Melissa Mackay is the court reporter and weekend news presenter at ABC Darwin. She has been covering courts in the Northern Territory since 2018 has reported on some of the NT's most high-profile cases including the murder trials of Constable Zachary Rolfe and Benjamin Hoffmann, various coronial inquests, criminal and civil matters.
Melissa also covers defence issues and general news. She has previously worked at 9 News Darwin and ABC Alice Springs.
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The NT chief minister says conversations have been held with Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker about his employment future, but she has again refused to clarify media reports that he was asked to resign late last week.