The leader of the Northern Territory is now covering up a potential crime after being made aware of it by the man in charge of investigating corruption. It does not get any more troubling for our democracy than this.
‘Dark cloud’: Fyles must release documents that Gunner refused to give ICAC, CLP says
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles must immediately hand over the secret Cabinet documents former chief minister Michael Gunner did not want the ICAC to see in order to remove the “dark cloud” of suspicion hanging over the Labor Government, the CLP Opposition has demanded.
Gunner blocked ICAC from accessing documents connected to ‘serious allegation’: New report
Former chief minister Michael Gunner refused to handover documents to the ICAC related to a “serious allegation” that a public servant had misled Cabinet, a new report to Parliament has revealed.
Natasha Fyles’ captain’s pick powerplay: Fifth floor staffer named as Labor candidate
UPDATED: Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has selected her chief of staff’s brother-in-law as Labor’s candidate for the Fannie Bay by-election, with the party officially pre-selecting the current fifth floor staffer on Friday evening.
Worker who fell from scaffolding at CDU’s city campus construction site not reported for four days: NT WorkSafe
A worker at Charles Darwin University’s city campus construction site fell from scaffolding last Saturday in a workplace incident that was not reported to authorities until yesterday, around the same time the NT Independent sent questions to the contractor and university.
Gunner resigns from NT politics
UPDATED: Former chief minister Michael Gunner has resigned from Parliament, two months after his shock resignation as chief minister, sparking a by-election in the electorate of Fannie Bay.
‘Outrageous and irresponsible’: Fyles Government downplays effect of alcohol on DV cases in NT
Territory Families Minister Kate Worden has downplayed the role alcohol plays in domestic violence during a heated debate in Parliament, which comes amid the Federal Government reportedly seeking an “urgent” meeting with the Fyles Government over their decision not to extend alcohol bans covering more than 400 remote Aboriginal communities and outstations across the NT.
New NLC building to be built on land gifted to Halikos, NTG involved in prelim work: docs
A massive new building proposed for the Northern Land Council in Berrimah will be built on land currently owned by Halikos Developments, who were gifted it for free by the government as part of the controversial Berrimah Farm land deal in 2016, according to documents obtained by the NT Independent.
Behind the scenes of the ICAC’s backroom deal to kill the Turf Club grandstand corruption report
ANALYSIS: ICAC Michael Riches needs to understand the corrupt practices that surrounded the awarding of $12 million of taxpayer money for the Turf Club’s grandstand is not a “distraction” as he claimed after killing the corruption report – it’s the sole purpose of his role to investigate those matters.
ICAC ‘clearly made a terrible mess of things’ in deal to bin corruption report: Legal expert
The NT’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Michael Riches has acted like an “amateur” and made a “terrible mess” with his decision to bin the corruption report into the NT Government’s grant of $12 million to the Darwin Turf Club, a national legal expert has said.
No consequences: ICAC permanently kills Turf Club grandstand corruption report
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Michael Riches has binned the largest and most critical report into corruption in the Northern Territory the office has ever completed, permanently removing the Darwin Turf Club grandstand report from public view.
Mayor Kon Vatskalis’s five-star Bali resort trip to sign sister city deal revealed
Darwin Mayor Kon Vatskalis and two city employees charged ratepayers more than $8,000 to fly to Bali last month for a five-day trip at a five-star resort as part of a sister cities deal with Denpasar that Mr Vatskalis claimed would see 1000 “skilled workers” brought to Darwin to fill job vacancies.