Month: May 2025

Source: New South Wales – News

At 9.30am on Thursday 8 May, Port Pirie police attended an Port Pirie South home and conducted a search.

During the search officers located a sawn-off shot gun, together with a number of shot gun rounds in a bag.

A number of prohibited weapons were also located.

A 57-year-old man was arrested and has been charged with possession of firearms and ammunitions without a licence, and possession of prohibited weapon.

He will appear before the Port Pirie Magistrates Court today, Friday 9 May.

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

Police are appealing to witnesses after a burglary occurred in Tennant Creek yesterday.

At around 3:00pm, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received a report that a residence on Haddock Street was unlawfully entered with cash and multiple personal items being reported stolen from the location.

It is alleged that the unknown offender gained entry by damaging the back door of the residence before rummaging through cupboards and bedrooms throughout the house.

Police attended, a crime scene was established, and investigations remain ongoing.

Tennant Creek Police urge anyone with information in relation to the incident to make contact on 131 444. Please quote reference number NTP2500047686. Anonymous reports can be made through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via https://crimestoppersnt.com.au/.  

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

A 17-year-old male has been arrested in relation to the alleged assault of a worker, theft and being armed with an offensive weapon in Alice Springs yesterday afternoon.

Around 4:45pm, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports of an armed person threatening staff at a retail store on Railway Terrace. The youth is alleged to have attempted to steal items from the store before an employee of the business intervened and directed him to leave.

A short time later, the offender returned to the store and allegedly approached an employee of the business and produced a knife from his pocket. He then threatened to stab the employee while jabbing the air with the weapon. He continued to threaten the employee until police arrived at which point he fled the location, discarding the knife under a parked car.

The Territory Safety Division and Alice Springs general duties officers coordinated a response resulting in the arrest of the 17-year-old male youth. He has since been charged with:

• 1 x Assault worker
• 1 x Theft
• 1 x Armed with an offensive weapon

He was remanded to appear in Alice Springs Court on 9 May 2025.

Acting Superintendent of the Territory Safety Division Alex Noonan said, “This type of offending is unacceptable, and members of the community should not be subjected to violence in their workplace.

“I commend the efforts of all involved in the rapid response, which led to the swift apprehension of the offender.

“Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is urged to make contact on 131 444. Please quote reference NTP2500047662. You can also report anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.” 

Source: New South Wales Government 2

9 May 2024​

Who does this notice affect?

​​Importers, suppliers and customs brokers for goods fumigated with methyl bromide prior to export to Australia, and accredited persons operating under the class 19 approved arrangements.​

What has changed?

​​The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry implemented version 3.0 of the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology on 1 May 2025. The methodology includes changes to the minimum requirements for fumigation…

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

A 70-year-old male has died following a domestic violence incident that occurred in Nhulunbuy last month.

A 42-year-old male remains in custody and will appear in the Darwin Local Court on 18 June 2025.

The investigation into this incident remains ongoing.

Source: New places to play in Gungahlin

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

Officers from the Territory Safety Division have arrested a male youth in relation to allegations of going armed in public, damaging multiple vehicles and threatening/attempting to assault members of the public.

At about 2pm yesterday, the youth is alleged to have approached the first victim on the corner of Progress Drive and Boetdoemba street, threatened to punch her before attempting to punch her in the head. The victim was forced to take evasive action in order to avoid being struck before running from the offender. Shortly after this incident the offender allegedly armed himself with a metal pole and a glass bottle before walking along Progress Drive towards Bagot Road. The offender then allegedly threw the pole at a vehicle,  causing damage and frightening the occupants, before rearming himself with the pole and continuing  to walk along Progress Drive. The offender allegedly approached one of the stationary vehicles containing a female and two young children and threatened them by raising the metal pole up and motioning as though he was going to smash the windscreen of the vehicle. The actions of the offender terrified the female and children inside the vehicle.

The youth continued  with this behaviour damaging further vehicles driving through the area by allegedly throwing a bottle at one and striking another vehicle multiple times with the metal pole.

Officers from the Territory Safety Division responded to the incident, locating the offender walking along Progress Drive armed with two metal poles. The offender was subsequently arrested by police. 

The youth, aged 15, was charged with:

• 3 x Aggravated Assault
• 2 x Damage to Property
• 1 x Endanger Occupants of Vehicle
• 1 x Going Armed in Public

He was remanded to appear in court today.

Acting Superintendent of the Territory Safety Division Alex Noonan said “This type of offending is unacceptable and members of the community should not be subjected to this level of violence and senseless destruction. The quick and decisive action of the officers involved is to be commended and prevented further escalation.”

“This is still an active investigation and anyone with information or dashcam footage of this incident is urged to make contact on 131 444. Please quote reference NTP2500047620. You can also report anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.”

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

Detectives from the Crime Command are calling for information after a woman was located seriously injured on the bike path near the intersection of Holland Place and Rapid Creek Road, yesterday afternoon.

At approximately 6:10pm,  police received reports of a woman of Aboriginal appearance being found unresponsive on the bike path with injuries consistent with an assault. She was conveyed to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment and is currently in a stable condition.

The identity of the alleged offender/offenders remains unknown.

Detectives are currently investigating and urge anyone who witnessed the incident or has CCTV or dashcam footage to contact police at 131 444 and quote reference P25126294.

Anonymous reports can also be made through Crime Stoppers by calling 1800 333 000 or reporting online.

Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services

Detectives from the Major Crash Unit are currently investigating a fatal pedestrian strike in Virginia this morning.

Around 4am, police received reports that a 43-year-old woman had been struck by a vehicle on the Stuart Highway, around 500 metres north of Virginia Road, Virginia.

The vehicle stopped at the scene and the woman was declared deceased upon emergency services arrival.

Both inbound lanes of the Stuart highway have been closed and diversions are currently in place with traffic re-entering the highway at Morgan Road. It is expected diversions will remain in place until midday.

Anyone with information or dash-cam footage, particularly if you saw a pedestrian in that area this morning, is urged to contact police on 131 444 and quote reference P25126714.

The lives lost on Territory roads now stands at 10.

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Arcadia Fire Brigade recently celebrated its 90th year of service to the community at the community centre/fire station complex in Arcadia.

Brigade Captain Ray McManus welcomed 80 guests, including past residents and former brigade members, who joined with current members, their families and community supporters to share memories and celebrate the occasion. 

Arcadia is a rural community about halfway between Shepparton and Murchison.

Brigade member of 10 years, John Gribben, presented a history of the brigade since its inception in 1935, when it was known as Arcadia Rural Fire Brigade. John expanded his narrative to tell some of the stories of the disastrous Longwood bushfire of 1965.

Fortunately, this fire which started just south of the Arcadia area did not impact immediate farmland. The brigade’s major vehicle at this time was a farmer’s truck with a 1,500-litre tank and power pump on the back. Other equipment consisted of knapsacks and fire beaters. 

The brigade was presented with its first tanker, an Austin Small Town unit, in 1977. This truck was upgraded with a later model Austin in 1983. In 1985, CFA replaced the Austin with a new Hino 3.2 tanker that served the brigade until 1998 when it was replaced with the latest model 2.5 Hino tanker. This is still the main firefighting unit for Arcadia Fire Brigade.

Commander Rohan Taylor from CFA District 22, congratulated the brigade and its members for service to the local and wider community over this lengthy period.

Rohan then presented long service awards which included eight medals of Life Membership to CFA.

“I felt privileged to be a part of this celebration and present brigade members with service awards including CFA Life Membership medals. These awards totalled more than 470 years of combined service, including John Kennedy’s 70-year CFA Life Membership.

“The day was well organised, and it was fantastic to see not only past and present brigade members there, but also so many community members joining in the celebrations.” 

Submitted by	Julie Wright