The political fallout of the decision to charge NT Police constable Zach Rolfe for murder is expected to play out in the coming days, with the Opposition calling for an independent inquiry into the “politicisation” of the shooting, and Mr Rolfe’s lawyer setting the tone after the not guilty verdict, telling reporters “consequences will flow”.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler must immediately stand down while the NT’s anti-corruption commissioner investigates her involvement in the TIO Stadium fiasco, the Opposition CLP says.
The Gunner Government is under investigation by the NT’s anti-corruption commissioner over its handling of the TIO Stadium fiasco following Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler’s extraordinary ministerial order to exempt the facility from building certification laws meant to protect the public.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler has issued an extraordinary government order that will allow people to attend events at TIO Stadium despite the building not having an occupancy permit and with outstanding public safety issues still not addressed.
The Office of the ICAC failed to disclose the full contents of a secret recording of a witness involved in the Turf Club grandstand investigation in a transcript, with the full recording appearing to show the interview was transmitted back to the office while it was happening – in a possible breach of the law – the NT Supreme Court has heard.
EXCLUSIVE: Darwin Turf Club chief executive Brad Morgan has resigned after two years of turmoil at the club and while it struggles to find a way to pay back the $12 million it was gifted by the Gunner Government to build the controversial grandstand.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner is expected to extend the public health emergency declaration for another 90 days later this month – and the extraordinary powers that come with it – without needing to prove there is a current ‘serious’ public health emergency, a move the Opposition says could continue unchecked for another few years.
The Country Liberal Party has two months to find 1500 members to avoid being deregistered as a political party by the Australian Electoral Commission, but it’s unlikely they will have to prove anything before the impending federal election is called.
The Chief Minister’s brother-in-law has been moved out of the Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet into an executive role in another department, while nobody in government can explain if the position was advertised or filled through a proper recruitment process.
ANALYSIS: There appears to be a much more sinister culture in Territory Labor at play these days and that’s an outright ‘accept-no-responsibility-for-our-actions’ and ‘cover-it-up-at-all-costs’ mentality that is quickly suffocating the party and divorcing it from its core Labor values.
EXCLUSIVE: Party financial disclosures filed with the NT Electoral Commission show Labor’s campaign consultants were owed roughly the same amount of money they were paid with public cash through a COVID-19 stimulus program, in a growing scandal that has now been referred to the anti-corruption watchdog by the CLP.
The Gunner Government has killed a motion that would have forced politicians and their staffers to be randomly drug tested as a condition of their employment.
