The Lawler Government has given a special reserve status to the Jabiluka area in Kakadu National Park which would disallow uranium mining but it will likely not come into effect as Energy Resources Australia has said it had applied to renew its Jabiluka mineral lease which would void the protection.
Work on the $63 million Mandorah jetty project has finally started five years after the NT government declared it a priority project, the Lawler Government has said, but the cost has more than doubled since 2017, however the upgrade will make the facility compliant with changes to national disability legislation that came into effect 18 months ago following a 20-year lead-in time.
Today’s national news includes the Albanese government slammed for ‘losing its way’, military recruiting noncitizens to boost troop numbers, Brisbane is now the second most expensive city for housing, and P&O Cruises Australia to merge with Carnival Cruise Line.
Smoke from prescribed fires and other smaller fires south of Darwin that pushed a smoky haze across the region on Tuesday morning led to NT Health issuing an advisory for Top End residents.
Charles Darwin University has been given free land by the NT Government for a new student accommodation facility in the Darwin CBD, which it says will take two years to build, without any explanation as to why the government or university did not start on it two years ago amid a shortage of rental properties and as the new city campus nears completion.
Six designers from the Territory were shortlisted to join the 30 other finalists for the 2024 National Indigenous Fashion Awards as part of the upcoming Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair in August.
EDITORIAL: Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has repeatedly said it will take courage to rid the force of racism. What he doesn’t seem to understand is this rules him out of being Police Commissioner. He has proven he is a coward and a liar and a man who buries racism rather than investigate it.
A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman after entering her Palmerston home on Wednesday night is still at large, while police appeal for the public’s help to track him down.
Today’s national news includes a US teenager arrested over meth import, defence minister warning China over provocative tactics, The Department of Home Affairs has been ordered to fix deportations to NZ, Inflation quickens to a five-month high, and There may be travel restrictions for Donald Trump in Australia.
The Territory’s peak construction industry body is calling on the NT Government to immediately introduce “substantial grants” to boost demand for new housing construction after figures show private dwellings in the NT dropped to only 25 approvals in April.
Darwin will host the AFLW Dreamtime game in October in a one-year deal the Chief Minister refused to disclose the cost of, however a government report shows it would cost taxpayers roughly $300,000 to buy the AFLW game, with the costs for other regular AFL games also disclosed in the report.
The mix of extraordinarily high rents and cut-rate homes for sale could spell disaster for the Top End property market if not immediately dealt with, real estate market experts have said.
