NT Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne has been charged with abuse of office.
CLP abandoned by local businesses, donation disclosures show
The once donation-rich Country Liberal Party, fuelled with big cash from big and small NT businesses for decades, is now dependent on contributions from its own candidates to keep it afloat in the lead up to the August election, donation disclosures reveal.
Andy Cowan’s Hawaiian adventure at taxpayers’ expense exposed
COW-A-BUNGA: The high-flying senior NT bureaucrat who charged taxpayers for a trip to Disney World late last year also charged Territorians $12,500 for a week-long trip to Hawaii earlier this year to attend a three-day conference, the NT Independent can reveal.
Senior NT public servant’s taxpayer funded trip to Disney World revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Territory’s second-most powerful public servant took a taxpayer funded excursion to Disney World while on a mysterious trip to the United States late last year that he now claims will be reimbursed to taxpayers, the NT Independent can reveal.
Gunner Government misleading Territorians on closing borders to Victoria
The Gunner Government’s claim that it has no legal jurisdiction to turn Victoria residents away from the NT’s borders is not true, one of the country’s leading constitutional law experts has told the NT Independent.
Victorians not forced into supervised quarantine until July 17
An undisclosed number of potentially infected coronavirus carriers from Victoria have come into the NT for weeks, with supervised quarantine not being enforced until next Friday, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has confirmed.
‘If you do come, tell the truth’: Gunner’s new border protection strategy questioned
UPDATED: Chief Minister Michael Gunner has declared all of Melbourne a coronavirus hot spot after earlier defending his decision to allow travellers from Victoria to move freely in the Territory as of July 17, as other states move to close their borders to the coronavirus-stricken state.
Chief Minister snubs charity event that would see public ask questions
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has snubbed a charity fundraiser, telling organisers he won’t debate challengers for his Fannie Bay electorate in the lead up to the August 22 Territory election.
Fracking not the solution: Energy financial experts dispute Liveris’ claims
The onshore gas industry will not fix the Northern Territory’s failing economy and continuing to subsidise it will hinder the post-pandemic economic rebuild, energy industry financial experts warn.
Gunner Government’s ‘Room to Breathe’ remote housing program suffocated by bungles, lack of oversight: AG Report
The Room to Breathe program has been so poorly administered that the government cannot properly “assess whether its objectives are being achieved economically, efficiently and effectively”, the Auditor General has found.
Gunner claims secret China agreement a ‘sister cities’ deal, questions remain
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has added to confusion around a mysterious agreement he signed in Shenzhen, China last October, telling Parliament on Thursday that it was a “sister cities relationship”.
Woman from Melbourne skips quarantine, discovered working in remote Northern Territory community store
A 30-year-old woman who entered the Territory last week from coronavirus-stricken Melbourne was discovered working at a store in a remote community on Monday, in direct violation of self-quarantine orders, the government said.