When their dog Princess Evie died last year, Anitra Jackson and her partner Dean used the tragedy to campaign for new regulations for the pet boarding industry in the Northern Territory, to ensure the safety and well-being of all pets being cared for.
Channel 9 has axed Darwin’s local nightly bulletin with some staff sacked and others possibly “redeployed” to other areas of the company in a shock move.
Here’s a list of activities planned for this Australia Day across the Northern Territory, including free pool entries, fighter jet fly-overs, the annual ute run and many more festivities on tap this Sunday.
Dustin’s brings you its newly arrived white 2019 Toyota Land Cruiser VDJ76R Workmate Wagon with a 4.5-litre 8-cylinder diesel engine and a 5-speed manual transmission. This 4WD vehicle has an odometer reading of 174,637 km.
The NT Fight Series returns for its sixth edition, showcasing the NT’s first-ever world title fight event and other Muay Thai matches this Saturday.
Approximately 4,200 infants and 18,500 teenagers across the NT are now eligible to receive free Meningococcal B vaccinations, which will be rolled into the regular immunisation schedule, the government has announced.
More than $8 million from the federal and NT governments will improve access and essential services for survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence across the Territory, through the National Partnership Agreement.
Qantas will resume non-stop flights from Darwin to Canberra and introduce flights from Darwin to Singapore in the coming months, as part of a new long-term agreement between Qantas and the Airport Development Group.
As an election promise the CLP said it would phase out gill nets because it was scared of losing votes, but now it is in government it needs to show courage by reversing its decision on the ban which would mean the end of wild caught barramundi and threadfin salmon in restaurants, writes Gerry Wood.
The Finocchiaro Government has proposed changing child protection laws to override national guidelines, making it easier for courts to place Indigenous children in the care of non-Indigenous families to avoid the child being put at risk, but the NT Children’s Commissioner Shahleena Musk has argued the changes go against the evidence of what is best for children, it has been reported.
A man who was allegedly chased from the Alice Springs Hospital by police because of an outstanding arrest warrant for domestic violence, allegedly threatened to burn down the house he was holed up in during what police described as a siege.
The long-delayed and extremely overbudget Tiger Brennan Drive overpass is limping its way to completion with on and off ramps opening to traffic as of Saturday, but the south end of Berrimah Road will still not be accessible for a while yet, the NT Government has warned.
