An estimated 100 Charles Darwin University students in the electrotechnology program have not been properly trained, Education and Training Minister Jo Hersey revealed in Parliament Thursday afternoon, which follows CDU’s TAFE carpentry training scandal earlier this year that saw hundreds forced to redo their qualifications.
Beetaloo Digital, a subsidiary of Beetaloo Energy, has been given a commitment by the NT Government for 185 hectares of land at Weddell to develop a claimed $40 billion, two gigawatt AI data centre and energy mega-campus, which critics say is the latest glimpse of the Territory’s “dystopian future”, while the government has refused to explain if it has a plan for managing data centre development.
A forklift incident at the Katherine Woolworths that resulted in serious injuries to a motorcycle rider has led NT WorkSafe to charge the supermarket giant with various work health breaches that could see it hit with a maximum penalty of $4.5 million.
Trade and Business Minister Robyn Cahill’s claim that the Earth’s poles can flip during periods of heavy rainfall in the Northern Territory and that the water causes the Earth’s axis to shift is incorrect and shows she has a “very poor and terrible understanding” of how hydrology works, a leading expert in satellite hydrology says.
Gas from the Beetaloo Basin could position the NT as the “data centre capital of the globe”, Trade and Business Minister Robyn Cahill said ahead of the NT Investment Summit in Darwin on Wednesday, which came hours before the Prime Minister said in a speech that his government will establish national rules around minimising water use and forcing data centres to fund their own power supply.
Wagiman traditional owners have launched a Federal Court challenge against federal Environment Minister Murray Watt’s decision not to require an environmental assessment of Top End Pastoral Company’s plan to clear land on Claravale Station, court records show.
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Online gambling outfit Betr will officially relocate from the NT to Tasmania the company said after the Territory Government raised the yearly corporate wagering tax cap to $2 million in July last year.
Lands and Planning Minister Joshua Burgoyne has appointed a new Land Development Corporation chief executive after the position sat vacant since February last year, but would not say what happened to the organisation’s former advisory board, a silence that follows recent structural changes to give the Minister sole responsibility for all decision-making in the corporation.
Environment Minister Josh Burgoyne will not say if the government has settled with Claravale Farm’s owners to drop a Federal Court challenge over a property-sale caveat, which follows revelations the minister falsely claimed 15 months ago that a revegetation deal to avoid illegal clearing prosecution was already signed by the company, when it was only finalised last month.
The Finocchiaro Government has announced the former Power and Water Corporation managing director Andrew Macrides as the organisation’s new chair, effective immediately, giving the CLP life member and former party treasurer a salary of more than $200,000.
Electricity prices will increase by 5.3 per cent on Wednesday, which the Labor Opposition criticised as being higher than the Northern Territory’s current inflation rate.
