The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include MetalsGrove to commence drilling on its Bruce rare earths project in NT, Vista Gold extending the Mt Todd agreement with the NT Government until 2029, Tamboran Resources securing 420 acres of land for LNG development in Middle Arm and more.
EXCLUSIVE: The raid on Halikos Group’s Darwin office was part of an extensive Australian Taxation Office investigation into allegations of tax fraud, high-level sources familiar with the investigation have told the NT Independent.
The proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct is an ambitious plan, but ultimately a flawed concept that relies on too many unproven assumptions, including the viability of carbon capture, the cost of which will ultimately fall on the taxpayer, a report by an international energy market analysis body says.
The NT Government awarded 21 contracts in the last week to a total of $16.5 million with the largest being awarded to Aldebaran Contracting Pty Ltd for Upgrade and Seal Between Ch 13.37km to Ch 20.30km – Mandatory Industry Briefing in Santa Teresa Road, Alice Springs Region.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler lost her temper during Estimates on Wednesday after the Opposition asked if absent DIPL chief executive Andrew Kirkman had resigned from the role after his no-show at the public hearing.
A website the Fyles Government built to advertise jobs in the Northern Territory is offering people the chance to relocate to Western Australia for work and has also bizarrely advertised a job with the Sydney Swans in partnership with a Wollongong high school to monitor “fan engagement” in Katherine South.
Tourism Minister Nicole Manison has downplayed the effect crime is having on tourism to the Territory, telling Budget Estimates that interest rate rises are the real culprit for the NT’s sluggish start to its peak tourism season.
The Central Land Council and the Northern Land Council have said they were not fully consulted on the NT government’s decision to change laws they say will diminish native title rights and risk the destruction of Aboriginal sacred sites, the media has reported.
In the last week the NT Government has released nine tenders, including Provision of Mechanical and Electrical Repairs, Maintenance and Installation Services to NT Government Assets for a Period of 36 Months in Nhulunbuy and Remote Communities.
The Larrakia Development Corporation is set to begin construction of Darwin’s Larrakia Cultural Centre before the end of the year after it acquired $56 million in funding from the Aboriginal Benefits Account.
Fyles Government concept drawings for the so-called sustainable Middle Arm industrial area show four out of five export jetties could be used for shipping gas and petrochemicals, with the graphics given to the Federal Government around the same time the Chief Minister was denying there would be petrochemicals, material obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.
The Northern Territory’s existing building code restrictions will worsen the dismal state of student accommodation and will eventually hamper economic activity in the jurisdiction, the Property Council NT has warned.
