A teenager arrested for allegedly driving a stolen Land-Cruiser and chasing police with it in a remote NT town was on bail at the time for car theft and was recently sentenced for his involvement in three extra stolen car incidents.
Anywhere else in the world, the police would be in hot pursuit of thieves – but in the Northern Territory, it’s the other way around, as extroardinary new footage reveals | WATCH
A woman in Alice Springs has avoided prison for a brutal assault on a teenager due to inhumane detention conditions, sparking debate on strains in the corrections system.
A student wellbeing officer who works with Indigenous children at a private school in Darwin has been granted bail after allegedly having sex with a teenager.
Elderly Darwin man Trevor Miller was found in a pool of his own blood after two young boys allegedly hacked at him with a machete. One had been bailed three times in as many months.
A Darwin woman accused of murdering her rapist partner allegedly told police she did so because ‘he bashed me before I’ve murdered him’.
A student wellbeing officer who works with Indigenous children at a prominent private school in Darwin has been arrested after allegedly having sexual intercourse with a teenager.
A religious school in Sydney’s west has received an anonymous bomb threat as students were evacuated.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are being urged to visit crime-ridden Alice Springs during the election campaign, and see it without police being sent to clear the streets beforehand.
Country Liberal Party contenders Lisa Bayliss and Lisa Siebert say they come well-equipped to tackle the Territory’s crime crisis if they manage to steal their seats from Labor incumbents.
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