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Traffic and Crashes

Superintendent Daniel Shean provides an update on a rock throwing incident at a Darwin city supermarket. Picture: Che Chorley

Police & Courts

Ex-Top Cop to face Supreme Court over breatho conspiracy charge

The head of the Territory’s road safety division allegedly let his son out of a random breath test outside of Darwin’s biggest music festivals.

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright leaving the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory at Darwin on October 24, 2024, alongside his wife Kaia and his barrister David Edwardson. Picture: Zizi Averill

Police & Courts

Outback Wrangler seeking to ‘significantly shorten’ conspiracy trial

The mystery surrounding what occurred in the horrific wake of a Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson’s fatal chopper crash will be examined in just three months’ time. See why a reality television star is fighting to cut down his anticipated two-month trial.

Former Blain MLA Mark Turner arrives at Darwin Local Court on Wednesday to contest a speeding ticket. Picture: Zizi Averill

Police & Courts

Former politician blames wobbly sign for speeding ticket

A former Territory politician will fight a $300 fine, arguing the legality of a speed sign on one of Darwin’s busiest roads was ‘in serious doubt’.

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright leaves the Supreme Court in Darwin after a brief call over hearing on March 14, 2024. Picture: Jason Walls

Police & Courts

Outback Wrangler battling to block worksafe charges reaching jury

A Northern Territory reality television star is fighting to keep workplace safety charges in the lower courts, nearly three years since the death of his mate and co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson.

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Police & Courts

Police investigate a fatal accident 60KMs West of Jabiru on the Arnhem Highway Police report that there were 5 deceased in te single vehicle. Picture KATRINA BRIDGEFORD.

Two men killed in Kakadu crash

Two people have died and a third is fighting for life after a crash in Kakadu National Park ahead of the Easter long weekend.

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Police & Courts

Travis Wurst Assistant Commissioner at the press conference speaks on the autopsy results of the 19-year-old Alice Springs teenager who was found dead lying on Undoolya Road. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Man charged with alleged Alice Springs hit and run

A man is due to face court after he was charged with the alleged hit and run death of a 20-year-old in the Red Centre.

Northern Territory

NT pilot Mike Harding went missing on Thursday 07 Decemeber 2023.

Investigation released into NT cattleman’s chopper death

A beloved Katherine pastorialist’s fatal decision to board his helicopter on a smokey, moonless night has been investigated by the aviation watchdog.

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VIDEOPolice & Courts

Braitling MLA Joshua Burgoyne spoke outside Darwin Local Court after plead guilty to one count of careless driving on the Stuart Highway on August 26. Photo: Elise Graham

Territory politician guilty of traumatising highway crash

An Alice Springs health worker has said she suffers from ongoing panic attacks months after Alice Springs politician Josh Burgoyne smashed into her ute on the Stuart Highway.

Police & Courts

Wayne Peter Hunt comes out of the Supreme Court trial after allegedly killing 11-year-old Daemarius Purcell-Appo with his ute in a Moulden car park. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘His life for an iced coffee’: Family weeps as drug driver faces court

A Territory grandfather wept and hid his face in his hands as the court watched CCTV of him driving his ute into an 11-year-old boy, fatally crushing him against the wall of a Palmerston supermarket.

Death Notices and Funerals

Mark Williams with Eddie Weaver. Mr Williams was just 20 when he was killed after a Land Cruiser crashed and rolled into waters near Dundee Downs on Thursday January 18.

‘Fallen brother’: Tributes for young Darwin man trapped in sinking car

The Top End community has rallied around the family of a young man, whose horror final moments were spent trapped in a sinking car following a rollover near Dundee Downs.

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Police & Courts

NT Police are calling for witnesses after aÂ fatal pedestrian strike in Alice Springs on Friday, January 5 at the intersection of Undoolya Rd and Kurrajong Dr.

Pedestrian killed, motorcyclist fights for life after crash

Police have identified the man killed after a motorcycle struck him on the outskirts of Alice Springs, as major crash investigators call for witnesses in the wake of the Territory’s first fatal crash of the year.

Police & Courts

NT Police assistant commissioner Travis Wurst speaking at a press conference on December 11, 2023.

Investigators reveal cause of Victoria River fatal crash

A simple decision could have meant the difference between life and death for a 41-year-old woman, as police investigate a horror remote crash.

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Police & Courts

NT Police Superintendent Virginia Read outside the Darwin Local Court after pleading not guilty to assaulting a motorist last year. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Top cop claims highway assault charge ‘vindictive’

A senior Territory cop told fellow officers that a woman who complained about her conduct was being ‘vindictive’, after allegedly running the civilian off the road, confiscating her keys and licence and pushing her.

Death Notices and Funerals

Katie Visco lying exhausted on the side of the road outside Lajamanu on her run from Darwin the Adelaide. Picture SUPPLIED

Grief for Lajamanu family in wake of fatal Pine Creek crash

Up to 400 people could be headed to the remote community of Lajamanu to gather and grieve a family of six, including four sisters, involved in the horrific Pine Creek crash.

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