Resources company Tivan has announced an agreement with the NT Government to enable a mineral-processing plant in the controversial Middle Arm precinct on Darwin Harbour, a month after the new executive chairman told the extraordinary general meeting he was elected at, if there was no change there was “a 100 per cent likelihood that the company would fail”.
The Fyles Government has shot down a motion to ban the consumption of alcohol in Parliament House, citing its own “high standards” and the Deputy Chief Minister’s assurances of “responsible behaviour” by fifth floor staffers.
The Fyles Government has voted against striking a parliamentary committee that would have investigated how the government spends federal money on Indigenous disadvantage, which was called for by the CLP, citing concerns about the recent federal cash boost of $250 million for Central Australia.
The NT Government and the private sector have stepped up its global recruitment of workers as the jurisdiction’s worker shortage hits an estimated 5,000, impacting the mining, construction, and hospitality sectors.
Seafarms Group’s $1.5 billion flagship development Project Sea Dragon has entered voluntary administration after almost 10 years of capital raising and speculation about its viability, amid millions in NT taxpayer subsidies being spent on the project.
A developer plans to construct several eight-storey apartment blocks for students at Darwin’s Frog Hollow park that it says will meet student accommodation demand with a government-estimated 10,000 international students expected to come over the next few years.
Talks between the Fyles Government and the NT Police Association on a new pay deal appear to have broken down, as the union revealed the preliminary findings of its latest member survey that shows a large number of officers are contemplating leaving the NT and the same number support strike action.
NT Police are seeking witnesses after a man lured a child into an abandoned car and indecently assaulted her in Tennant Creek on Monday night.
NT Health has issued a public warning about Murray Valley encephalitis – a mosquito-borne disease – following the recent death of an individual in the Top End region, adding that the case was most likely acquired in Darwin.
Two women have been charged for an alleged sly grog operation from a Gillen home and placed on the NT’s banned drinkers register for three months, NT Police said.
A 54-year-old Darwin man is facing charges of possessing child abuse materials in Darwin local court after being indicted by the NT Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team late last week, following an investigation sparked by alerts issued by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
An environment advocates group has launched a legal challenge in the NT Supreme Court against the NT Government’s approval of Tamboran Resources’ application to drill and frack in the Beetaloo basin, alleging Environment Minister Lauren Moss failed to lawfully assess the environmental plan by not identifying and considering all the risks.
