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Archive for May, 2024
‘Knee-jerk’ crime-busting NT budget sparks concern
Lawyers and the community sector have criticised the NT’s budget, which poured millions of dollars into extra police resources and prisons. May 15, 2024 Record-breaking investment in Northern Territory police and prisons won’t reduce crime and risks overburdening the justice system, lawyers say. The NT’s tough-on-crime budget on Tuesday included its largest-ever boost for policing, […]
New NT curfew laws in a bid to improve community safety
The NT government is introducing laws to enable curfews to be more easily imposed on communities as part of a crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour. May 15, 2024 Emergency curfews will be easier to impose on Northern Territory communities in a bid to quickly crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour in the Top End. […]
No ‘glamour’ in Territory’s crime-busting budget
The Northern Territory has unveiled a crime-fighting budget, with cash also splashed to improve schools before an election in August. May 14, 2024 Crime, community safety and education have been targeted in the Northern Territory Labor government’s pre-election budget. Chief Minister and Treasurer Eva Lawler has forecast a deficit of $410 million for 2024/25, but […]
Sharaz position in Reynolds defamation fight unclear
Brittany Higgins’s fiance David Sharaz says he can’t afford a defamation trial against Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds but he may fight her over damages. May 10, 2024 How Brittany Higgins’ fiance David Sharaz will proceed in his defamation battle with Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds remains unclear after he raised a white flag via social media. […]
WA budget billions to hip-pocket relief and housing
WA’s budget posts a $3.2 billion surplus, as the government reveals measures that help families with the cost of living and housing, and grow the economy. May 9, 2024 KEY POINTS IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUDGET: * A budget surplus of $3.2 billion this year, with a further $2.6 billion operating surplus in 2024-25. * Total state debt to […]
Record cost-of-living relief for those ‘doing it tough’
The WA Labor government has rolled out a range of measures in the state budget to help families struggling with rising living costs and to boost housing supply. May 9, 2024 Western Australian families struggling with the soaring cost of living have been thrown a lifeline as the state government stumps up an extra $762 […]
‘Nation-leading’ WA budget splurge fired by big surplus
WA has rolled out a “nation-leading” state budget, with billions of dollars to help families, boost housing supply and diversify its mining-led economy. May 9, 2024 Hip-pocket relief, housing, health and industry development have dominated the West Australian budget as the state posts another strong surplus built on resource sector royalties. Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s first […]
Cashed-up WA to post another big budget surplus
Treasurer Rita Saffioti is expected to reveal a healthy but slimmer surplus and spending to fight inflation in the WA budget. May 9, 2024 Western Australia’s run of big budget surpluses is set to continue but workforce pressures, housing and supply constraints are tipped to take the shine off the state’s finances. Treasurer Rita Saffioti will […]
No terrorist incident call on random stabbing
WA’s top cop says a radicalised teen’s random stabbing attack on a man won’t officially be declared a terrorist incident at this time. May 7, 2024 A radicalised teenager’s random stabbing attack on a man won’t officially be declared a terrorist incident at this time, Western Australian police say. Officers returned to the 16-year-old’s Perth […]
Mother tried to murder disabled daughter, court told
A woman has denied attempting to murder her severely disabled daughter by injecting her with a lethal dose of insulin. May 6, 2024 A struggling mother of a severely disabled girl tried to murder her daughter with a lethal dose of insulin instead of getting her the care she needed, a court has been told. […]
Stabbing has ‘all the hallmarks of a terror incident’
The WA premier has confirmed his government had been warned about a radicalised teen, who was shot dead by police after a stabbing attack. May 6, 2024 A random stabbing attack of a man by a radicalised teenager, who was shot dead by police in Perth, has “all the hallmarks of a terror incident”, the […]
Islamophobia fears over radicalised teen’s knife attack
A Perth Iman says the city’s shocked Muslim community is concerned about a potential backlash after a radicalised teen stabbed a man outside a Bunnings store. May 6, 2024 Perth’s Muslim community is bracing for a potential backlash after a radicalised teenager, who was fatally shot by police, stabbed a man with a large kitchen […]
‘Radicalised’ teen armed with knife shot dead by police
A knife-wielding teenager who had been involved in an anti-radicalisation program has been shot dead by police in Perth after stabbing a man outside Bunnings. May 5, 2024 A teenage boy wielding a large kitchen knife has been shot dead by Western Australian police after he stabbed a man in the back and rushed at […]
Specialist police to target Alice Springs youth crime
Eighteen extra police officers will be deployed to Alice Springs to target youth crime, high visibility policing and rapid response to public order situations. May 2, 2024 More than a dozen additional police officers will be sent to Alice Springs following a series of violent brawls that led local authorities to impose a three-week curfew […]
WA premier refuses to apologise to teen activists
Climate activists who protested inside Woodside’s annual general meeting claim the WA premier defamed them to the media and have demanded an apology. May 2, 2024 Climate activists are demanding the Western Australian premier publicly say sorry for statements about two teenagers involved in an anti-Woodside Energy protest. It’s the latest flash point in a […]
Mum’s plea as brothers disappear on Mexican surf trip
An Australian mother is appealing for help on social media to find her two sons who have disappeared on a surfing trip in Mexico. May 2, 2024 The disappearance of two Perth brothers on a surfing trip in Mexico is concerning and distressing, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook says. A search is under way for […]
Teen climate activists demand apology from premier
Climate activists who protested inside Woodside’s annual general meeting claim the WA premier defamed them to the media and have demanded an apology. May 1, 2024 Climate activists are demanding the Western Australian premier publicly say sorry for statements about two teenagers involved in an anti-Woodside Energy protest. It’s the latest flash point in a […]