The Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption received 230 more allegations of corruption and misconduct last financial year than it expected – making a total of 530 – but only had seven investigations on foot as of June 30, while the ICAC Inspector appears to have relied solely on the office’s annual report to monitor its work over the year, raising questions about what was achieved under two acting commissioners for the last year.
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Defence Housing Australia has revised the controversial Lee Point masterplan, scaling back the scope of development and increasing conservation areas after strong community opposition and discussions with traditional owners.
The CLP Government’s proposed changes to laws affecting the NT’s water plans will see the legal requirement for water to be allocated for the environment scrapped, which critics say is the government’s latest attack on the environment, while scientists warn the amendments to the Act and other changes will put NT rivers and other water sources “at risk”.
The Federal Labor Government has made good on its threat to divert funding from the NT Government to community organisations over concerns the Finocchiaro CLP Government is failing to deliver for Indigenous Territorians, moving to divert $80 million through a Closing the Gap program to the NT’s Aboriginal peak body.
Territorians claimed $10.7 million in refunds through the NT Container Deposit Scheme last financial year, following an expansion of the types of containers eligible for the scheme, a new report shows, with 107 million containers redeemed.
The Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival will not go ahead in 2027, with organisers citing rising costs, increasing volunteer workloads and indifference from the NT Government as major issues, but said they hope to continue it as a biennial event, which could see it return in 2028.
The CLP Government has rejected a motion in Parliament calling for a moratorium on data centres until a public inquiry can investigate their impact, with a Labor MLA warning the CLP is not listening to Territorians at their own peril, specifically in the rural area where the CLP is contradicting its “rural lifestyle” rhetoric by backing a major proposed data centre without consulting residents about its impacts.
The on-again, off-again relationship between Nine Darwin’s news bulletin and Territorians is back on again, with current owner WIN Network announcing the return of a local 30-minute news bulletin in Darwin.
The Tiger Brennan Drive and Berrimah Road overpass has been officially renamed the Luke Bowen Bridge, honouring the late agricultural leader on Monday, who professionals and loved ones remembered as a man who built bridges across business and the wider Territory.
UPDATED: NT Government departments including hospitals, police, courts and schools were impacted by a system-wide network failure resulting in a lack of phone and internet services for more than 12 hours Thursday, with government officials unable to get the system functioning again until close to 4pm.
High-profile federal politicians and community health groups have backed independent NT MLA Justine Davis’ move to introduce reforms to the Territory’s gambling regulations, that she says currently put industry profits over people through an NT-based regulator with weak conflict of interest controls and lax regulations that cause harm across the country.
