The Latest Breaking News from NT

Second man charged over NT arrow death

Northern Territory police have charged a second man over the death of a 36-year-old man shot with an arrow in the remote community of Peppimenarti.

AAP · Sep 17, 2022

Snow in the NT? That's cotton littering the Stuart Highway near Katherine and locals aren't happy

What appear to be soft, white piles of snow along the Stuart Highway are something else entirely, and locals are seriously concerned.

ABC News · Sep 16, 2022

Racist texts, cover-up allegations: Kumanjayi Walker inquest poses big questions for police

This week extraordinary allegations were vented in an Alice Springs court that raise wider issues for the Northern Territory and its police force

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker inquest hears ‘negative interactions’ between police and Aboriginal people could ‘normalise’ racism

Senior constable says he has not heard officers use racist slurs but agrees unchecked frustration could lead to generalisations

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2022

The Loop: Anthony Albanese travels to Queen's funeral, NT Police Commissioner responds to 'racist' texts, Patagonia founder gives his company away

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ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, family of Kumanjayi Walker react to 'blatantly racist' texts between Zachary Rolfe and colleagues

The NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says while he believes text messages found on Constable Zachary Rolfe's phone were "isolated", they "give people an insight into the legacy I’ve inherited".

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

Northern Land Council chair says NT Police ignored warnings of unrest before Peppimenarti arrow death

The chair of the Northern Land Council says he warned NT police about escalating violence in the remote community of Peppimenarti, before this week's death.

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

Man charged over fatal NT arrow shooting

A man will face court in the Northern Territory over the death of an older man who was allegedly shot with an arrow in a remote Aboriginal community.

AAP · Sep 15, 2022

NT senator Jacinta Price prepares bill calling for return of remote community alcohol bans

Anecdotal evidence suggests alcohol-related crime and abuse is climbing after the scrapping of NT alcohol bans – and now a senator wants parliament to reverse it.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

NT officers unaware of 'systemic racism'

Two senior regional police officers in the NT have told an inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager she's not aware of systemic racism in the force.

AAP · Sep 14, 2022