More than 62 per cent of the Northern Territory’s public servants who voted on the new Enterprise Agreement have rejected the NT Government’s latest pay offer, with the union representing the workers calling on the government to get back to the bargaining table as soon as possible.
A special investigation series into five senior NT Police officers who lied to a coronial inquest about the TRG’s racist awards has been recognised at the NT Media Awards for best crime/court reporting of the year, but the matter continues to be ignored by the Chief Minister and the NT Police top brass, who have refused to hold anyone accountable for lying in stat decs and later attempting to destroy evidence.
The government corporation that markets and organises the Territory’s major events will be rolled into the broader Tourism NT body, to “market tourism and events with greater impact”, but the Tourism Minister could not say how many jobs will be cut or how much money the Finocchiaro CLP Government expects to save through the merger.
EDITORIAL: If we needed any further proof that Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby is completely out of her depth in her role as the Northern Territory’s first law officer, it came this week during her latest disaster that led the public to once again question the integrity of its government institutions. It’s time for her to resign or be sacked to restore some modicum of confidence in our beleaguered justice system.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly spraying two nightclub bouncers with OC spray in Darwin’s CBD overnight, NT Police said, which has happened within the first month of a Finocchiaro Government trial on its sale to the public.
Police are looking for a teenage boy after a teenage girl was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital following her finger being severed during an alleged assault in Galiwinku on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
There will be about 2.2 million trays of mangoes grown in the Darwin region this season but growers will be faced with higher labour costs because of an extended harvest period, the ABC reported.
A 32-year-old man has today been charged with murder after his partner was found dead in Palmerston on Tuesday night, NT Police said.
A new new pop culture and technology event called DiGiT, which incorporates gaming, cosplay, digital art and e-sports, along with panels and workshops, will be held in Darwin in November the organisers have said.
Territory bus drivers employed by private operator CDC have started protected industrial action drawing attention to increasing incidents of assaults, rock throwing, and other threats workers face, as part of their demands for better pay and working conditions, which comes one year to the day since a driver was kicked in the head while driving 70km/h down the Stuart Highway.
The highly anticipated Motocross World Championship will make its return to Australia after a 24-year hiatus this weekend in Darwin, when world class racing hits the Hidden Valley Motorsports complex on a new purpose-built international motocross track.
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly inflicting head injuries on a female family member in Palmerston yesterday, NT Police said.
