The future of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs remains uncertain as it faces a significant decline in reported student enrolment numbers and mounting debt, which comes as the government released a redacted independent investigation report from last year, that raised questions around suspicious enrolment figures claimed by the previous principal and spending irregularities.
Owning a dangerous animal in the Northern Territory will be made easier under proposed regulations introduced by the Finocchiaro CLP Government, after one man told them they should let more people get involved in pet crocodile ownership.
A woman in her 40s was struck in the head by a wooden sculpture while working at an Alice Springs art gallery on Wednesday afternoon, NT Police said, after a woman entered the shop and damaged several items.
Foodbank SA & NT has officially opened a permanent Food Hub site in Katherine, aiming to enhance local food security and improve disaster preparedness within the region.
Four females have been arrested, including one aged 11, in connection to an armed robbery in Bakewell last night that resulted in an employee receiving cuts to his hand after he was threatened by the group with a knife, while five other youths have been arrested in relation to a late-night property crime spree and theft of a golf buggy that was driven around the Palmerston Golf Course over the weekend.
UPDATED: NT Police have now arrested the 14-year-old male suspect who they allege was involved in a violent machete attack at the Yeperenye Shopping Centre in Alice Springs on Monday, that nearly resulted in an elderly man being struck with the machete, which follows the arrest and charging of a 17-year-old male earlier on Tuesday.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro claims the Prime Minister is “mucking us around” over her choice for the next administrator of the Northern Territory by not approving it for five months, while current Administrator Hugh Heggie has commenced “a series of farewell visits” and “parades” across the Territory and interstate ahead of his term ending on January 30.
Tenuous connections to famous people and events are not uncommon in family histories or, for that matter, the media, but there is a Northern Territory link to the Whitlam dismissal of 11 November 1975, although it was not apparent at the time, writes historian Dr Robyn Smith.
A fire broke out at Inpex’s Darwin LNG facility on Monday, the company has confirmed, but it said no one was harmed and “there has been no impact on the environment”.
Proposed reforms to federal environmental laws will fast-track controversial gas expansion projects in the Northern Territory without proper public consultation, federal Greens Leader Larissa Waters has warned while visiting Darwin, adding the reforms amount to deregulation of industry that will be particularly devastating for the Northern Territory.
Health support workers plan to hold protected industrial action within the next 10 days, which could seriously disrupt the operations of NT public hospitals, the union has warned.
Two Territorians suffered serious burns at work in separate incidents last month while refuelling petrol-powered pressure cleaners, prompting a safety alert from the workplace safety watchdog.
