Dodson stays in job after investigation into shock claims Mick Dodson remains in his job after the completion of an investigation into allegations he called a woman a “slut” and threatened her.
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Subscriber only TREATY Commissioner Mick Dodson remains in his $290,000-a-year taxpayer funded job today after the completion of an investigation into allegations he called a woman a slut and threatened to knock her f ing lights out . The Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet was asked to investigate the incident after a complaint was made to Minister for Treaty Selena Uibo on March 30.
Police defend decision to tell the public about the incident when they did
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Subscriber only TERRITORY police took four days to inform the public about a heinous incident where a three-year-old boy was allegedly raped by a stranger in the front yard of his Darwin home. Police issued a statement at 10.36am yesterday, acknowledging the incident had occurred in Karama on Thursday evening after a member of the public witnessed the incident. In 2018, police also did not publicly report the rape of a two-year-old girl in Tennant Creek until it was reported on by the media.
Scott Ryan of a “incident” captured by CCTV footage taken on the night
Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in March 2019, but says he only knew it involved a security breach, not an alleged crime.
As
news.com.au recounts, CCTV tracked Higgins’ and her alleged assailant’s movements on the night in question, and was the subject of negotiations between the AFP and parliamentary officers, who did not want it released without agreement.
7.30’s
Leigh Sales noted that Ryan asked the inspector general of intelligence and security to examine the CCTV footage in June 2020; as
Crikeyexplained in our list of unanswered questions over the government’s response, the senate president says he was told of “an incident” the week after it allegedly happened, then full details on Friday, February 12, ahead of
Police defend decision to tell the public about the incident when they did
Crime by Natasha Emeck
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Subscriber only TERRITORY police took four days to inform the public about a heinous incident where a three-year-old boy was allegedly raped by a stranger in the front yard of his Darwin home. Police issued a statement at 10.36am yesterday, acknowledging the incident had occurred in Karama on Thursday evening after a member of the public witnessed the incident. In 2018, police also did not publicly report the rape of a two-year-old girl in Tennant Creek until it was reported on by the media.
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