The NT’s ‘Minister for North Australia’ Nicole Manison has waded into simmering geopolitical tensions between China and the US to calm Territorians’ fears, suggesting new US B-52 bombers coming to the NT would bring much-needed economic activity, outweighing the risks of Darwin becoming a target for China as tensions escalate.
The NT Independent has been nominated for two awards at the 2022 NT Media Awards – Best News Coverage and Best Crime/Court Reporting – in spite of the Fyles Government’s best efforts to restrict the free press.
Two boys aged 12 and 13 have been arrested in relation to a Friday night crime spree in Marrara where they allegedly assaulted a worker with a blunt weapon during a robbery, NT Police said.
The by-election for a new Alice Springs town councillor has come down to two candidates separated by only 17 votes after preliminary counting over the weekend, with the NT Electoral Commission saying the winner may not be made official until November 11.
Hundreds of Darwin bus services were cancelled last month, including during peak hours, as more drivers quit their jobs due to intensifying violence and ongoing anti-social behaviour of passengers, drivers have revealed.
UPDATED: NT Police are looking for witnesses who may have seen a 72-year-old woman killed after being struck by two vehicles on Thorngate Road in Holtze around 7:30pm Friday night.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include the Territory’s mineral exploration funding hitting the highest levels in more than a decade, TNG saying it still cannot give estimates on pre-production capital expenditure for its Mount Peak project, PNX starting drilling at its Glencore gold deposit, ELE to make the first shipment of magnetite to China, plus more.
A highly pathogenic and aggressive roundworm that is difficult to eradicate and thrives on sweet potato, cucumber, capsicum, butternut pumpkin, snake bean, zucchini and chilli plants, has been detected by biosecurity staff on several farms in the Northern Territory, and could have already been present in Darwin areas for as long as a year, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade has said.
The Cavenagh Street “shade” structure is expected to cost taxpayers more than $100,000 to maintain this financial year – up from $13,400 last financial year – government figures obtained by the Opposition show, with Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler ruling out replacing the vines that have still not covered the structure in four years.
Three teens have been arrested over the theft of a car from Alawa on Thursday, which police said was later being driven “towards Katherine” before being abandoned after police tried to intercept the trio.
Workers at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite mine operations have threatened to walk off the job if the mining giant doesn’t get back to the bargaining table for a new enterprise agreement, which the union says has been delayed for more than two years.
The Fyles Government’s new annual “retention payment” of $3,500 for Katherine-based teachers to subsidise their rent will not solve the high turnover rates and housing problems afflicting the Territory’s educators, the NT Education Union said.
