Central Australia tourism operators are reporting booking cancellations from across the country after Monday’s A Current Affair program highlighted the crime crisis in Alice Springs, the CLP Opposition says.

The head of Tourism NT says the Top End is missing out on its largest tourism markets in the Federal Government’s half price airfare scheme that has seen the promised discounted flights to Darwin only being offered from Townsville.

Commercial buildings in Darwin have the highest energy consumption in the world and the problem is set to worsen over the next 30 years without a clear plan to address the problem, a leading expert on city temperatures and energy says.

An expected influx of new health staff to run the Howard Springs international quarantine facility will put additional pressure on Darwin and Palmerston’s already tight rental market, industry experts warn.

Commercial builders in the NT will have to be registered and engineering audits will be increased, as part of proposed sweeping reforms to the Territory’s building industry in the wake of a debacle that saw more than 200 unit owners affected by “incompetent or negligent” structural engineering.

Hikers staying overnight on three of the Northern Territory’s walking trails will soon be forced to shell out $25 a night as part of a new fee structure announced by the Gunner Government.