Chief Minister Eva Lawler has laid out her Labor Government’s priorities in a “year ahead speech”, six months out from the NT election, with a stated focus of getting remote Territorians working, building the Middle Arm industrial precinct and ordering a review of the Youth Justice Act, while also attempting to reduce cost of living pressures.
The owner of a building company has been committed to stand trial for industrial manslaughter over the death of a worker in 2020, NT Worksafe has said.
The Lawler Government has said it will implement “effort limits” for this year’s commercial barramundi season rather than impose catch quotas, but the fishing guides’ peak body said the policy allowed the commercial gillnet fishing industry to operate at higher-than-average levels in important recreational fishing areas and relied on an honesty system.
Reality television star Matt Wright has been charged by NT WorkSafe for allegedly interfering with a helicopter’s internal meters and falsifying flight records, in connection to the helicopter crash that killed Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson in February 2022.
Mining company Elmore, that operates the Peko magnetite project near Tennant Creek, has gone into administration after recently reporting it needed $5 million to sustain its operations.
The High Court has ruled in favour of native title holders, ordering mining giant Glencore to halt the expansion of port facilities on the Gulf of Carpentaria about 700 km southeast of Darwin.
Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation’s finances are being examined by order of the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, after the statutory body brought in an independent accounting firm to forensically audit the books.
The NT Government awarded 21 contracts in the last week to a total of $26.9 million with the largest being awarded to GEBIE Civil & Construction Pty Ltd for Subdivision Civil Works and Services Construction in Umbakumba, East Arnhem Region.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has ordered a review into the cause of Monday’s widespread power outage following gas pipeline owner APA indicating that a gas supply issue led to the disruption that affected 20,000 customers in Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine, while the Opposition accused the government of having no plan for future energy security.
In the last week the NT Government has released 12 tenders, including Provision of lease for Cullen Bay Pontoon Refuelling Facility for a Period of 60 Months.
The NT Government has introduced its new draft 10-year crocodile management plan for public consultation, with crocodile culling and trophy hunting back on the table, the Chief Minister said.
Former chief minister Michael Gunner, who controversially took a job with Fortescue Future Industries after leaving government in 2022, has announced he is no longer with the company, just five months after being named director of business development for Australia and New Zealand.
