NT will have to wait at least another day to find out if Michael Gunner’s team has polled enough votes to form a majority government
Michael Gunner’s Labor team is expected to retain government in the Northern Territory, where counting continues in a knife-edge election.
The Northern Territory will have to wait at least another day to find out if incumbent Labor has polled enough votes to form a majority government.
Continue reading...Peter Dutton says family of four ‘not owed protection’ after they were removed from deportation flight in Darwin thanks to court injunction
A Tamil asylum-seeker family whose deportation was halted in mid-air on Thursday night do not deserve protection from Australia, Peter Dutton has said.
The family of four were put on a non-commercial flight from Melbourne bound for Sri Lanka about 11pm on Thursday.
Continue reading...Denise Bowen says governments spending money on urban centres and tourists instead of tackling disadvantage
Aboriginal people are prisoners to incompetence and maladministration by governments that spend on urban centres and tourists instead of tackling rampant disadvantage, the head of the Yothu Yindi Foundation has said.
Speaking at the Garma festival in northeast Arnhem Land, the chief executive of the foundation, Denise Bowden, took aim at the Northern Territory government and the commonwealth, which she said had responsibility for the NT, and for the “rivers of gold” that its GST formula sends to Darwin.
Continue reading...Government continues to defend civil claims from former inmates by arguing restraint of minors ‘reasonable’
The Northern Territory government is still fighting civil claims from Don Dale detainees by arguing the use of spit hoods on minors was “reasonable”, despite having since banned their use and agreeing to royal commission recommendations to outlaw the practice.
The government has also argued Don Dale officers were trying to keep a young Indigenous detainee “safe” when they left him for almost an hour with his hand handcuffed above his head to a basketball court fence.
Continue reading...Four men died and a woman was injured in this week’s shooting rampage in Darwin
Northern Territory police have charged the man suspected of a shooting rampage in Darwin with four counts of murder.
Four men died and a woman was injured after being shot in the leg on Tuesday night.
Continue reading...PhD student and taxi driver Hassan Baydoun was shot while taking a meal break in apparently random attack
Details of the victims of a mass shooting in Darwin have been revealed as Northern Territory police say they expect to soon lay charges against the alleged gunman.
One of the victims, a PhD student and taxi driver Hassan Baydoun, had never met the accused gunman, his cousin says.
Continue reading...Police say alleged gunman, who was on parole and wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet, may have been looking for someone
The Northern Territory chief minister has announced a review of every person currently subject to electronic monitoring after a man wearing one of the bracelets allegedly killed four people in an hour-long rampage through Darwin on Tuesday.
The NT police chief, Reece Kershaw, said on Wednesday police believed the alleged gunman, a 45-year-old, was searching for someone who was interstate. Police said at least some of the victims may not have known the gunman.
Continue reading...First reports of a man firing shots came at motel just outside the city centre about 5.50pm
Witnesses of a shooting in Darwin that left four people dead and a woman injured have described scenes of panic after the gunman went on an hour-long rampage.
Northern Territory police arrested the suspected shooter, described as a Caucasian man aged 45, wearing high-vis workwear, on Tuesday night. He remained in hospital under police guard on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Northern Territory police say a 45-year-old suspect is in custody as witnesses report seeing gunman with a pump action shotgun open fire at motel
At least four people are dead and two injured in a mass shooting in Darwin’s city centre.
NT police have arrested the suspected shooter, described as a caucasian man about 45-years-old, wearing high-vis workwear.
Continue reading...As the Northern Territory begins its big mop-up after Cyclone Trevor, local authorities have hosed down racism claims concerning evacuation efforts.
Trevor forced mass evacuations before it made landfall on Saturday morning as a category four system, with destructive winds gusting up to 250km/h.
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