NT Independent

DPP refers Gosling charges to Commonwealth DPP after raising ‘perceived conflict of interest’

EXCLUSIVE: Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Pat Williams identified a “perceived conflict of interest” that has led him to refer the Administrator assault case against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling to an outside jurisdiction for oversight, while questions remain over the NT Police appearing to be currently running both the investigation and prosecution against the Federal Member of Parliament with no independent direction.

Four killed in fiery Stuart Highway crash

At least four people have been killed following a two-vehicle head-on collision on the Stuart Highway earlier today, NT Police said.

Bowen says gas-only NT data centres will not meet new rules, warns of federal action

Northern Territory data centres will have to use renewable energy as their primary source of power or will not proceed, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Wednesday, adding natural gas will only be used as a backup and that he will invoke all Federal Government powers available to enforce the new rules.

Inpex prosecuted for emissions under-reporting

Japanese gas company Inpex has been charged by the NT Environmental Protection Authority over alleged under-reporting of emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, which an independent review found had been “systematically underestimated”.

Singleton Station water licence not lawfully granted: High Court

Native title holders have had a victory in the High Court against the NT Government’s decision to grant Singleton Station a massive water licence that would allow 40,000 megalitres a year to be drawn for an intensive horticulture business, with the court ruling today that the water licence had not been lawfully granted.

Aboriginal NT Police officers launch racism class action

Three Aboriginal community police officers have filed a class action in the Federal Court against the Northern Territory Government alleging they were subjected to systemic racial discrimination and racial vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police.

Clearing approval granted after company dismissed threatened species survey advice

The NT Environment Department reversed its initial assessment that land clearing at Claravale Station could significantly impact a threatened species, later finding the proposal was unlikely to have a significant impact because of newly proposed buffer zones, despite the property owner refusing to carry out surveys the department said were needed, documents released under FOI laws show.