Today’s national news includes the Albanese government presiding over an ‘immigration detention disaster’, At least a thousand DV victims are stranded daily due to a funding crisis, Australia is now a top destination for expats, and PM Albanese clears up the Alice Springs funding debate.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised the Lawler Government’s recent youth curfew in Alice Springs and his own directive to the government last year to reinstate grog bans in remote communities, saying during his visit today that those measures worked and “we need to not be ideological about this”.
Airline Bonza has stopped all flights as it works out if it can survive as a business, the company has said, which follows the airline being promised an undisclosed amount of Territory taxpayer money in September to fly to Darwin and Alice Springs.
Urban Rampage says it will appeal the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s decision to permanently ban its stores from selling goods on credit using Centrepay.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Alice Springs, stating he is in town to see “the progress that is being made here” after announcing $250 million in federal cash last year during crime crisis meetings.
Motorists will start to experience improved traffic flows and enhanced safety after the first constructed lanes as part of the $165 million Tiger Brennan Drive and Berrimah Road overpass opened.
A 46-year-old man suffered serious injuries after he was allegedly pushed from a second-floor balcony at a Smith Street residence on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing domestic violence as a national crisis, Australia boosting Ukraine’s military aid package to $65 million, Australia ‘paying the price’ for the Labor government’s budgetary inaction, and the Australian Securities Exchange greenlighting the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds for the main board by the end of 2024.
More people left the NT last financial year than arrived, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show, with 17,390 people departing, compared to 14,120 who moved to the jurisdiction, which led to a net loss of 3,270 persons to other states and territories, raising doubts the population target of 300,000 will be reached by 2030.
Two groups of armed teens as young as 13, allegedly stole a taxi and two scooters across the Northern Suburbs over the weekend, NT Police said.
The latest highlights include the NT Government signing an MoU with South Korea for international mining prospects; and NT Major Events being granted an additional $4 million in funding this coming Dry season. Also making resource news is South32’s Gemco mine facing a period of closure due to Cyclone Megan. In addition, Empire Energy is closer to selling its first gas next year after a highly successful capital raise.
The NT Government’s initiatives to reduce deaths on Territory roads are not working, the Automobile Association of the Northern Territory says, calling for the disclosure of data about road quality, the causes of fatal crashes and the effectiveness of police activities to better protect drivers as the death count continues to rise.
