Approximately 5,000 Jacana Energy customers across the Territory are experiencing significant billing delays attributed to a major issue with the rollout of smart meters, the company revealed at Estimates hearings, while it is owed tens of millions in unpaid bills.
The NT Government is investing $2 million in upgrades to the historic Kahlin Oval in the Larrakeyah suburb of Darwin, including clubhouse structural roof repairs, dedicated female change rooms, improved disability access, and “enhanced security” in an effort to boost the growth of women’s and junior cricket in the city.
A 23-year-old woman is in hospital after being stabbed in the head and chest while she slept at a Zuccoli residence around 3:35am, NT Police said.
EDITORIAL: The Estimates Show is not currently functioning in the public’s interest and needs to be shut down and re-formatted or the main players possibly re-cast to get it back on track.
An in-principle deal between gas giant Inpex and the union representing striking workers has been struck that will see operations at the company’s sites return to normal, with a formal vote to accept the deal scheduled soon.
Top End revheads will be left spinning this week as more Supercars events and activations have been scheduled over the next few days around Darwin and Palmerston.
An 18-year-old male has been arrested after police allege he indecently assaulted “a boy aged between 12 and 16” who was not known to him at a supermarket in the Alice Springs CBD Wednesday afternoon.
The new national warning system, ‘AusAlert’, will be tested in Tennant Creek on Thursday, June 18, that will see residents’ mobile phones “vibrate and play a siren-like warning” for 10 seconds around 10am, the government said.
A man was threatened with weapons while sleeping in a tent at an Alice Springs caravan park early Tuesday morning, NT Police said.
The Finnochiaro Government has released a “climate resilience plan” aiming to position the Territory as a major global player in carbon capture and storage, with Environment Minister Josh Burgoyne stating the plan builds on efforts to promote the NT’s role in the power transition and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, despite the government scrapping its renewable energy target and emissions reduction pledge.
Three bilbies have been born at the Alice Springs Desert Park as a result of a conservation program for one of Australia’s most iconic threatened species, the Finocchiaro Government has said.
A woman has been charged with arson and ram-raiding offences over a fire at a storage units building in Pinelands, NT Police said.
