Creditors have voted to wind up the Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, a well-placed source has said, with financial records showing the organisation continued to provide services despite almost $2 million in funding for those services having been withheld, with money being shuffled from elsewhere in the organisation to cover the shortfall.
Hundreds of Territorians took part in a day of action across the NT on Tuesday, calling on the government to properly fund domestic and family violence services, a month after it was revealed the Fyles Government had only funded $20 million of the required $180 million requested by the sector.
A man was killed in a collision between a car and a truck in Alice Springs on Monday morning, NT Police said.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler has exempted an unspecified number of government buildings from requiring occupancy certificates, while seeming to indicate none had been inspected by certifiers almost 15 months after the government announced a taskforce to investigate non-compliant buildings, and more than 13 months after the Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog launched its own investigation.
Bonza Aviation has announced it will add three new routes between Darwin and Alice Springs and interstate destinations but the Fyles Government has not said how much it was costing the taxpayer to attract the airline.
Ten new ‘hydro panels’ have been installed in the central Australian community of Irrkerlantye to provide drinking water, not-for-profit Children’s Ground has said.
A man has been arrested after threatening two different security guards in two different bottle shops with an “edged weapon” after stealing alcohol, before he punched an arresting officer in the stomach, while another man spat in the faces of two officers after being arrested after stealing a car, NT Police said.
Qantas has cut flights to and from the Northern Territory, including between Darwin and Alice Springs, amid the NT tourism industry’s calls for the airline to reconnect with Alice Springs and other regional destinations.
A woman has been killed after she was hit by a vehicle in Alice Springs on Monday night, NT Police said.
Northern Territory and South Australian fire crews are fighting a bushfire in Barkly region that is up to four times the size of the ACT, while authorities have been going door-to-door in parts of Tennant Creek, warning there is a chance the fire could spread to the town amid extreme fire conditions.
The Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, which runs youth recreation, education and diversion programs in Yuendumu, has been placed into special administration, following the Central Land Council’s December decision to stop funding youth programs from royalty money because of program governance, delivery and reporting issues.
EXCLUSIVE: Yuendumu officer-in-charge Sergeant Julie Frost endangered health staff with an ill-fated plan to “deceive” the community, failed to take control of the officers she requested the night Kumanjayi Walker was killed and later told officers to turn off their body-worn cameras, in breach of protocol, a damning internal draft coronial report has revealed.
