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.
Two NT businesses given $1.5m to recycle concrete
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.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for August 5
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.
Man arrested over attempted child abduction
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.
NT Government failing to meet Closing the Gap obligations: report
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.
Northern Territory Resources Week to kick off with SEAAOC Conference
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.
NT Independent Car of the Week: 2023 Isuzu D-MAX RG MY24 X-TERRAIN
Dustin’s has a new grey 2023 Isuzu D-MAX RG MY24 X-TERRAIN Crew Cab with a 3-litre 4-cylinder diesel engine and a 6-speed sports automatic transmission. This 4WD vehicle has an odometer reading of 16,983 km.
‘Our community cannot sleep’: MLA calls for action amid ongoing low-level riots in Palmerston
Continuing low-level riots in Woodroffe that saw up to 50 people fighting in the streets on Wednesday night and a car set on fire, meet the criteria for a curfew to be called similar to Alice Springs, the independent Member for Blain has said, while NT Police described the latest incident as a ‘disturbance’ of up to 20 people.
New school funding tied to increased attendance rates and number of students passing Year 12
The federal and Northern Territory governments have signed an education deal that will see all public schools funded to nationally agreed minimum levels by 2029, but the federal Education Minister Jason Clare has tied the Commonwealth’s contribution to improvements in NT education.
Panel advises on euthanasia, excludes mentally ill and dementia patients
People suffering a terminal illness should be allowed to choose to be legally killed, an NT voluntary assisted dying advisory panel report has recommended, but that would not be afforded to those suffering from mental illness without a terminal illness, or those who have lost their decision-making capacity due to dementia.
Cops called on NT Independent to ban it from anti-corruption conference
The NT Office of the ICAC has ejected the NT Independent from a national anti-corruption conference held at the Darwin Convention Centre, after the editor explained he wanted to ask some questions of the delegates, which resulted in a 12-month trespass notice being issued by NT Police.
NT Business News – July 31
The latest highlights include Uranium mining being banned in Kakadu, Idle solar plants expected to be connected to the grid with a $250 million Federal Government commitment, and a New PropTrack rental report indicating worsening rental pain in the NT. Also making resource news is the NT Government signing a new gas supply deal with Empire Energy, and Australasian reports substantial advancement with its NT mine operations.