Access to East Arm via Berrimah Road south will be restored next week after being shut since November 2023, the NT Government has claimed in a stakeholder briefing, as the long-delayed and over-budget Tiger Brennan Drive overpass project inches closer to completion.
A renewable energy report hidden by the former Labor government has revealed the cost of meeting the Territory’s 50 per cent renewable electricity targets by 2030 was roughly $280 million and would come with moderate electricity price increases, but also with lower operating costs, which contradicts the Finocchiaro CLP Government’s claims it would cost 20 times as much.
The validity of the Mataranka water allocation plan is being challenged in the NT Supreme Court by the Environment Centre NT, represented by the Environmental Defenders Office, with the advocacy group claiming the Water Minister lacked vital hydrological and ecological data to make an informed decision.
Darwin-based tech start-up Raindrop is poised to revolutionise the insurance industry with its innovative AI-powered platform designed to simplify complex insurance policy jargon, after being laughed at by industry for its owner’s choice of city to run the tech company out of.
The latest NT business highlights include the NT Government granting two key mineral leases to Verdant Minerals; Inpex halts operation of Bladin Point facility to facilitate business expansion, and Kakadu National Park’s Gunlom Falls to reopen to visitors and tourists next month. Also making resource news is DevEx Resources discovering new uranium targets at the Nabarlek Project.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared a re-elected Labor government will end the lease of the Darwin Port to Chinese-owned Landbridge Group, making the snap announcement as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was on his way to Darwin to announce today that a Coalition government would also return the port to Australian control.
Darwin Council committed at least 16 “significant” failures of governance under two different pieces of legislation when sealing its secret deal with developer DCOH to build a 21-storey hybrid civic centre-officer tower, lawyers acting for nearby residents have said, with council now asked to hand over hidden documents relating to the development to help inform a potential Federal Court challenge to prevent the building being constructed.
EXCLUSIVE: Darwin Waterfront Corporation chief executive Alastair Shields advocated for his mate Andrew Kirkman’s sister Jodie Ryan to be given more than $44,000 of taxpayer money to continue sitting on the waterfront board after she resigned as the NT’s head public servant, a new secret memo has revealed, raising further questions about undisclosed conflicts of interest at the DWC and the possible misuse of public resources.
The Darwin RSL’s plans for old Admiralty House in the city have been approved by the government, with the veteran’s group saying they hope to open its new social club there in four months.
Despite strong growth prospects and high demand, the NT’s property sector continues to face challenges from low construction activity and high rental costs, even as new affordable housing schemes have been implemented, according to a new report.
EXCLUSIVE: Tourism Minister and Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby’s chief of staff worked for Alastair Shields at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation for more than a decade before being seconded to Ms Boothby’s office last August, the NT Independent can reveal, raising questions about the Minister’s office’s ability to objectively review a “briefing” the Minister requested into concerns of improper conduct at the taxpayer-funded corporation.
NT WorkSafe executive director Peggy Cheong has resigned her role after nearly two-and-a-half years leading the workplace regulator.
