NT MLA speeding charges, child arrest, mobile lung cancer scanner

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1. NT Labor MLA caught speeding multiple times, years after fatal crash conviction

   NT Labor MLA Manuel Brown for Arafura had his licence suspended for three months last October after being caught speeding multiple times, a suspension that was not disclosed publicly at the time. Brown also failed to disclose a prior conviction over a fatal crash when he was initially preselected for Labor in 2023.

   abc.net.au

2. Palmerston man arrested for online grooming and child abuse material offences: Police

   A 28-year-old Palmerston man was arrested at his Bakewell home for allegedly grooming a 13-year-old online and related child abuse material offences, according to NT Police.

   ntindependent.com.au

3. Mobile CT scanner visits region where 'at least one smoker in every house'

   A road train fitted with a battery-powered CT scanner is travelling across the NT outback to screen remote community residents for lung cancer, in the jurisdiction with Australia's highest diagnosis and mortality rates for the disease.

   abc.net.au