Territory Labor received tens of thousands of dollars in financial gifts from major gas companies, local developers and mining companies ahead of the 2024 NT general election, new disclosures released by the NT Electoral Commission show, while the CLP did not report any gifts.
The NT Government has introduced its new draft 10-year crocodile management plan for public consultation, with crocodile culling and trophy hunting back on the table, the Chief Minister said.
Former chief minister Michael Gunner, who controversially took a job with Fortescue Future Industries after leaving government in 2022, has announced he is no longer with the company, just five months after being named director of business development for Australia and New Zealand.
The Lawler Government is currently assessing what information it publicly releases through a secret review that it has provided little information on and refuses to answer questions about.
Former small business minister Paul Kirby is the latest Labor MLA to announce his retirement from politics, issuing a statement on Thursday morning that he will not recontest his Port Darwin seat at the next election.
Most supermarkets in the Darwin area have fresh produce and other food on the shelves again after road trains were permitted to pass along the Stuart Highway on Monday, the Chief Minister says, but the road will continue to be closed intermittently as crews repair the damage from flooding, while a major section of the rail line north of Tennant Creek is not expected to be operational for another two weeks.
Former speaker Mark Monaghan should pay back taxpayers the thousands he secretly approved for two of his Labor colleagues to take holidays at taxpayer expense after an independent statutory body ruled that his decision to permit the use of government cars and fuel cards for personal interstate travel was inappropriate, an independent MLA says.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has revealed her “vitally important” trip to Japan next week will cost taxpayers just over $19,000 for her and two staffers, while stating the trip is necessary to meet with Inpex because the NT Government’s relationship with the Japanese gas giant is “probably just as big as our relationship with the Federal Government”.
EXCLUSIVE: Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech and acting Speaker Dheran Young have refused to reimburse taxpayers for their personal interstate holidays, despite the independent body that determines politicians’ entitlements ruling that Government vehicles cannot be used by politicians for interstate personal travel.
Eva Lawler will take her first overseas trip as Chief Minister to Japan next week to “grow the Territory’s exports”, engaging in trade talks as part of the as yet un-costed trip, that the Opposition says needs to be disclosed to Territorians immediately.
Four weeks after putting her hand up to be the Territory’s next chief minister, Nicole Manison has announced she will retire from politics at the August election to spend more time with her family, telling ABC Radio on Monday that she has not had discussions about future jobs to date, but left the door open.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has unveiled her Cabinet team after being sworn in on Thursday afternoon, that will see minor changes and a new minister, marking the second reshuffle in as many months for the Territory Labor Government, just eight months out from August’s general election.
