A 70-year-old man was threatened with an “edged weapon” in his bedroom after an offender broke through the front door of his Alice Springs house with an iron bar, with that offender and another man later returning to the house and again threatening the man with an “edged weapon”, NT Police said.
The Northern Territory is experiencing rising influenza cases as Australia is hit by a large outbreak of the respiratory illness, with infection rates reaching their highest levels nationally since 1990, a report shows.
Today’s national news includes PM Albanese denouncing an anti-Semitic social media post by Iranian Ambassador, the government forming a climate health advisory group, RBA’s decision to hold cash rate ‘welcomed’ by Jim Chalmers, and Australia’s housing market remains ‘resilient’ despite mounting costs of living.
The former operator of Sushi Bay outlets has been fined $15.3 million for underpaying migrant workers over $650,000, the Fair Work Ombudsman has said, which is $5 million more than the Commonwealth Bank was fined for underpaying employees more than $16 million.
Defence Housing Australia is under investigation by a federal government department for alleged illegal land clearing at Lee Point, it has been reported.
A subdivision application for Berrimah Farm to expand the Northcrest residential development by more than 900 lots has been lodged.
Two Northern Territory waste recycling businesses have been awarded a combined $1.5 million in grants by the Lawler Government to recycle concrete into road bases and other products used in the construction industry.
A taxi driver was allegedly pushed over at Alice Springs Airport and required emergency hip surgery, while his alleged attacker is still on the run, NT Police said.
Today’s national news includes the high cost of living could affect election chances for the Albanese government, increasing interest rates to hurt Labor at the next election, median mortgages hitting a new high, Royal Australian Navy receiving Austal’s 7th Cape-class patrol boat, and landmark deal for Northern Territory public school teachers struck.
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to abduct a child from an oval in Katherine, with the girl having broken free of the man before running back to tell her parents what had happened, NT Police said.
A damning report by the Productivity Commission has exposed the NT Government’s extensive failures to meet Closing the Gap measures meant to improve the lives of Indigenous Territorians, with the Territory recording the worst results of all Australian jurisdictions.
Informa Connect Australia will kick off this year’s Northern Territory Resources Week with the South East Asia Australia Offshore & Onshore Conference (SEAAOC) to be held on September 18 and 19 at the Darwin Convention Centre.
