South Australia space company Equatorial Launch Australia says it plans to spend $100 million to upgrade its rocket launch facilities in Arnhem Land over the next few years, but has blasted the Federal Government for cancelling a $30 million grant from its latest budget.
Nightcliff primary school was broken into over night, NT Police said, with preschool and transition students not being able to go to school today due to the damage.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s claims that police are responsible for determining bail for violent offenders is “highly embarrassing for the government and deeply insulting for our members”, the union representing the NT’s police officers has said, adding the Territory’s bail laws aren’t working.
Economic constraints, ageing infrastructure and volunteer burnout are being cited as the reasons the Tennant & District Show Society Committee has cancelled the much-anticipated Tennant Creek Show just three weeks before it was set to kick off on July 14.
This week, Dustin invites you to check out a newly arrived silver 2022 Toyota Land cruiser VDJ79R GXL Double Cab five-speed manual transmission that comes with an 8-cylinder 4.5-litre diesel engine with an odometer reading of only 90 km.
Today’s national news includes the Senate paving the way for a referendum on Indigenous voice in the constitution, and Albemarle to acquire Australia’s Lithium Power International. Also in the news are ProHance expanding its business in Australia, Joint CarBon and Roev launching a fully electric 4×4 Toyota Hilux to Australia, and Virgin Australia announcing its $69 fares flight sale.
The mother of a young man who was stabbed to death while doing his job at a Darwin bottleshop has criticised Chief Minister Natasha Fyles for “minimising and downplaying” her son’s death while dodging questions about the crime crisis at Estimates and failing to take meaningful action to keep the community safe.
Police are searching for one of two males who allegedly entered an Alice Springs apartment Sunday night and attempted to enter a bedroom by using a knife to unlock the door before fleeing the scene, NT Police said.
The Federal Labor Government’s $2 billion social housing funding pledge will see the NT receive $50 million to continue to address a public housing shortage in urban and remote areas – which ranks among the smallest total of the funding in the country – despite the NT’s high homeless rate.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include MetalsGrove to commence drilling on its Bruce rare earths project in NT, Vista Gold extending the Mt Todd agreement with the NT Government until 2029, Tamboran Resources securing 420 acres of land for LNG development in Middle Arm and more.
Today’s national news includes the Federal Government passing a new law to prevent building the Russian embassy near parliament, Australia set to deepen its partnership with Nato, Global interest for Australia’s critical minerals rising, and Drag racer Kelvin Lyle in serious condition after the crash.
A single-vehicle car rollover near Arlparra Community, northeast of Alice Springs on Saturday, has claimed the life of a 27-year-old British woman with another occupant of the vehicle hospital with non-life threatening injuries, NT Police said.
