Fresh claims of Don Dale violence
THE spit-hooding of some children inside the old Don Dale detention centre happened seemingly as a matter of routine amid allegations of unlawful assaults by guards, according to court documents
Northern Territory
CLP voices call for Giles’, Elferink’s heads
MORE voices of discontent within the Country Liberals sounded off yesterday, criticising Adam Giles and John Elferink’s handling of the horrific abuses of youth detainees at Don Dale and renewing calls for Mr Elferink to be stood down completely
Teens on run after businesses ram-raided
TWO teens have been arrested and another two remain on the run from police after they allegedly ramraided several Darwin businesses
NT has no permanent Corrections Commissioner
THE Territory does not have a permanent Corrections Commissioner
Emergency wait times nation’s worst
NORTHERN Territory emergency departments are consistently failing to hit wait time benchmarks, and remain some of the worst in the nation
Teen crim in toilet break
A VIOLENT youth offender who “hunted down” her victims was the second prisoner to escape from corrections officers in the space of five days
Gunner’s one-horse race for NT poll
OPPOSITION Leader Michael Gunner is now at unbackable odds to be the next Territory Chief Minister according to the latest market issued by Sportsbet
‘Worst case’ of domestic volence
AN abusive father terrorised his family with beatings and death threats for decades in what a prosecutor says is one of the worst instances of domestic violence cases in her career
Darwin North RSL gets a reprieve
THE statutory manager of the Darwin North RSL says the financially embattled club will continue to trade despite the resignation of its only staff member
Police called to Darwin school
POLICE were called to a high school in Darwin’s northern suburbs after reports of a serious verbal altercation
Ex-cop sentenced for kid porn
AN award-winning former police auxiliary officer suffered a “fall from grace” when his live-in ex-girlfriend discovered print-outs of animated child porn images at their house
Former NT Chief Justice to head Royal Commission
THE NT Royal Commission will stretch back to 2005 and look into issues including the treatment of children in detention and if the NT Government took appropriate measures regarding the safety of children
Darwin businesses hit in ram raids
Nine businesses were targeted in a series of ram raids in the greater Darwin area overnight
Palmo to Darwin ferry service flagged
PALMERSTON commuters could choose water over bitumen for their daily commute from as early as next year
Political leaders open up about Don Dale abuse
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles and Opposition Leader Michael Gunner respond in their own words to the abuse of detainees at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
End is now nigh for Chief Minister Giles
IN 2010, Adam Giles openly stated he’d like to break UN human rights conventions and throw bad criminals in a giant hole
Youths may be moved to Wickham Point
Youths being held at Darwin’s Don Dale juvenile detention centre may be moved to the Wickham Point immigration detention centre, which until recently held asylum seekers
No compassion in Don Dale response: Conlan
The embattled Northern Territory government has been lashed by one of its own politicians, who says the response to the child prison abuse scandal has lacked compassion
Report revealed Don Dale abuse
Eleven months before damning footage of children being tear-gassed in solitary confinement aired on national television, the NT Government signed off on a Children’s Commissioner report revealing the extent of this abuse
Royal commission terms to be released today
The terms of reference for a royal commission into youth detention abuse in the Northern Territory will be made public later today
Elferink lies low as pressure mounts on CLP
FORMER Corrections Minister John Elferink went to ground yesterday as a former CLP Chief Minister broke ranks and joined calls for Adam Giles and his government to be sacked
Woman missing found dead near Territory border
AN elderly woman has been found dead on the border of West Australia and the Northern Territory after she went missing two days ago
Time for Federal Government to take over NT
Western Australia’s premier says the Northern Territory can’t competently run its youth justice system and it’s time for the Federal Government to take over
Jail workers warned to remove uniforms
THE Corrections department has received a number of “veiled or generalised threats of harm or damage to property”, a leaked email from the Commissioner to his staff reveals
Elferink was NT’s ‘judge, jury and executioner’
THE face of youth crime, until yesterday, was the one we could see. Break-ins, stolen cars, wannabe teen gangsters. And seemingly endless reoffending
Elferink should be ‘applauded’: Giles
CHIEF Minister Adam Giles has come out to defend his former Corrections Minister John Elferink, who he says should be “applauded” for his contributions to reforming NT Corrections
Elferink should be ‘applauded’: Giles
CHIEF Minister Adam Giles has come out to defend his former Corrections Minister John Elferink, who he says should be “applauded” for his contributions to reforming NT Corrections
A real nose for the news business
ATthe helm of Nine News’ Darwin bureau is Kate Limon. The Queenslander has taken over the top job as news director from Jarrod Koh.
Naval background boost for NT
Charles Darwin Univeristy has appointed a former naval warrant officer as the head of its trade school
Jemena keen to call on NT businesses
Builders of the 622km northern gas pipeline, Jemena estimates that half of the 200 contracts required for the delivery of the project could be delivered by Territory businesses
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