Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to explain to Territorians how a senior public servant in his department accepted a gift of travel without disclosing it from a private company that is seeking taxpayer money for a development, the Territory’s opposition parties say.
Planning Minister Eva Lawler has blocked the proposed Blake Street development in The Gardens known as Parklands two days before the Gunner Government goes into caretaker mode.
The NT Government awarded 15 tenders to a total value of almost $4.3 million in the last week, including $100,000 to make signs for the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens visitor centre, and $66,000 to paint the cells in the Gunbalanya Police Station.
EXCLUSIVE: The Northern Territory’s second-most senior public servant Andy Cowan had a trip to Disney World paid for by a private company seeking government funds to build an interpretive centre at Jabiru which appears to not have been disclosed, the NT Independent can reveal.
The Northern Territory has ranked last on six of eight measures of the CommSec’s State of the States economic report – including dead last on construction work that was down 30.7 per cent annually.
The Federal Government will not appeal the Federal Court’s live export cattle ruling, paving the way for more than 300 class action claimants to be compensated for loss income due to the 2011 decision to ban cattle to Indonesia and ending an 11-year “emotional rollercoaster”.
A Queensland-based university is researching the potential of commercial forestry in East Arnhem Land, citing a lack of data for Indigenous people to make decisions about the most profitable product types, harvestable quantities and values, and possible markets and supply chains.
A Queensland beer company is showcasing the Northern Territory’s top outdoor adventure spots to help get the rest of Australia to the Territory to kickstart its tourism industry.
The NT Government awarded 24 tenders to a total value of a staggering $103 million in the last week, including $55 million to Halikos Group for the new youth justice centre. Click here to read the full summary.
Michael Gunner’s Economic Reconstruction Commission has released its 13-page interim report, which recommended the NT Government study the potential for an energy corridor between Darwin and Alice Springs, as well as other ideas dependent on federal funding.
The Gunner Government has awarded a $55 million contract to build the new Darwin youth detention centre to Halikos Group – the company that objected to the facility being built in its original location because it infringed on free land they were given by the government.
In the last week the NT Government has released nineteen tenders, including one to replace the dry play area at the Leanyer Water Park and one for the purchase and removal of two police horses in Alice Springs. Click here to read the full summary.
