PORT LINCOLN TRAGEDY
The Point opened with Tuesday’s tragic and heartbreaking news of the death of a 13-year-old, killed when the bin he was sleeping in with two other boys was collected by a garbage truck.
The tragedy has stunned the community in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
“This is a very tight-knit, relatively small community and everyone in this community will be impacted either directly or indirectly by this event,” said SA Police Superintendent Paul Bahr.
“We’ve spoken to both the (surviving) boys. Clearly, they re traumatised by what occurred. I think by the time that the truck driver was alerted there were people in the bin, it was at that point of being too late to stop the skip from tipping.
A protest against proposed reforms aimed at reducing youth crime in the Northern Territory is set to take place on Wednesday, as community leaders express grave concern over their detrimental impact on Indigenous youth.
A Northern Territory Labor MP has been sacked from caucus and a staff member has resigned following revelations of a police investigation into an alleged cocaine and sex scandal.
This comes after Sky News confirmed there was a police investigation into these allegations of a cocaine sex scandal involving two members of the Northern Territory Labor Party. One was MLA Mark Turner and the other was a staff member.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner said on Thursday he has lost confidence in Mr Turner.