sleep on the ground or outside.
View ArticleMintabie residents say town has been unfairly portrayed and should not be...
Locals agree that their town in the remote South Australian outback is colourful, but they say it has been unfairly portrayed and should not be forcibly closed.
View ArticleNT Police Force 'crippled' by political interference, union says
The NT Police Association president says political interference is 'crippling' officers, and that almost half of surveyed members say morale is low.
View ArticleAboriginal death in custody inquest hears man died waiting for bail paperwork...
An Aboriginal man who died after four hours in custody was not identified as being at risk of suicide despite self-harming, a coronial inquest in WA's Kimberley has heard.
View ArticleOpal costs rise on international market amid Mintabie's uncertain future
Uncertainty surrounding the future of a South Australian opal mining town impacts upon the international trade of the precious gemstone.
View ArticleDon Dale: NT Government accused of inaction on youth detention royal...
One year since the royal commission into youth detention handed down its recommendations to overhaul the youth justice sector, the daily conditions experienced by young people inside Don Dale remain...
View Article11-year-old girl stabbed eight times in attack in Red Centre community 'doing...
A teenager remains in police custody with no charges yet laid over what has been described as a "very random" attack in the remote Northern Territory community of Hermannsburg.
View ArticleNorthern Territory businesses to play part in new $5 million youth offender...
The pledged new diversion program aims to give teenage criminals a second chance at training and employment, rather than prison.
View ArticleNorthern Territory Police superintendent positions to be slashed amid...
Northern Territory Police will cut five superintendent positions as part of a restructure designed to help it tackle a forecasted $30 million budget blowout, in a move the police association says...
View ArticleStabbings, an assault on a taxi driver and a TV thrown at paramedics in...
Police describe a violent 24 hours of incidents in the Northern Territory including multiple stabbings and the assault of a taxi driver as a "tragic" end to 2018.
View ArticleBushland search for missing German tourist Monika Billen called off, police...
Vast aerial and land searches find no signs of the 62-year-old woman, who was last seen at a site near Alice Springs on New Year's Day.
View ArticleNT Police had phone data of German tourist Monika Billen days before body was...
Northern Territory Police reveal it had the crucial phone data which led them to find the body of missing German tourist Monika Billen for days before they were able to use it to pinpoint her.
View ArticleFears puppies were stolen from Alice Springs shelter to be used in dog fights
The theft of 12 puppies from an Alice Springs shelter in the space of just one month sparks the need to increase security measures, as staff fear they may have been stolen to be used as bait in dog...
View ArticleBody may have been in Alice Springs stormwater drain more than a week, police...
The body was found near one of the busiest intersections in Alice Springs, on the corner of Lovegrove Drive, and only a few hundred metres from Yipirinya Primary School.
View ArticleAlice Springs KFC announces early closures to protect staff after becoming...
The fast-food franchise's announcement comes amid fears of rising crime in Alice Springs, with a female tourist recently punched in the face in a random attack. One longtime resident says it may be...
View ArticleCop bitten, teenager groped, 10-year-old injured and two assaulted in wild...
A wild night on Northern Territory streets has seen a police officer bitten, a teenage girl allegedly groped and a group of men allegedly assaulting two women before smashing a bus window.
View ArticleNorthern Territory grandmothers lament rising number of outback children...
As the Northern Territory Parliament considers removing breach of bail as an arrestable offence, an Alice Springs grandmother speaks of her anger at watching her grandchildren locked up since the age...
View ArticleSpotlight on fake Indigenous Australian art amid new calls for a clampdown
National laws to stamp out the trade of phony Aboriginal art manufactured in China are no closer to fruition, with neither major party fully committing to tougher legislation if it wins government on...
View ArticleAlice Springs youth service at capacity after opening seven nights a week
Hundreds of children have been filing into youth centres every evening, as numbers double ahead of school holidays
View ArticleNorthern Territory break-ins at highest level in more than a decade, with...
In the 12 months to June this year, there were 2,472 residential break-ins reported to police across the Northern Territory the highest annual figure since 2008.
View ArticleOliver Deighton sentenced over baby's death in Alice Springs seven years ago
A young mother's fight for justice has finally resulted in a sentence, several years after the death of her baby boy when she was 16 years old.
View ArticleAlice Springs woman to give birth in prison after stealing from employer
A heavily pregnant Alice Springs woman is sentenced to five years and three months in prison for stealing $486,000 from her former employer, leaving the business almost bankrupt.
View ArticleViolent rapist released on parole in Alice Springs
In sentencing, Justice Blokland takes into account the age of the offender but describes his actions as "shocking" and "deserving of a strong punitive response."
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