Tag: NT
New intervention needed to tackle Indigenous problems: lawyer
A lawyer with the North Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) has called for a new intervention to tackle alcohol abuse and crime in Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Police probe pub bashing
Police are investigating the bashing of a man outside a Palmerston bar overnight.[MORE]
4 Darwin drivers nabbed for drink driving
Darwin police say they arrested four people in Darwin's northern suburbs for high level drink driving overnight.[MORE]
20yo dies in quad bike mishap
A 20-year-old man has died in a quad bike accident in Darwin's rural area.[MORE]
East Timor threatens to scuttle gas development
Jose Ramos-Horta has threatened to scuttle the development of a major gasfield if East Timor's interests are not met.[MORE]
Snowdon moots cross-border hospital network
The Federal Indigenous Health Minister says a central Australian hospital network crossing the borders of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia could be possible under the Rudd Government's national health reforms.[MORE]
Indigenous victims over-represented in NT crime
New data shows Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are far more likely to be the victims of assault and murder than any other section of the population.[MORE]
Teen employee 'punched, bound and burned'
Police allege a man and woman punched, bound, burned and threatened to kill a teenage employee.[MORE]
Pair arrested over airport drug bust
Police have arrested two alleged members of an organised crime syndicate over the importation of a commercial quantity of drugs.[MORE]
Income management harms health: Doctors
The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association has called for a halt to compulsory welfare quarantining for Indigenous people in the NT.[MORE]
NT accused of discriminating against SA renal patients
The Labor Member whose electorate covers South Australia's far north says it is up to the Northern Territory to lift a ban on renal patients from the far north-west Aboriginal lands, not South Australia.[MORE]
Ex Labor man to run against Snowdon in bush seat
A former Labor Party candidate is the front runner to be the Country Liberals choice to run against Warren Snowdon in the federal seat of Lingiari.[MORE]
East Timor bones affair 'embarrassing' for Australia
East Timor says it is embarrassing for Australia that NT police took five years to test remains believed to be those of the country's first prime minister.[MORE]
Two men bashed with home-made baton
A man has allegedly assaulted two people with a home-made baton in a Nightcliff hotel.[MORE]
Blazing campervan forces road closure
A campervan fire yesterday forced the closure of the Stuart Highway, police say.[MORE]
Navy intercepts another asylum boat
The 23rd asylum-seekers' boat to arrive in Australian waters this year has been intercepted by the Australian Navy.[MORE]
Crew from asylum boats transferred to Darwin
Crew members from asylum seeker boats at Christmas Island are being transferred to a detention centre in Darwin. [MORE]
Earthquake fears over nuclear dump site
Report says more studies are needed to determine the risk of earthquakes around a proposed waste dump at Muckaty Station.[MORE]
East Timor denies supporting human rights tribunal
East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, says a press release issued by Amnesty International has misrepresented his comments about calls for an international tribunal in East Timor.[MORE]
Woman doused with petrol, threatened
A man poured petrol on a woman in the Palmerston suburb of Driver yesterday morning and threatened to set her alight, police said.[MORE]
Asylum boat intercepted
A boat carrying asylum seekers has been intercepted off the Northern Territory coast. [MORE]
Department head defends child protection system
The outgoing head of the NT Department of Health and Families has defended his handling of the child protection system.[MORE]
Homeowner's attempt to remove insulation foiled
A Darwin resident says he is hitting a brick wall trying to get dangerous foil insulation removed from his home.[MORE]
Child caught up in attempted axe assault
NT woman who allegedly struck a child in the head with an axe was trying to hit someone else but missed, police said.[MORE]
Man extradited over 1996 armed robberies
New South Wales police have extradited a man from the Northern Territory and charged him over armed robberies carried out 14 years ago, including one in the northern suburbs of Wollongong on the state's south coast.[MORE]
