Drastic Measure to Improve Personal Safety

Drastic measure to improve personal safety

The Northern Territory will soon allow the public to carry around pepper spray for self defence as part of a 12-month trial.

Public pepper spray trial triggers stinging backlash

A 12-month trial allowing the public to carry pepper spray in a crime-hit territory has been slammed by...

Landmark pepper spray trial in crime-hit territory

A landmark trial allowing the public sale of pepper spray for self-defence is set to be introduced in the Northern Territory.

Landmark pepper spray trial in crime-hit community

A crime-hit territory will become only the second jurisdiction in the country to allow the public to carry pepper spray as part of a 12-month trial.

NT to allow public to carry pepper spray 'to protect themselves'

The NT is set to join WA in allowing residents to carry pepper spray, in a trial the government says will improve public safety and give people "lawful tools to protect themselves".