Litchfield Council has admitted that after dramatically dropping the cost to Southport residents for sealing six streets, it does not know how the revised figure was calculated.
Board takes question on notice about DBA’s solvency
The Darwin Basketball Association Board could not explain at its annual general meeting why it considered the association solvent given a warning from auditors at the end of last year that there was significant doubt about its capacity to continue as a going concern.
‘It is absurd. It is perverse’: ICAC criticised for hiding name of former judge taking over investigation
The Director of the Centre for Public Integrity has described as “absurd” a decision by the Acting Independent Commissioner Against Corruption to suppress the name of a former Supreme Court judge she briefed to oversee the continuing investigation of the then-Labor government’s misuse of public resources during the 2020 general election.
Stolen car allegedly rams police vehicle, occupants throw rocks at police
Occupants in an allegedly stolen car threw rocks at Strike Force Viper members in a police vehicle before ramming another police vehicle, NT Police said.
Alex Bruce confirms he will be Lia Finocchiaro’s chief of staff
Hospitality NT chief executive Alex Bruce has announced he will be Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s new chief of staff.
‘We just can’t continue unless we get the money’: DBA tells members it was at risk of folding
Members voted to adopt the Darwin Basketball Association financial statements for the previous two years under the threat the association could not continue to trade if they did not and because the Northern Territory government was withholding sport voucher money as...
Darwin Salties pull out of Queensland league citing costs
The Darwin Salties basketball team has announced it has left the Queensland-based NBL1 North competition saying it is financially unviable for the club to pay for its opposition teams’ travel costs, and further said the club’s ability to negotiate with another league was limited due to the loss of its general manager after only ten months in the role.
Parliament sitting dates announced, government promises bail reform bill
The first sitting of the Northern Territory Parliament under the new Finocchiaro Government will begin on October 15, and run for two weeks, with the government saying it will introduce its promised bail reforms, decrease the age of criminal responsibility, and bring in minimum mandatory sentences for assaulting frontline workers in the first week
Man charged over alleged ‘edged weapon’ attack: police
A 49-year-old man has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill a man in an Alice Springs shopping centre, then attempting to strike him with an “edged weapon”, NT Police said.
Darwin Salties boss quits, Basketball Queensland won’t comment on team’s future in NBL1 North league
Darwin Salties basketball team’s general manager Matt Nason has quit the club roughly 10 months into the role, while Basketball Queensland would not comment on whether the team would remain in the NBL1 North league next season, with questions over the club’s solvency having been previously raised after it was given roughly $1.25 million combined from the NT Government and two NT basketball organisations in less than two-and-a-half years.
Judge sets aside $120k finding that police officer inserted finger into woman’s vagina during search
A Supreme Court judge has found a Local Court judge’s reasons for finding a police officer slipped her finger into a woman’s vagina during a search for drugs and jewellery to be inadequate, setting aside the judgment, and calling for the matter to be reheard in the lower court again before a different judge.
Chief Minister says ‘existing infrastructure’ will be used to assist with prison overcrowding
Existing “infrastructure” could be used to house overflow prisoners who are being held in police watch houses, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has said, but her government remained silent on the potential for using the old Berrimah jail when youth prisoners are moved out next month, while the former chief minister told the police union in April there were no immediate solutions to the problem.