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New top cop, review after ‘tumultuous’ years for NT
Northern Territory Police has announced a new commissioner and a review into the force, as the government attempts to draw a line in the sand after a "tumultuous" three years. Long-serving NT police officer Michael Murphy will officially take over the top job, after acting in the position for almost five months following Jamie Chalker's retirement. Mr Chalker retired in April after reaching a private legal settlement with the NT government. "It's been an incredibly tumultuous three years on the back of COVID-19 and increased demands across all areas of managed services," Mr Murphy told reporters on Thursday in Darwin.…
Remembering Snake Ridge Station
Until the emergence of an identifiable 'wheat belt' after 1870, both the landscape and cultural economy of Victoria were dominated by livestock farming (pastoralism). The succeeding age, the "Selection Era" was characterised by the gradual supplanting of the pastoralist by the farmer.
John McDouall Stuart: A starting point
The explorations of Stuart eventually resulted in the 1863 annexation of a huge area of country to the Government of South Australia. This area became known as the Northern Territory. This is the first in a series of pieces that will explore who John McDouall Stuart was, the era in which he lived... and some of the uncertainty concerning his legacy.