The NT Police misinformed the public when it described a man who had his eye gouged out by a stick at a service station earlier this month as a passerby, while the union representing store workers has called the Fyles Government out for putting workers’ safety at risk by turning mandatory safety audits of late night businesses into a voluntary scheme.
The NT Government awarded 36 contracts in the last week to a total of $7.9 million with the largest being awarded to Hydro-Chem Pty Ltd for Repairs and Maintenance, Cleaning, Testing of Cooling Towers and Chemical Dosing Systems for a Period of 60 Months, Darwin Region.
Tiwi Island elders have applied to have an emergency declaration made to temporarily stop Santos constructing a pipeline for its Barossa gas project, while also preventing the company from building the pipeline on the planned route, the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has confirmed.
Casino and gaming executive Sean Knights has been appointed general manager of Mindil Beach Casino and Resort, having recently left his previously job as executive general manager at Crown Sydney.
In the last week the NT Government has released eight tenders, including Targeted Water Main and Service Line Replacements in Yuendumu, Southern Region.
The Morandini Group has submitted plans to construct a $20 million golf complex off Lee Point Road in Darwin’s northern suburbs that it said will boost tourism and provide economic stimulus to the region.
Darwin’s Fannie Bay shopping centre has been sold to the Lay family for $17.8 million after being held by Territory investor Terry Finocchiaro for more than four decades.
Highlights this week include Tamboran Resources urged to pay back a $7.5 million subsidy after looking to move its head office, Core Lithium upgrades MRE BP33 in NT, Falcon Oil & Gas concludes drilling procedure in Beetaloo sub-basin, and DevEx ups exploration funds through share placement and entitlement offer.
Construction giant Sitzler has filed for an “exceptional development permit” to move ahead with its proposed 256-bed workers camp in Katherine that will only require ministerial approval to proceed, rather than undergo the typical planning process, which has irked residents who say the development will have disastrous impacts on the area.
The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog has declared there is no “widespread corruption” in the Northern Territory in his annual report, while then proceeding to describe the most widespread corruption and seemingly wilful blindness to the problem the NT has ever seen.
NT WorkSafe has dropped six charges of reckless conduct risking death or injury against the partnership that owns Little Miss Korea restaurant a court has been told, but six counts of failure to comply with health and safety duties remain, the media has reported.
The NT Government awarded 34 contracts in the last week to a total of $38 million with the largest being awarded to Pedersen NT Pty Ltd for Provision Of Construction, Refurbishments And Upgrades To Northern Territory Government (NTG) Infrastructure for A Period of 36 Months in Luritja Cluster, Alice Springs Region.
