COVID Travel Plan Violation Leads To Fine In The NT

Three people from regional Victoria will be fined by Northern Territory police after violating the rules of their quarantine travel plan in early October. 

 

Acting Commander of Northern Territory police Shaun Gill says an investigation revealed that although the three individuals were approved to be in the NT for work, they were clearly in violation of their COVID-19 travel management plan. 

 

BOM Issues East Coast Storm Warning

Residents on Australia’s east coast are being warned to brace for a fast approaching thunderstorm season, with wild weather predicted to hit as soon as this Friday. 

 

The Australian Bureau of meteorology is warning of potential hail, flash flooding and damaging winds as well as significant rainfall over the next couple of days. 

 

Activist Cops Charges For Climate Change Protest

An activist representing the extinction rebellion group has been charged with three offences after blocking traffic in a protest effort yesterday 

 

The woman was suspended from a bamboo harness for three hours until she was removed and taken to the Brisbane City watch house, where she was later released on bail, and is due to appear in court early next year. 

 

LNP Propose Crackdown on Youth Crime

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has announced the LNP’s plan to fight juvenile crime in Townsville and Cairns 

 

The plan would see an 8pm curfew introduced for children aged 14 years and under, and a 10pm curfew for 15 to 17 year olds, with parents to be fined $250 if their unaccompanied child is found out at night without reason. 

 

Elon Musks SpaceX to launch satellite to track rising sea levels

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch a satellite into space to track rising sea level.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifts off on November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Its mission is to track the accelerating rise of sea levels which threaten the habitat of more than a third of the world's population.

 

NT volunteer firefighter guilty for sparking fires

The Northern Territory Supreme Court heard Michael Holden set 18 fires over 16 months between May 2018 and September 2019.

Michael Holden was a volunteer firefighter for five years with the Darwin River Volunteer Fire Brigade, he battled dozens of blazes to protect the community; however, the court heard some of the fires burned for several days.