Three charged after riot
Police have charged three men over a riot at an Alice Springs football game at the weekend, reports ABC News.
Leo Abbott: I have never hit a woman
The Country Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Lingiari says he will pursue defamation action over claims made about him in the final days of the Federal Election Campaign. Leo Abbott became the focus of a media storm when it was reported he was in breach of a domestic violence order, and senior CL [...]
Four people are in custody after an attack on police and an umpire during a riot at a teenage football match in Alice Springs on Saturday, reports ABC News.
Men march against violence
More than a hundred men and boys wearing bright yellow T-shirts that said “Stop the violence” brought cross-town traffic in Alice Springs to a standstill today in a public rally against domestic violence. Most of the participants were Aboriginal, but the Alice Springs men’s health service that organised the march had invited all males in [...]
Now go further, says alcohol action group
The Alice Springs-based People’s Alcohol Action Group has backed new NT Government laws which would enable courts to ban “problem drinkers” from buying or drinking alcohol for up to a year. But PAAC called for the Government to take further steps to reduce alcohol related problems in the Territory by introducing a volumetric tax on [...]
“Animal bars” unacceptable
The Northern Territory Chief Minister has indicated the Government may move to stop a number of hotels selling grog in public bars from as early as10 am. Chief Minister Paul Henderson has told a meeting of the Northern Territory Police Association there is no place in the Territory for “animal bars” that target problem drinkers. [...]
Ryder case appeal
The NT Court of Criminal Appeal is considering a second application against the severity of his sentence from one of the men imprisoned over the death of Kwementyaye Ryder, reports ABC News. Joshua Spears’ first appeal for a hearing was rejected. Mr Ryder died after being attacked and beaten near the Todd River in 2009.
Lateline on grog hours
Alcohol regulations in Alice Springs came under attack on the ABC program Lateline last night in a segment that focused on morning drinking sessions at the town’s pubs and their role in grog-induced misery among Aboriginal people. The Todd Tavern’s “animal bar,” and bars at the Heavitree Tavern and the Gapview Motel, which open between [...]
Candidate violent: claim
ABC Radio reports that documents tendered in an Alice Springs court have revealed allegations the Country Liberals candidate for Lingiari, Leo Abbott, was physically violent towards his ex-partner.
Bad message
Women’s Electoral Lobby chair Eva Cox says the decision by both major parties in the NT to run candidates who have been given domestic violence orders will discourage women from reporting domestic violence, reports ABC News. The CLP’s candidate for Lingiari Leo Abbott and Labor’s candidate for Solomon Damian Hale have both domestic violence orders [...]
CLP election ‘mess’
The CLP was in a “very messy and unfortunate situation” after its decision not to disendorse Lingiari candidate Leo Abbott in the last week of the federal election campaign, former key advisor Peter Murphy said this morning. Mr Murphy has backed the CLP’s parliamentary leader Terry Mills, who called on the Central Committee to disendorse [...]
Centre will miss out: Snowdon
The Federal Labor Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, says Country Liberals candidate Leo Abbott, should reject the Coalition’s broadband policy because many people in the electorate will miss out on the service, reports ABC News.
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