An Aboriginal woman allegedly murdered by her partner in Darwin, after police were requested to conduct a welfare check just nine hours earlier, had almost 200 mostly domestic violence related entries in the police system.
A Darwin woman was found allegedly murdered by her partner — a man known to authorities for domestic violence — after police were ‘too busy’ to do a welfare check on her.
NT Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro has doubled down on her promise to clamp down on crime as Labor struggles to understand what went wrong in Saturday’s disastrous election.
The change in Territory government did nothing to stop rogue youths in Alice Springs leaving locals fearing for their lives, with dozens of vehicles smashed, businesses ransacked and weapons brandished during a dispute at a community footy game.
A shell-shocked Northern Territory Labor Party was on Sunday beginning to consider the reality of a two-term rebuild after losing 10 of its 14 seats at Saturday’s election.
Witnesses including Cronulla Sharks chairman Steve Mace have described the moment a man T-boned a car in Sydney’s south and then allegedly turned on his female passenger, as heroic onlookers tried to intervene.
Lia Finocchiaro immediately marshalled crime-fighting resources to deal with the Top End’s law and order crisis as she said her party’s victory could be a template for conservative oppositions across the nation.
Lia Finocchiaro has met with police commissioner and CEO of the Department of Chief Minister one day after a landslide election victory, outlining her priorities.
Chief minister elect Lia Finocchiaro has emphatically declared law and order her ‘number one priority’ after the Country Liberal Party’s historic win in the NT election.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has conceded defeat at Labor’s headquarters in Darwin, marking the end of her nine-month tenure as the leader of the Northern Territory government.
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