
360 with Katie Woolf
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Health Minister Steve Edgington says changes to the way patient flows are managed at Royal Darwin Hospital has meant there hasn’t been a need to call code yellows but admits the system is still facing the same capacity issues and bed pressures
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NT Major Events Company, Executive Director Amy Luxton says more than 36,000 people attended the Darwin Supercars and almost half were from interstate and while the numbers were slightly down on last year it’s likely due to Nitro Up North being made a standalone event in August
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Talisman Sabre 2025 Exercise Director Brigadier Damian Hill says more than 30,000 Defence personnel from 19 nations are taking part in the July exercise, with over 30 ships, 200 aircraft and thousands of vehicles being utilised, also highlighting the importance of the exercise following the US strikes on Iran
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Criminal Lawyers Association of the NT President Beth Wild says the court system is overwhelmed with a 250 per cent spike in in-custody numbers in Darwin, and is calling for longer sitting days and two courts operating in the afternoons
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Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley says the NT Government is waiting to hear from the Prime Minister who is holding a national security meeting today after the US destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities
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Australia’s top aerobatic pilot Paul Bennet will make his NT debut at the Darwin Supercars this weekend, telling Katie Woolf it’s all about making planes do the impossible with his tricks including forward flips, going backwards and a double hammerhead
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NT Police Association President Nathan Finn says the union is still going through the detail on Police Public Safety Officers, with some members annoyed a new stream of officers has been announced amid ongoing pay negotiations
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Acting Assistant Commissioner James O’Brien says police public safety officers will do the same training at police college as PALIs and will carry guns and OC spray, targeting anti-social behaviour in areas including public housing, buses, shopping centres and events
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The Week That Was - 20th June 2025
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Captain Australia, Simon Harvey, who’s walking over 15,000 km’s across the country to raise money for childhood cancer research after his own cancer battle has made it to Darwin, telling Katie Woolf he blocks out the pain by staying focused on the cause
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CPSU NT Regional Secretary David Villegas says Transit Safety and Public Housing Officers weren’t consulted or aware of the government’s plan to transition their roles to police, with some not wanting the change or extra responsibilities
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Red CentreNATS Event Manager Dale McIver says Lasseters Centre of Excellence will be transformed into a central hub for the event this year, which will deliver elite vehicles, a night market and a motorbike ride through Bojangles Saloon in September
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Transport Workers Union NT Secretary Sam McIntosh says a new stream of police, Public Safety Officers, will give drivers and passengers more confidence and help keep them safe on the bus network, with greater powers to arrest people
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Palmerston Mayor Athina Pascoe-Bell says residents are in for a 4.9 per cent rate rise due to Venture Housing not having to pay rates, adding that she’s seeking a public hearing with the Liquor Commission, as alcohol is a massive concern in public areas, adversely impacting the community
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Member for Solomon Luke Gosling say the Federal Health Minister acknowledges NT Hospitals have been underfunded for years with talks ongoing to secure greater investment and he provides an update on Labor’s election promise to build a 120-bed aged care facility in Darwin
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Member for Araluen Robyn Lambley welcomes plans to upgrade auxiliary liquor inspectors and transit safety and public housing officers to police officers but acknowledges some may be concerned about them carrying guns
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NT Stingers Michelle Coleman and Sandie Hyde are heading to Singapore in seven weeks for the World Aquatic Masters Championships, telling Katie Woolf how their training is going and the categories they are competing in
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NT Major Events Company Executive Director Aimee Luxton says the Supercars action heads to Palmerston this afternoon, then Darwin Esplanade tomorrow before three days of racing revs up at Hidden Valley
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Commander David Moore Parap says a number of police units and resources were required for a coordinated arrest in Parap on Monday because the target was previously known to have weapons, adding that he was on bail with charges including making threats to kill before the courts
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COGSO Executive Officer Michelle Parker welcomes a national recruitment campaign and the expansion of criteria to attract more counselling professionals to NT schools
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CEO EnergyQuest Rick Wilkinson says the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s cash bid to take over Santos is quite serious and is likely to be successful, adding that they have deep pockets and a long term focus, providing some certainty for the NT
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AMA NT Branch President Dr John Zorbas says capacity issues are still plaguing RDH despite no code yellows being called since the CLP came to power, adding that there haven’t been enough beds since 2016
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Darwin Rotary Club’s Peter Hopton says they’re hosting an art auction at CDU’s city campus next month to raise more than $100,000 for budding art students across Northern Australia to study art in the NT
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CDU Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive TAFE Michael Hamilton says there’s been an increase in enrolments, adding that apprenticeship numbers are up about 10 per cent, with strong growth in regional and remote driven by Indigenous students
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Grattan Institute Health Program Director Peter Breadon says their study found about 1 million Australians needing specialist care aren’t getting it because of the costs, which have gone up by 73 per cent since 2010, resulting in patients waiting length periods for public care
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Darwin’s Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis says the entire Smith Street project is due to be complete by the end of August but the section outside of shops will be finished in less than two weeks after Darwin City Retailers raised concerns about the works
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Attorney-General Marie Claire Boothby says fewer people are being granted bail following the government’s tough on crime changes, with 550 more people in prison than before the CLP came to power
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Opposition Leader Selena Uibo says budget estimates revealed that $8.7 million of upgrades to Ali Curung School have been cut, with the Education Minister failing to confirm whether she informed Cabinet colleague, Member for Barkly Steve Edgington about it
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Head of AFL NT Sam Gibson says a major review is underway into the competition, with a focus on the fly-in player rules and points system to ensure there is a level playing field for all clubs as well as sustainability
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RSPCA NT Operations Manager Charles Giliam says the shelter is at full capacity, following a spike in pets being surrendered due to cost-of-living pressures and he’s urging people to think carefully and evaluate the costs involved before getting a pet
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Australian Strategic Policy Institute Senior Analyst in Defence Strategy, Dr Malcolm Davis expects Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will face significant pressure when meeting with Donald Trump to increase Australia’s Defence spending and resisting could undermine the outcome of the AUKUS review
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Detective Senior Sergeant Toby Wilson says police have charged a 29-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Parap home and indecently assaulted a woman, who woke up to the man naked on top of her, adding that the incident is not linked to another indecent assault in Larrakeyah
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Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro sheds more light on the OC spray trial, rejecting concerns by AMSANT and the Opposition that it will worsen racial division and do little to improve community safety
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Senior Sergeant Meacham King, Senior Constable First Class Matthew Unwin and Patrol Dog Trainee Leo join Katie Woolf in the studio for an update on how police dog training is going and explain the involvement of the dog squad in arresting a man in Girraween who allegedly crashed into a fence before jumping into a lagoon
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Hospitality NT CEO Cathy Simmonds says the industry is already highly regulated and there’s not much more it can do to help address alcohol issues in places like Katherine, putting the onus back on the NT Government
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The Week That Was - 13th June 2025
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Walk to Defeat MND organiser Tamara Henderson is encouraging the community to get involved in a 5km walk this Sunday to support Territory families who have been impacted by Motor Neuron Disease, with funds raised going towards vital equipment
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NT Swimming Darwin Buffs Coach Tim Few and some the NT’s competitors chat to Katie Woolf about their achievements in Adelaide for the Australian Swimming trials, where they are vying for selection in the World Aquatics Championships
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St John Ambulance, Director of Ambulance Services Andrew Thomas says it is working through the findings of a review to address clinical governance issue and hopes to have a new Medical Director by August, adding that talks are underway with NT Health about renewing its contract
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Southern Districts Football Club President Kevin Mulvahil pays tribute to Ryan Christophers who died in a buggy crash at Girraween on the weekend, saying he was a co-captain for a number of years and a wonderful father, with his whole family an asset to the club
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Australian Medical Association NT President John Zorbas explains why St Johns has been banned from performing two high risk procedures, saying a Medical Director is needed to ensure clinical governance and raises concerns about the CLP’s OC spray trial
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Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association NT Secretary Josh Peak welcomes the CLP’s OC spray trial ‘cautiously’, raising concerns about customers using it on retail workers or it being sprayed near food
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Member for Katherine Jo Hersey says there were no industry-led solutions to address alcohol-fueled violence to come out of a recent Liquor Accord meeting and has called on the NT Police Association to put the government’s pay offer to a members vote
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Para Ice Hockey Player Sonya Newman says leveraging contacts from the Invictus Games has landed her as the only Territorian to make the Australian Ice Hockey team for the Women’s Para World Championships in Slovakia this August
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Superintendent Rick Magree and Senior Sergeant Dev Kamyilmaz say a motorcyclist is recovering in hospital after colliding with a road train in Humpty Doo yesterday, adding that 13 drivers were found to be under the influence of alcohol and 10 were affected by drugs during Finke road patrols
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Member for Nightcliff Kat McNamara says it appears the government has given up on addressing community safety by announcing a potential trial of OC spray, adding that her focus in budget estimates has been the Territory Coordinator and shortfalls of the lobbyist register
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NT Police Association President Nathan Finn says support is being provided to the officers involved in a death in custody in Alice Springs, rejecting calls for an independent investigation and provides an update on police pay negotiations
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NAAJA Chair Theresa Roe and Acting CEO Anthony Beven have written to the Chief Minister seeking a forum with the government, police, corrections and Aboriginal leaders to work on solutions to the justice system crisis in the wake of a second death in custody
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St John Ambulance NT Taleaha Dawson says a 60-year-old motorbike rider has been injured in a crash at Humpty Doo this morning, adding that a jelly fish sting, pedestrian struck by a car and two kids injured at the Adelaide River Rodeo are among the incidents they attended across the long weekend
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Finke Desert Race Vice President Kelsey Bradford says the Robinson brothers came in first and second in the iconic race in the cars category, with Corey Hammond crowned King of the Desert in the bikes and Madi Healey claiming the Queen title
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