Sixth change in NT Police College leadership in less than two years
The troubled NT Police College has a new boss with Commander Hege Burns becoming the sixth change in the top role since November 2019, following the findings of an external audit that showed the college had failed national standards, sources have told the NT Independent.
Recently departed Batchelor Institute CEO claimed $430k pay packet, hired relatives as college lost millions
EXCLUSIVE: The former head of the Batchelor Institute, Professor Steve Larkin, who had stipulated in his executive contract that he would not work past 4:21pm, was paid more than $430,000 a year, after the board increased his pay by at least $55,000 in the same year the organisation lost $2.5 million, the NT Independent can reveal.
Charges in fatal hit-and-run as driver turns himself in
UPDATED: Police have charged a 32-year-old man in connection to the hit-and-run in Wagaman last week that killed a 52-year-old man.
Former Gunner adviser Kent Rowe faces historical sex offence charges
Former NT Labor powerbroker and senior adviser to the Chief Minister, Kent Rowe, has been committed to stand trial over historic sex offences, including rape and gross indecency.
Territory Families privacy breach: Office cabinets sold at tip with confidential files inside
Territory Families has once again lost “sensitive” documents of potentially dozens of Territorians that were left in old filing cabinets the department gave to the Darwin tip shop to sell.
Gunner declares mandatory vaccines for nearly all Territorians by next month
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has decreed that nearly every Territorian must be vaccinated by November 12, or could lose their jobs and be repeatedly fined $5000.
Full list of workers mandated to be vaccinated by next month released
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has announced that nearly all Territorians will need to get vaccinated by November 12, or possibly lose their jobs and be fined $5000 as of November 13, under the strictest vaccine mandate rules in the country. READ THE LIST HERE
‘We can’t wait til somebody’s killed’: Calls for bus safety reforms after horrific assault
The union representing Darwin bus drivers is calling on the Gunner Government to urgently tackle security concerns across the bus network, saying “we can’t wait til somebody’s killed” after a horrifying assault on a bus driver which was not publicly reported by the NT Police.
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