The Finocchiaro CLP Government is proposing new laws to grant ministers and the unelected Territory Coordinator sweeping powers to “step in” on major projects and overrule regulatory processes by departments, ultimately making decisions to approve projects themselves, which critics have labelled “anti-democratic and anti-Territorian”.
Access Pilates, Darwin’s only dedicated 24/7 Pilates studio, now offers on-demand virtual classes for as little as $5 per class when members sign up for the Access Pilates 12-month unlimited membership, based on daily class visits.
The latest highlights include the CLP government still seeking solutions for NT’s $9 billion debt, NT businesses to benefit from significant payroll tax concessions, and NT Tourism aims for a record number of cruise ship arrivals. Also making resource news is APA Group being targeted in a bid to stop its fracking project, Oceana reports progress at its Napperby Project, and Core’s quarter shows positive progress.
Housing flood evacuees at the Howard Springs accommodation village last year cost taxpayers $12.7 million for just two months, with the total costs for repairs and cleaning hitting $1.3 million, including nearly $500,000 to replace broken windows and $175,000 to fix plumbing – figures the previous Labor government refused to disclose and famously downplayed as regular “wear and tear”.
The NT Government awarded six contracts in the last week to a total of over $2 million with the largest being awarded to Rebel Alliance Pty Ltd as the Trustee for Gabbert Family Trust for Design Consultancy for a New Watch House in Tennant Creek Police Station.
The CLP Government will provide Territorians with a look behind the books at what it calls a “grim” economic outlook caused by years of “financial chaos” next week at a special event with the NT’s Under Treasurer.
Singapore has given conditional approval for Sun Cable’s plan to import 1.75 gigawatts of solar power from the Northern Territory, a project valued at US$24 billion, which is scheduled to commence after 2035.
Qantas will be using an Airbus A220 to fly a new route between Darwin and Singapore but the start of the service has been pushed back until the end of March.
The NT Government awarded 12 contracts in the last week to a total of over $6.9 million with the largest being awarded to D&D Klidaras Nominees Pty Ltd as Trustee for D&D Klidaras Family Trust for Repairs and Maintenance of Minor Concrete and Drainage Structures for a Period of 36 Months, Darwin Region.
A development application for the construction of an eight-storey residential tower in Larrakeyah, on the site of an old elevated house, has been lodged with the Development Consent Authority.
Building work in the Northern Territory increased by 3.7 per cent in the June quarter, with an increase of 13.5 per over the year, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
Extensive cropping, land clearing, the allocation of a large amount of irrigation water, along with a poor water management framework, could severely damage Northern Territory rivers, a new report produced by consultants on behalf of an environmentally-focussed alliance has found.
