NT Independent

Defence Housing Australia alters Lee Point development plan after community backlash

Defence Housing Australia has revised the controversial Lee Point masterplan, scaling back the scope of development and increasing conservation areas after strong community opposition and discussions with traditional owners.

Drink spiking incidents at Darwin bars under police investigation

Several reports of recent drink spiking incidents within the Darwin entertainment precinct have sparked an NT Police investigation, with police pledging to work with bars to identify “suspicious behaviour”, while calling for further victims to come forward.

‘A lot to hide’: CLP blocks United Nations from inspecting youth prison

The Finocchiaro CLP Government is facing heavy criticism for blocking a United Nations Special Rapporteur from inspecting Darwin’s Holtze Youth Detention Centre, leading to allegations of covering up institutional abuse and other systemic failures.

‘Completely inappropriate’: Palmerston Mayor objects to tribunal member calling her a ‘horny old toad’

One of three people who determines the pay and benefits of the NT’s politicians and local councillors publicly called the Palmerston Mayor a “horny old toad” on ABC Radio Monday morning, adding that Athina Pascoe-Bell has “greedy little hands” and warning her to expect a “bloody big fight” over proposed changes to council boundaries despite the tribunal member’s obligation to remain impartial.

Woman dies at RDH after contracting bacterial infection while hunting

A woman in her 30s has died after developing a rapid infection from leptospirosis while hunting near a billabong in a remote Top End community, NT Health said.

More people living rough in Darwin after YiSSA closure: Opposition

The number of Territorians sleeping rough across Darwin has increased since the Finocchiaro CLP Government closed the largest homeless shelter in the region, the Opposition says, calling on the government to immediately establish a new short-stay facility in Darwin and engage with the Commonwealth to fund it.

Second Darwin teen charged with terrorism related offences

A second Darwin teenager has been charged in connection to terrorism related material and online discussions “concerning terrorist acts”, following a counter terrorism joint investigation that involved the raid of a Darwin home yesterday where prohibited weapons and electronic devices were seized, the AFP said.

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‘Plow my car into them’: Chief Minister’s husband’s political violence fantasy involving Palestinian protesters revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s husband and senior public servant Sam Burke said he wanted to “plow” his car into a group of Palestinian supporters at a peaceful Darwin protest in 2024, the NT Independent can reveal, with the pair hiring a Sydney lawyer to threaten legal action against this publication.

CLP’s proposed water plan changes the latest ‘gutting’ of environment regulations: Critics

The CLP Government’s proposed changes to laws affecting the NT’s water plans will see the legal requirement for water to be allocated for the environment scrapped, which critics say is the government’s latest attack on the environment, while scientists warn the amendments to the Act and other changes will put NT rivers and other water sources “at risk”.