Northern Territory motorists pay almost 32 times more in car registration fees to the NT Government than the gas industry pays in royalties, a new report by the Australia Institute shows, while a gas industry report says natural gas is essential to the Territory’s energy security and economy, calling for a Territory minister for gas development and legislation to prevent legal action against projects.
A woman who allegedly stabbed three people she knew in the head with a broken bottle in a Sadadeen home early yesterday morning has not yet been caught, NT Police said.
The body of a man who did not return from a hunting trip at Milingimbi on Sunday has been found, NT Police said.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair will again be held at the Darwin Convention Centre for three days from tomorrow.
A man was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital after being stabbed in an unnamed remote Roper Gulf community overnight, and his attackers are still on the run, NT Police said.
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.
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.
