Darwin Airport Resort has recently enhanced its offerings with new attractions that complement its other recent upgrades, including the large pool, water features, and luxurious villas.
New grants to boost cyber security for Territory businesses
A $1 million program to help small and medium Territory businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks has been launched that will see up to $10,000 matched dollar for dollar by the government towards eligible cybersecurity services.
Manton Dam project nears completion as costs appear to blowout by $55 million
UPDATED: The cost of recommissioning the Manton Dam and associated works appears to have blown out by $55 million to $189 million in one year, the CLP Government disclosed on Friday without initially acknowledging it, but said works are nearing completion on the project that will improve water security for the Darwin region.
‘Grave concerns’: CLP pulls a fast one with Waterfront hotel after changing Sacred Sites Act
The Finocchiaro CLP Government’s real reason for amending the Sacred Sites Act earlier this year has become clearer, after it moved to alter the existing Authority Certificate for the Darwin Waterfront precinct to ensure a proposed high-rise hotel project can move ahead, despite repeated objections from traditional owners.
Plan to prosecute Empire dropped in favour of ‘behaviour change encouragement letter’: Internal report
An internal government report into a fracking legislation breach by Empire Energy – now called Beetaloo Energy Australia – shows that while the NT Government first recommended prosecuting the company because a fine was considered an insufficient deterrent, it later decided to send a letter to “encourage behaviour change” instead.
NT Business News – September 26
Business news from across the Northern Territory: Latest highlights include APA Group commencing Beetaloo pipeline construction, $1.5B in trade relations showcased as NT heads to World Expo 2025 in Japan, and the NT Government launches October Business Month. Also making resource news is KGL Resources making progress on the Jervois Copper Project in the NT.
October Business Month kicks off next week
The October Business Month 2025 program will see over 70 event partners holding over 200 events throughout the month, with local and national business leaders providing insight through inspirational speeches and plenty of professional development opportunities and seminars across the Territory.
GST funding shrinkage costing the Territory billions: Report
The Northern Territory is set to lose out on nearly $6 billion in GST revenue over the next four years, according to a new report from The Australia Institute, that argued that amount of money could pay for the NT Art Gallery in just over a month.
NT public servants reject proposed pay deal
More than 62 per cent of the Northern Territory’s public servants who voted on the new Enterprise Agreement have rejected the NT Government’s latest pay offer, with the union representing the workers calling on the government to get back to the bargaining table as soon as possible.
Major Events Company to merge with Tourism NT, but govt can’t say what savings or job cuts coming
The government corporation that markets and organises the Territory’s major events will be rolled into the broader Tourism NT body, to “market tourism and events with greater impact”, but the Tourism Minister could not say how many jobs will be cut or how much money the Finocchiaro CLP Government expects to save through the merger.
Licence for Santos’s leaking gas export plant renewed with ‘conditions’
The NT Environment Protection Authority has renewed the Darwin Liquified Natural Gas plant’s licence for another five years with new conditions, but appears to be permitting Santos to decide how much a leaking storage tank can continue to leak, a decision the Environment Centre NT said was providing a license to pollute while showing the regulator would not enforce consequences for “super emitters”.
NT expected to produce 2.2m trays of mangoes
There will be about 2.2 million trays of mangoes grown in the Darwin region this season but growers will be faced with higher labour costs because of an extended harvest period, the ABC reported.