UPDATED: NT Administrator Vicki O’Halloran is paid a salary of $332,000, plus benefits, on top of free accommodation, a private chef and chauffeur covered by Territorians, the NT Independent can reveal, and will be entitled to some form of payment at the end of her term that has not been disclosed.
The NT Government awarded 22 contracts in the last week to a total of $9.2 million. In total, 19 contracts worth $9 million went to NT-based businesses, and three contracts totaling $111,167.00 went to non-local enterprises.
The multi-billion-dollar Sun Cable project to power Darwin and Singapore from a massive solar farm in Tennant Creek has suffered a blow after a Singapore-based independent electricity retailer, that earlier pledged to be a buyer of the solar energy, exited the retail electricity market – along with four other retailers.
The NT Government awarded 14 contracts in the last week to a total of $3.8 million. In total, 12 contracts worth $3.7 million went to NT-based businesses, and two contracts totaling $48,697.21 went to non-local enterprises.
The NT Government awarded 28 contracts in the last week to a total of $12.9 million. In total, 23 contracts worth $12.3 million went to NT-based businesses, and five contract totaling $673,207 went to non-local enterprises.
The NT Government awarded 29 contracts in the last week to a total of $23.1 million. In total, 23 contracts worth $19.1 million went to NT-based businesses, and six contract totaling $3.9 went to non-local enterprises.
Territorians are being reminded to register for the latest round of the $200 Territory Tourism vouchers program which kicks off tonight at 8 pm, with previous rounds of funding snatched up in minutes.
EXCLUSIVE: A liquor licence granted to a distillery and bar run by two senior public servants has been altered to remove a condition it was alleged to have breached, the day after the matter was made public, the NT Independent can reveal.
Two senior public servants involved in a new gin distillery and bar – including the deputy boss of the Department of Infrastructure – appear to have breached their liquor licence by failing to obtain the necessary building permits and safety approvals, according to public records and a formal complaint filed with the NT Government.
The Gunner Government’s suite of COVID-19 stimulus programs introduced last year that cost Territory taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars saw ineligible businesses approved for funding, conflicts of interest, no way to determine if objectives were met and money set aside for senior public servant Shaun Drabsch to award at his discretion, an Auditor General’s report has found.
The NT’s public servants have rejected the Gunner Government’s pay and conditions offer which would see a wage freeze for four years – citing issues such as the Territory’s rising inflation rate and cost of living, among other reasons, the union representing the public servants said.
The NT Government awarded 31 contracts in the last week to a total of $11.8 million. In total, 26 contracts worth $11.6 million went to NT-based businesses, and five contracts totaling $192,662 went to non-local enterprises.
