Here are the businesses Shaun Drabsch approved for COVID stimulus funding after the department had rejected them for various reasons. The Territory’s Business Daddy had discretion to hand out nearly $25m through one program alone. Do you recognise any of them? READ THE LIST HERE
Flood victims from Kalkarindji, Daguragu and Pigeon Hole will be sent back home to live in temporary emergency accommodation after being displaced for almost two months due to flooding, the NT Government said on Friday.
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More than $20 million was handed out in taxpayer-funded grants to small businesses ahead of the 2020 NT general election by the business department through a COVID-19 stimulus program called the Small Business Survival Fund, that raised concerns with the Auditor General. Do you recognise any of the businesses? SEE THE INTERACTIVE LIST HERE
The Federal Albanese Government will be spending $3.8 billion over the next four years to upgrade Defence bases across northern Australia, including two air bases, two naval bases, and the Robertson Barracks in the NT, following the release of the National Defence Strategic Review, although it was not disclosed how much of that is new money and how much is already committed.
Outgoing police commissioner Jamie Chalker has delayed filing his evidence against Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, according to a Supreme Court order that granted him a deadline extension, indicating a settlement could be imminent that would keep the details of the case secret.
Federal Labor member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour has said she supports Yipirinya School principal Dr Gavin Morris’ proposal to open a boarding school in Alice Springs to get Indigenous children off the street and into the classroom through a free lodging scheme, and has also suggested there needs to be a similar boarding school in Katherine.
The NT Government has announced a $71 million power bill subsidy for Territorians for the next financial year ahead of the Budget, money that is typically funded every year, that the government said would help lower utility prices and boost the economy, but the Opposition and the peak body for the social and community sector say the money does not go far enough to address cost of living pressures.
A masked man who allegedly set a Katherine servo on fire was finally apprehended in the Darwin rural area after allegedly setting more fires. Find out how he was dramatically arrested.
Today’s national news includes Australia launching its biggest defence shakeup in decades to neutralize the threat of China’s militarization, Australia celebrating Anzac Day with dawn services and marches, the Finance Sector Union calling on banks to stop shuttering branches, and a new policy allowing Aussies to save up to $180 annually on prescription medicine.
NT Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a man in a balaclava who allegedly set fire to a Katherine service station on Tuesday afternoon and is still at large.
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