A plan for protecting migratory shorebirds in Darwin Harbour warns that development, including the controversial Middle Arm industrial precinct, could have a detrimental effect on the coastal bird habitat, also recommending barrier fencing using a floating buoy line on a section of Lee Point beach.
The Local Government Minister Chanston Paech has provide a vague statement about why he chose to suspend the Coomalie Community Government Council members and put the council under official management.
A woman was sexually assaulted in the main street of Katherine in the early house of Sunday morning by two men, with one of the alleged offenders having been arrested, NT Police said.
Three people have been killed in a road crash at Hayes Creek, NT Police said.
NT Police officers need ‘safe places’ away from major police stations where members can receive counselling and the government needs to fully fund and staff a wellbeing team to deliver preventative and responsive services, the union representing the NT’s cops said, while the Police Minister has refused to provide more details around proposed new wellbeing services for officers.
More than two years after a secret review into well-being services for police found there was no defined strategy to deal with mental health matters, the Lawler Government has established an early intervention program for police well-being, while a former officer who is still waiting for a wellness check three years after he left the force said it has taken too long.
Former Anindilyakwa Land Council chair T Wuramaarrba was added to a “significant Territorians” list this year, which is why he is being given a state memorial, the Chief Minister said, despite the activities of the land council under his control currently the subject of an independent federal investigation into alleged corruption.
The Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment will not say on what legal basis it is considering selectively limiting back pay for firefighters to six years, following a decision of the Fair Work Commission that firies should be paid more than just the hours they were owed, as part of an ongoing underpayment policy that dates back to 1988.
The Lawler Government is in discussions with two unspecified “potential green energy projects” to take the place of Fortescue Future Industries at the controversial Middle Arm industrial area, it has claimed, while the Federal Government has said it still intends to spent $1.5 billion on infrastructure at the site, but a final business case would have to completed before the project is formally assessed for final funding.
Fortescue has given up its spot at the proposed Middle Arm industrial development precinct, a decision which follows the February departure of former chief minister Michael Gunner from the company just five months after being named Fortescue Future Industries director of business development for Australia and New Zealand.
Offenders rammed the front gate of an Alice Springs business and stole three vehicles overnight, NT Police said.
Corruption allegations levelled against the Anindilyakwa Land Council by traditional owners have been referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the National Indigenous Australians Agency has confirmed.
