The NT has again ranked last in six out of eight benchmark economic categories, indicating a significant decrease in economic activity, a new report has found.

A day after the Federal Government committed a quarter of a billion dollars for renewable energy in the Territory, the Lawler Government has signed another gas supply agreement with a key Beetaloo Basin player for the Territory’s electricity system, before the company has been provided final environmental approvals for expansion or finalising an agreement with Traditional Owners.

The Federal Government has announced $250 million in renewable energy spending for the Northern Territory, which the Australian Conservation Foundation said it expects will in part go toward connecting solar plants to the grid that have sat unconnected for years, following warnings from the NT Utilities Commission of widespread blackouts starting over the next three years without investment in the system.

The NT Government must review and change emergency powers that permit police to suspend liquor licenses of venues for two days, Hospitality NT has said, after Alice Springs businesses alleged police are unfairly targeting them.

Due to escalating costs and dwindling customer interest, the Skyline Ferris wheel will not be returning to Darwin’s Stokes Hill Wharf this Dry season.

SECRET RECORDING: Department of Infrastructure chief executive Andrew Kirkman slammed his fists on his desk, yelled at a female staffer and said her career would be “destroyed” if she appealed his decision to move her out of the office, a secret recording aired in a Work Health Court hearing has revealed.