The Territory Government is acting unlawfully by allowing the Mandorah jetty to breach national disability and accessibility regulations, the Federal Infrastructure and Transport Department has said, while the department says it cannot confirm how many public transport services are currently not compliant with new regulations introduced after a 20-year lead time.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler says she told Chief Minister Natasha Fyles about the extensive damage at the Howard Springs workers’ camp in the days before Ms Fyles’s last denial, but the Chief Minister has since denied any knowledge of the damage that she had specifically sent Ms Lawler to the facility to investigate.
The troubled community of Peppimenarti will have a new permanent police station built at an estimated cost of $19 million, NT Treasurer Eva Lawler announced as part of Tuesday’s NT Budget, but the union representing police says they are “confused” about the announcement.
The Fyles Government should suspend the Barkly Regional Council and install an administrator instead of holding by-elections for new members, says a former councillor who led the committee that was to handle an investigation into bullying and harassment claims against the former chief executive officer and Mayor.
NT Police refuse to say whether a Land Cruiser loaded with people armed with axes, machetes and other weapons smashed up cars along the main street of Adelaide River, forcing people to run for safety and later fleeing police during a five-car chase, as multiple witnesses have claimed, an account supported by NT Independent sources.
NT Police have said Chief Minister Natasha Fyles or her staff have not yet reported criminal damage to her electoral office after it had the number 9.8 spray-painted across the front by unknown parties, in reference to the government approving fracking in the Beetaloo Basin on Wednesday without having implemented recommendation 9.8 from the Pepper Inquiry.
The Federal Greens have said the Territory Government is breaking its promise to Territorians by lifting their moratorium on fracking without implementing all of the recommendations of the Pepper Inquiry, and said dealing with scope 2 and 3 domestic emissions from the project would still have to be considered by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council.
The NT Government has approved Beetaloo fracking, despite its own report revealing it had not commenced emissions offset discussions with the Federal Government, offsets that could account for 22 per cent of Australia’s total emissions, while its independent oversight officer said the government had not met the Pepper Inquiry offsets recommendation and emissions remained “an unacceptable risk”.
Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has said the AFL could not put a team in the Northern Territory because it is “in complete disarray socially at the moment”, however former chief minister Michael Gunner has said the team would be a social force in the Territory, while the taskforce behind a push for the team has missed a deadline for its final report.
UPDATED: Two people have been arrested after two Darwin city businesses were ram raided in stolen cars early Monday morning, NT Police said, marking seven reported ram raids occurred across the Territory in nine days, with calls for more to be done to protect the community.
Police and Territory Families Minister Kate Worden says she, the Chief Minister, and Deputy Chief Minister have “all been completely honest” about damage to the Howard Springs workers camp despite conflicting stories for weeks and the Chief Minister’s repeated denials until after a $30,000 tender was awarded to assess the damage.
NT Police officers fired shots into the water in the croc-infested Daly River to protect two alleged offenders from the Jovi Boys gang who had jumped into the water to avoid capture, while crocodiles entered the water after them.
