The NT Government awarded seven contracts in the last week to a total of over $3.7 million with the largest being awarded to GAMA Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd for Supply and Delivery of Hand Hygiene and Clinical Cleaning and Disinfectant Products for a Period of 60 Months.
The inaugural Darwin Comedy Festival will launch at the Darwin Entertainment Centre from March 6 to 8 next year, headlined by top comedians Celeste Barber, Nazeem Hussain, and Reuben Kaye, along with a line-up of international comedians, emerging talent and local acts.
The NT Independent is providing you with a guide of the cheapest fuel prices across the Northern Territory. See below which service stations offer the cheapest prices on diesel and unleaded petrol.
Environmental lawyers who represented Tiwi Islanders in their bid to stop gas giant Santos’ Barossa Gas Project from going ahead have been ordered to pay the company more than $9 million in legal costs, after the Environmental Defenders Office was found to have engaged in “a form of subtle coaching” during the case.
Darwin Port operator Landbridge’s financial problems have raised the prospect of the NT CLP Government terminating its lease with the company, the NT Treasurer has indicated, with the matter set to be discussed with the Federal Government tomorrow.
The CLP Government has appointed an “Approvals Fast Track Taskforce” made up of business owners from across the Territory that it says will help rebuild the economy.
In the last week the NT Government has released nine tenders, including Supply and Delivery of Flood Rescue Boats in Darwin Region.
CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has told staff to expect sackings in the near future while the university’s “finances lie in ruins”, admitting it cannot afford to continue the way it is, then informing everyone in his “weekly musings” email that he is taking early and extended Christmas leave as of next week.
Territorians are being warned to avoid a solar company now operating in the NT, following reports of its questionable practices in WA, where it is alleged the company made coercive sales, delivered malfunctioning equipment and took deposits while making customers sign unlawful contracts, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs and NT WorkSafe have said.
The Finocchiaro Government is proposing six solar power plants and a battery to produce electricity to be built by the private sector near Berry Springs.
The Centre for Public Integrity has called on former deputy chief minister Nicole Manison to resign from her new VP position with Tamboran Resources and for the CLP Finocchiaro Government to review all decisions the previous government made concerning the gas company, in what is becoming a major PR nightmare for Tamboran.
Former deputy chief minister Nicole Manison has announced she is the new vice-president of Tamboran Resources, a gas company her Labor government awarded a potential billion dollar government gas supply contract to earlier this year that it refused to divulge the cost of.
