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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Samantha Dick
The grandfather of Kumanjayi White, who died in police custody in Alice Springs last week, has renewed his calls for CCTV vision and an independent inquiry into the death. The NT Police Force and the NT chief minister have defended the force's decision to internally investigate the incident. A lawyer for Kumanjayi White's family has formally requested NT police appoint an external body to investigate the death.
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5 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick |Anisha Pillarisetty
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the names of Indigenous people who have died, used with the permission of their families. A former Coles worker familiar with a young Aboriginal man who died in police custody at the Alice Springs supermarket last week says it was obvious he had a disability and needed help to do his shopping.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Samantha Dick
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being restrained by police in Alice Springs was from the remote community of Yuendumu. Northern Territory police said the man stopped breathing shortly after two officers restrained him at a Coles supermarket about 1:10pm on Tuesday following an altercation. Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said the man was placing items down the front of his clothing when he was confronted by security guards.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Lillian Rangiah |Victoria Ellis
Heavy rain across Central Australia has been welcomed by residents after a hot summer. Residents are enjoying rare scenes of water flowing down Uluru and the Todd River flowing through Alice Springs. The Bureau of Metereology says flooding is expected to ease from Wednesday across most of the southern part of the Northern Territory. Heavy rain over the past fortnight has brought relief to many Central Australian residents after a scorching summer.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
Calls from a major Northern Territory land council for an independent review into systemic racism in the NT Police Force have been backed by the territory's anti-discrimination commissioner. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Michelle Rimmer |Hamish Harty |Anisha Pillarisetty |Basel Hindeleh |Riley Stuart
A German researcher arrived in Yuendumu in 1972, and was given rare access to Indigenous customs and culture. Now, an emotional reunion has seen the return of sacred objects. There's just one road that leads to Yuendumu. The community lies in the heart of Australia's Tanami Desert, an isolated and arid region of the Northern Territory, around 300 kilometres north of Alice Springs. The Warlpiri people are the traditional owners of the land and have lived here for thousands of years.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
An inquest into the death of a toddler, who died after falling into a septic tank in Central Australia, has heard about a string of departmental failures to address safety issues in the remote community. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the last name of an Indigenous person who has died, used in accordance with the wishes of his family.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Charmayne Allison |Lara Stimpson
Shame. Sad. Scared. This is what a 15-year-old Alice Springs resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she feels when she sees racist content on local social media pages. The Warlpiri teenager saidthe harmful social media commentary had left her afraid to leave her house. "It makes me feel bad for my town, feel shame and want to stay away from everyone," she said.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Samantha Dick |Anisha Pillarisetty
A Northern Territory pastoralist has called for safety upgrades to an outback railway crossing where a truck carrying his cattle collided with The Ghan tourist train. Police and NT WorkSafe are investigating the crash, which occurred at about 10am on Sunday at the Arltunga crossing, 60 kilometres north of Alice Springs. According to the NT Police Force, The Ghan was travelling southbound through the intersection when a cattle truck collided with the train's second locomotive.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty
The life of former Northern Territory politician Elliot McAdam has been remembered at a state memorial in Alice Springs. Mr McAdam, who served as the member for Barkly, died in August aged 72. Family and friends are remembering him as a man who "genuinely cared" with an "unwavering passion for change". The legacy of highly respected former Northern Territory minister Elliot McAdam AM has been celebrated by his family and friends at a state memorial held in Alice Springs on Thursday.
