Today’s national news includes WA withdrawing support for an Indigenous voice to parliament, one in three Australians being a victim of physical violence, Mongolia getting AU$250,000 aid from Australia, Australia’s retail sales rebound after fall, and All 23 US marines accounted for after deadly crash in Darwin.
Southern Cross Care plans to build a $18 million 26-bed facility in Fannie Bay to provide special care for dementia patients.
Proposed changes to the NT’s mining laws that the Fyles Government says will “provide certainty” for the resources industry through upgraded environmental regulation by restructuring the Environmental Protection Act has been welcomed by environmentalists but criticised by industry for lacking coherency.
UPDATED: Three US Marines have died after their Osprey aircraft crashed on the Tiwi Islands Sunday morning, authorities have confirmed, while others are being treated at Royal Darwin Hospital which has declared an emergency “Code Brown”.
Two Territory vocational training students studying business services and retail baking have won bronze medals at the 2023 WorldSkills National Championships held in Melbourne as part of a six-member team from Charles Darwin University.
EDITORIAL: Michael Murphy’s appointment as the Territory’s new top cop sends a clear message that nobody in the government wants the major dysfunction and ongoing allegations of corruption facing the NT Police to be cleaned up.
Enrollments in GP vocational training in the Northern Territory have plummeted by 80 per cent over the past seven years, with only 14 commencing this year, a new study has found, raising calls for urgent action.
No.7 James Circuit at Woodroffe will be opened for viewing on Saturday, August 26, at 9:00 am. The property is now open to offers from interested investors or astute first-time homebuyers.
Today’s national news includes South Australia fast tracks the building of new homes on greenfield sites, the Australian Defence Force getting its first batch of Black Hawk helicopters, ACT having Australia’s first all-electric emergency services vehicle, and Kia dropping the most affordable Carnival engine option for Australia.
Informa Connect Australia will be hosting the 17th Mining the Territory Conference as part of this year’s Northern Territory Resources Week on September 13 and 14 at the Darwin Convention Centre.
More than a dozen bottles of spirits, along with wine casks and a carton of beer, destined for dry communities in the Victoria River Region were seized and destroyed by NT Police last weekend, with charges against multiple people pending for attempting to bring booze into restricted areas.
Financial barriers pose the main challenge for Skyla Chatterton, a 15-year-old Territory student who won the bronze medal at last year’s International Federation of Muaythai Associations World Youth Championships and is now kicking her way back to international competition by defeating opponents above her age and weight locally and interstate.
