The latest highlights include another NT Major Project collapsing, the government promoting energy sector advancements at an energy conference and Northern Iron leaving behind $55 million in debt after shutdown, while administrators are called into Lucapa diamond mine.
Rental affordability is continuing to worsen across the Northern Territory, a new report by the NT Council of Social Service has found, with the body warning the rising cost of living in the NT is “concerning”.
CLP backbencher Tanzil Rahman has been selected to attend the McKinnon Institute’s Advanced Political Leadership program that aims to enhance and develop “high quality political leadership”, particularly for MLAs who are “potential ministers in the short to medium term”.
UPDATED: A 24-year-old Aboriginal man who was restrained by NT Police at the Coles supermarket in Alice Springs on Tuesday following an alleged altercation with a security guard has died, NT Police said, with the death now being investigated as a death in custody.
Larrakia cultural artefacts that were taken from the community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been returned to the Northern Territory from the Fowler Museum in the United States, the museum has said.
A man who allegedly drove a car onto curb in the Alice Springs CBD in an attempt to hit a woman, and who almost hit other pedestrians on a footpath before he crashed, has been charged, NT Police said.
A 14-year-old male who allegedly escaped from custody during a court appearance on Friday afternoon and later removed his electronic monitoring device, was also allegedly involved in a violent carjacking early Saturday morning that saw the victim narrowly avoid being hit by another vehicle on Bagot Road, NT Police said.
China has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to return the Darwin Port to Australia ownership, stressing that Chinese company Landbridge, which is currently managing the strategically important northern port, should not suffer the consequences of this decision.
A 39-year-old Palmerston man was arrested on Friday following a raid of his home and is currently facing multiple charges related to child abuse material offences, NT Police said.
Members of the Coomalie Community Government Council have been officially sacked by the Local Government Minister over “serious and sustained deficiencies in the council’s governance and operations”.
The CLP Government has scrapped the currently in-progress State Square Art Gallery project in the Darwin CBD, suggesting a massive cost blowout, and will now put the future use of the site and “state-of-the-art” building to a public expression of interest process in hopes someone might want to do something with it.
The CLP Government will overhaul the public bus network in Darwin and Palmerston, including closing the Casuarina bus interchange by October, followed by staged closures of both the Darwin and Palmerston interchanges, which it said will make the system safer for the community.
