Today’s national news includes US actions in the Middle East appropriate, says PM Albanese; Keppel aims for Sydney tower; 2024 Supercars season to start this month; Veterans group looking to establish in Townsville; and Eminent Australians wants the government to defuse US-China tensions.

NT Health’s new $260m patient record system pulled from emergency departments
The Labor Government’s new $260 million digital patient record system has been suspended in emergency departments at both Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals after repeated failures, with nobody held accountable for the bungle which caused delays and confusion for health staff and patients for months.

Doors ripped off roadhouse in alcohol theft
Offenders attached ratchet straps to a 4WD to rip the front doors off a roadhouse to steal alcohol, NT Police said.

Which companies won the most money from NT Government contracts in 2023?
Find out which companies made the most money off NT Government contracts in 2023 here.

NT Health issues Melioidosis alert after two deaths and heavy rains
NT Health has issued a new warning about deadly soil-borne disease Melioidosis following the deaths of two people since October and diagnosed cases rising due to recent heavy rains.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for February 2
Today’s national news includes Australia delaying on answering Israeli military export requests, Papua New Guinea, Australia inks new police deal, 4th quarter inflation hits two-year low, and US military stockpiling supplies in Australia.

Woman left with serious head injury from assault: Police
A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman who was found unconscious and later treated at Royal Darwin Hospital for a significant head injury, NT Police said.

NT Government flags funding cuts to EDO after Barossa gas project court case fiasco
The Lawler Government may cut its funding to the Environmental Defenders Office following findings a lawyer with the organisation “distorted and misrepresented” evidence during a Federal Court hearing into Santos’ Barossa gas project, which the Chief Minister suggested was an attempt by the EDO to derail the Territory’s economy.

New management team to oversee SunCable’s domestic DarwinLink project
Sun Cable has appointed a new leadership team to oversee the domestic side of the resuscitated Australia-Asia Power Link project that ultimately aims to transmit solar energy from the NT to Singapore, but which will focus on providing power to Darwin first.
NT Independent Car of the Week: 2020 Volkswagen Amarok 2H MY21 TDI580 4MOTION
This week, check out Dustin’s newly arrived black 2020 Volkswagen Amarok 2H MY21 TDI580 4MOTION Perm W580 Utility that comes with an 8-speed automatic transmission and is powered by a 6-cylinder diesel engine.

Two men charged over rape that was not made public by police
Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a female stranger near the Darwin CBD in mid-January NT Police said, an attack police did not make public after the agency became aware of it four days later.

Government hands public housing to not-for-profits
Mission Australia Housing NT and Venture Housing have taken over management of 500 public housing properties in Darwin and Palmerston, which is part of a plan to move up to 40 per cent of urban public housing to community housing providers, the Lawler Government has said.

