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.
The NT Health Department has said building work on a new ward at Royal Darwin Hospital will disrupt the use of the main car park, with the new ward now scheduled to open in late 2025, after originally being planned to open early next year.
The latest highlights include Qatar-Virgin buy-in signals positive developments for NT, bookings open for Top End discount tourism scheme, and the NT Chamber of Commerce looking for a new chief executive. Also making resource news is NT greenlights Tivan’s Sandover project, and Astute Metals utilizes its option to acquire IOCG royalty.
Damien Moriarty is the new Chief Executive of Master Builders NT. He replaces Ben Carter whose sudden June departure came after less than two years in the role.
