Murderer still on roof of Alice Springs prison
UPDATE: NOTORIOUS Territory murderer Matej Vanko is still on the roof of Alice Sprinsg prison following a riot that broke out Tuesday afternoon
Northern Territory
NT escapes unharmed as Woolies cuts back
The new $30 million Bakewell Woolworths is exceeding expectations but not at the expense of the major supermarket’s other Palmerston store, its best performing Territory location
Cover-ups to blame for Don Dale inaction: Giles
ADAM Giles blames a “culture of cover up” for not acting sooner on allegations of torture in juvenile detention centres, despite numerous public warnings
Turnbull limits royal commission to NT
A royal commission into youth detention abuse will be limited to the Northern Territory, with Malcolm Turnbull warning a broader inquiry could lose its way
Sack the whole government … now!
THE Northern Territory government should be sacked following the release of footage showing child abuse in the prison system, a collective of legal, health and social services organisations say
Police taskforce probes Elferink
ATTORNEY-General John Elferink and former corrections commissioner Ken Middlebrook are being investigated by police over their roles in the alleged systemic abuse of youth detainees at Don Dale
The image that shocked a nation
DYLAN Voller — the hooded face of the Territory’s child prisoner shame — was a little kid with a big mouth
Corrections Minister Elferink sacked
THE Northern Territory’s Corrections Minister has been sacked by the Chief Minister who claims a culture of cover-up in the department withheld details of abuse of child prisoners
Jail ‘doesn’t meet’ torture conventions
NATIONAL Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell says conditions at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre do not meet Australia’s obligations under conventions against torture
Guard ’assault’ was lawful: court
VIDEO: The brutal restraining of a 13-year-old Dylan Voller — footage of which was shown on Four Corners — was given the green light by an NT court, which found the 115kg guard’s actions “reasonable”
Toddler dies in rollover on Daly River Rd
A male toddler has died in a single-vehicle rollover on Daly River Road overnight
Youth, 12, arrested after attempted sexual assault
NT Police have arrested a 12-year-old male in relation to an attempted sexual assault on an elderly woman in Coconut Grove
Jail is problem, not solution: Scullion
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says detention centres like Don Dale, which has been exposed as having a culture of abuse, are part of the problem and not the solution
Labor promise to hand power to communities
REMOTE communities can choose to ditch the loathed regional council model of local government under a Labor promise to hand back decision making to the bush
Kids stripped, ‘tortured’ in NT jails
SHOCKING VIDEO: Teenagers held in isolation in NT detention centres were tear gassed, taunted, struck, thrown around and stripped naked by prison officers, shocking footage reveals
Bombing of Darwin brought to life in new attraction
IT was a “surreal” experience for Kathryn Gugeler and Jim Young today when they saw their late grandfather depicted in a hologram
Death from RDH fall due to a ‘lack of care’
OVERCROWDED wards and poor procedures likely contributed to the death of a much loved father-of-three who fell and hit his head in the Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Department, a coronial inquest has heard
WA pair run hot at Winnellie Park
CROCODILE Tim winning the Darwin Cup has a nice ring to it, even if the moniker belongs to a West Australian
Gunner demands criminal investigation into abuse
Northern Territory Labor opposition has called for a criminal investigation into staff at Darwin’s Don Dale youth detention centre after video footage of staff abusing inmates was aired on the ABC
‘We will get to the bottom of this’
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull will set up a royal commission into the Northern Territory’s youth detention system after a damning Four Corners report. WARNING: Graphic.
Man, 18, jailed for shocking attack on girl, 12
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl who was having a sexual relationship with a man, 18, was taken to the offender’s house by the Department of Children and Families
MP, Xana to testify at adviser’s trial
HOUSING Minister Bess Price and corrupt travel agent Xana Kamitsis will both give evidence at the October corruption trial of Ms Price’s former chief of staff, Paul Mossman
Giles No.2 on the way
Chief Minister Adam Giles and his partner Phoebe Stewart are expecting their second child
Darwin Cup hopeful sensationally scratched
HAVING to win the Metric Mile at Fannie Bay on Saturday to qualify for Monday’s Darwin Cup, the Adelaide-trained Abu Dhabi was sensationally scratched on its way to the barrier
Futuristic homes not so distant
HOMES that sense your mood and adjust the lighting, generate their own electricity and remind you to be active — it all sounds pretty futuristic, but could actually be just a few years away
Ladies get down and dirty for good cause
More than 2110 women crawled through the mud pits, unsuccessfully tried to dodge the paint cannons, revelled in the foam pits and clambered over and under the obstacles in the annual Miss Muddy event
Mangrove damaging expansion opposed
LABOR’S plan to protect the marine environment: two plans of management, $200,000 for mangrove research, reinstating a dumped harbour advisory committee and a big “no way” on the Bayview expansion
CLP proposes more police auxiliary officers
THE CLP will create an extra 105 police auxiliary officers and beef them up with new powers of arrest so they can be deployed to patrol bottleshops, public transport and housing commissions
Donald may duck US defence ties to Darwin
DONALD Trump has threatened to pull back US military services deployed internationally if he wins the US presidency
Tip of the hat to this heady mix of fashion
Women have no excuse not to put their best hat on for the Darwin Cup after a fascinator swap proved to be a success
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