NT Independent

‘Really racist and really bad’: Feds start to divert money from NT Government to Aboriginal organisations

The Federal Labor Government has made good on its threat to divert funding from the NT Government to community organisations over concerns the Finocchiaro CLP Government is failing to deliver for Indigenous Territorians, moving to divert $80 million through a Closing the Gap program to the NT’s Aboriginal peak body.

Happy clappers not so happy after council Christmas pageant ban

Darwin Council has denied a request from the March for Jesus group to participate in the upcoming Darwin Christmas Pageant, saying the group’s behaviour last year was “overbearing, intimidating and confronting” but the Australian Christian Lobby said the group was simply Christians sharing the “glad tidings and good news of Jesus as they walk alongside other Darwinians, celebrating the birth of Jesus”.

Bree Ahrens is new Environment Centre NT boss

Bree Ahrens has been appointed the new executive director of the Environment Centre NT, the organisation has announced.

Man who allegedly left partner at hospital with stab wounds charged with murder

A 39-year-old man who allegedly dumped his partner at the Palmerston hospital last month with two stab wounds to her chest and fleeing after telling healthcare staff she was “unwell” has been charged with murder, the NT Police said.

Breach of bail charge against Luke Gosling dropped by prosecutors

A breach of bail charge against Federal Member for Solomon Luke Gosling involving the alleged assault of Administrator David Connolly has been withdrawn by the prosecution, with Mr Gosling’s lawyer stating the legal move is a “significant one”.

‘A betrayal’: Royal Darwin Hospital issues apology following patient data breach

Royal Darwin Hospital has formally apologised after private medical information about several pregnant patients was leaked on an Instagram account with over 28,000 followers, with the NT Health Minister calling the incident a “serious breach of trust and a betrayal that should never have happened”.

Letter to the editor: NT urged to tighten nitrous oxide laws

NSW and the ACT are tightening access to nitrous oxide, and the NT should follow suit to protect young people from harm, the No2Nangs founder Sam Bramman, writes.

More than $10 million claimed last year from Container Deposit Scheme

Territorians claimed $10.7 million in refunds through the NT Container Deposit Scheme last financial year, following an expansion of the types of containers eligible for the scheme, a new report shows, with 107 million containers redeemed.

Three young females arrested over alleged Karama carjacking

Two teen girls and an 11-year-old allegedly carjacked a northern suburbs man on Saturday night, NT Police said, driving off with his car after nearly hitting him in the head with a rock.

CLP rebukes Labor MLA for comments on child’s death while it allegedly leaked sensitive info on case

The CLP moved to condemn Labor MLA Chansey Paech in Parliament Thursday for criticising the government over the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby, following the release of a report into the department’s handling of the case, while Labor accused the Children and Families Minister of leaking sensitive information to a favoured media outlet that could cause issues for the upcoming murder trial.