The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog has declared there is no “widespread corruption” in the Northern Territory in his annual report, while then proceeding to describe the most widespread corruption and seemingly wilful blindness to the problem the NT has ever seen.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has hit back at the Opposition after she was called out in Parliament for misleading the public in a series of Facebook posts about crime, raising veiled threats of exposing the Opposition for also breaching the Public Information Act, while suggesting she has not reported them for misconduct despite being aware of allegations.
Territory Labor has cancelled its annual conference 10 months out from the next election, with several sources saying the party’s elected members are too afraid to face the rank-and-file over a number of issues, including the Fyles Government’s poor environmental track record.
The ongoing coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker will not proceed next week as scheduled after Coroner Elisabeth Armitage ordered the sittings be vacated to provide her more time to consider Zach Rolfe’s application calling on her to recuse herself for “apprehended bias”.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles misled Territorians about her government’s actions to keep the public safe in a series of Facebook posts, while the community was on edge following a spate of deadly stabbings, the Auditor General has found.
The Federal Member for Lingiari has blamed the Fyles Government for not listening or acting on a range of social issues in the Territory that contributed to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament failing to pass over the weekend, calling for a “fundamental shift” in how the NT’s Labor politicians currently perform their roles.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has been accused of withholding full recordings of her coronial visit to Yuendumu last year and hiding correspondence from parties to the Kumanjayi Walker inquest, while her counsel assisting allegedly colluded with the NT Police executive to get Zach Rolfe disciplined and fired, newly released court documents allege.
The Fyles Government has secretly constructed new water tanks at TIO Stadium as part of rectification works to address outstanding public safety issues at the venue – despite previously claiming the building was “safe” and allowing people to enter – while not putting the estimated $750,000 in works out to public tender.
UPDATED: Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has prohibited media from reporting the details of an application made by former police officer Zach Rolfe that calls for her to recuse herself from the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker on the grounds of “apprehended bias”.
The Country Liberal Party has elected former chief minister Shane Stone as its president at a conference in Darwin over the weekend, with two men – including a former election loser – named as the party’s Palmerston candidates for next year’s general election.
A former senior Labor adviser has warned Chief Minister Natasha Fyles about making amendments to the ICAC Act while members of her government are under investigation for alleged improper conduct in connection to the 2020 election campaign, suggesting the Labor Government has lost its “courage and conviction” to do the right thing.
The fallout from a real estate agent allegedly hitting the Chief Minister in the face with a cream-filled crepe appears to have reached peak madness, with Suzi Milgate now banned by NT Parliament amid claims of “terrorist” behaviour and the makers of CU in the NT t-shirts issuing a limited edition “cream pie” shirt to commemorate the assault.
