The NT News made an extraordinary pledge to have its reporting on the NT’s anti-corruption body overseen by an external editor, after former editor Matt Williams’ perceived conflict of interest with the ICAC was exposed, a report by the ICAC Inspector has revealed.
ANALYSIS: The ICAC Inspector’s report released last week into a complaint by the NT News and its former editor Matt Williams is not a get-out-of-jail-free card as the Territory’s only daily newspaper seems to think it is, nor is it vindication for them – it’s a new nadir of just how corrupt and incompetent the Northern Territory has become.
UPDATED: The CLP Opposition is calling for an ongoing police investigation into the Office of the ICAC to include the Chief Minister’s office and demanded to know “what and who” is currently under investigation.
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet is in the process of secretly establishing a club to sell grog and run gambling activities, after it was granted a liquor licence through a mysterious process that did not involve the Liquor Commission or any public notices or hearings, the NT Independent can reveal.
The Gunner Government has ordered 10 refrigerated shipping containers it intends to use as COVID-19 morgues to be rolled out in Darwin, Alice Springs and Nhulunbuy, the NT Independent can reveal.
The NT’s Buy Local Advocate has been unable to determine if the Gunner Government’s Buy Local Plan is working or if the government has increased spending with local businesses for the fourth year in a row, a new report shows.
A secret consultancy contract between the Department of Health and Ernst and Young that saw procurement rules violated to inflate a $700,000 contract to more than $4.3 million through variations has been referred to the ICAC by the Opposition and an independent MLA.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Health Department and its Minister misled Territorians and violated government procurement policies when it awarded a controversial $700,000 consultancy contract to Ernst and Young that ballooned to more than $4.3 million after multiple variations, the Auditor General has found.
A group of businesses opposed to the NT Government’s vaccine mandate has commenced legal action in the NT Supreme Court, arguing the Chief Health Officer’s directions are an overreach of power and ultimately “racist”.
UPDATED: The NT anti-corruption body’s second-in-charge has left his role to join the NT Police as its acting chief operating officer, in a strange move that comes amid media reports that police are investigating the Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.
The Territory Labor caucus and the NT’s head public servant have refused to say when they became aware of alleged election rorts perpetrated by the Chief Minister’s Office during the 2020 election caretaker period – or if any of them reported suspected improper conduct to the anti-corruption body in accordance with mandatory reporting laws.
EXCLUSIVE: A group of NT business owners will be filing legal action against the Gunner Government’s vaccine mandate in the NT Supreme Court this week, which they are confident will succeed despite legal action against mandates elsewhere in the country failing.
