The Tiger Brennan Drive and Berrimah Road overpass has been officially renamed the Luke Bowen Bridge, honouring the late agricultural leader on Monday, who professionals and loved ones remembered as a man who built bridges across business and the wider Territory.
Campsites in the Finke River area west of Alice Springs have been identified as having the “highest snake risk” of all the NT’s campsites, a new study has revealed, with death adders, crowned snakes and hooded-curl snakes all found at the five campsites in the area, but Palmerston also made an appearance on the list for a high frequency of sightings, including brown snakes.
A recent NT Police constable recruit undergoing on-the-job training has been charged with weapons offences, after he was observed carrying an imitation Glock gun at the Darwin Police Station, NT Police said, which led to a raid of the officer’s home.
UPDATED: NT Government departments including hospitals, police, courts and schools were impacted by a system-wide network failure resulting in a lack of phone and internet services for more than 12 hours Thursday, with government officials unable to get the system functioning again until close to 4pm.
Darwin Lord Mayor Peter Styles says council has an “obligation” to private Darwin businesses to “open doors for them” in China, which is why it’s necessary for him, council chief executive Simone Saunders and two other staffers to charge ratepayers an undisclosed amount for a trade mission to Guangzhou in December that he also confusingly said on Tuesday is “not necessarily [about] trade”. Potential conflicts of interest with Mr Styles’ personal business interests, which were raised last week, have still not been addressed.
The Northern Territory ranks last in household energy performance policy on the Energy Efficiency Council’s inaugural national scorecard, finding the jurisdiction had no government-provided consumer information or household energy efficiency incentive program, and new homes retain a 5-star minimum, rather than the National Construction Code’s 7-star minimum requirement.
The CLP Government has spent $6.5 million on new “high-tech” tasers with increased fire power for the NT Police that will be rolled out first in Wadeye, Alice Springs and Katherine, which the Chief Minister says is all about “safety”.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has been awarded a 10-year, $625 million contract to provide aeromedical retrieval and inter-hospital transfer services in the Top End, Big Rivers, and East Arnhem regions, but the government has refused to explain why the contract was awarded so late and how much taxpayers will pay Careflight while it continues the service until next July.
The NT’s aged care system poses increased risks of hospital harm for elderly residents, a new report by the Australian Medical Association has warned, adding the Territory is the only jurisdiction that has seen the total number of residential aged care places remain unchanged for the past six years while home care packages have decreased from a decade ago.
A woman faces an assault charge for allegedly spitting in a shop worker’s face on Friday and a 17-year-old girl has been charged with physically assaulting the same worker, while the employee in turn is being investigated over her use of OC spray, including spraying it into a vehicle carrying the alleged offenders while two young children were sitting inside, with police not disclosing the children’s ages.
Two police vehicles were damaged during a riot involving up to 150 people in Wadeye and officers had to rescue a man who was hiding from the crowd, NT Police said, as violence in the remote community continues.
The Limmen Bight Marine Park has been extended by 185sq kms, an increase of 20 per cent, which the government says will help support the world’s largest dugong population while protecting marine habitats and promoting sustainable tourism.
