The NT Government awarded 24 contracts in the last week to a total of $13.2 million with the largest being awarded to GK Painting Contractors Pty Limited for Panel Contract for Responsive, Vacate and Grounds Maintenance Services to Urban Housing and Government Employee Housing in Tennant Creek and Elliott Townships for a Period of 36 Months in Tenant Creek Region.
The NT Government has approved Beetaloo fracking, despite its own report revealing it had not commenced emissions offset discussions with the Federal Government, offsets that could account for 22 per cent of Australia’s total emissions, while its independent oversight officer said the government had not met the Pepper Inquiry offsets recommendation and emissions remained “an unacceptable risk”.
Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has said the AFL could not put a team in the Northern Territory because it is “in complete disarray socially at the moment”, however former chief minister Michael Gunner has said the team would be a social force in the Territory, while the taskforce behind a push for the team has missed a deadline for its final report.
The Northern Territory has ranked last overall in the country in terms of economic performance in the latest CommSec State of the States report for the 19th consecutive quarter, with retail spending way down compared to other jurisdictions. See where else the NT is struggling and where it is doing better.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Bacchus Resources clarifying that it has revised its application for an exploration licence in the Adelaide River area after being accused of “deceiving” residents of a small NT town, Lithium Plus discovering new pegmatite, and Santos stating that drilling activities at its Barossa project would be before year-end if the regulatory approval is granted, plus more.
Here are the businesses Shaun Drabsch approved for COVID stimulus funding after the department had rejected them for various reasons. The Territory’s Business Daddy had discretion to hand out nearly $25m through one program alone. Do you recognise any of them? READ THE LIST HERE
The NT Government has released a tender for part of the rehabilitation of the abandoned Rum Jungle uranium mine which they say will cost more than $100 million, while an estimated cost for the entire works from 2018 was $300 million, up from an estimate of $200 million four years earlier.
The Federal Albanese Government will be spending $3.8 billion over the next four years to upgrade Defence bases across northern Australia, including two air bases, two naval bases, and the Robertson Barracks in the NT, following the release of the National Defence Strategic Review, although it was not disclosed how much of that is new money and how much is already committed.
The NT Government awarded 24 contracts in the last week to a total of $36.8 million with the largest being awarded to LA Build Pty Ltd for Demolition of 4 Homes and Construction of 8 New Homes in Elliott Town Camps, Tennant Creek Region. See the full list here.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Core Lithium boosting Finniss’ MRE by 62 per cent, the NT Supreme Court dismissing Rallen Australia’s appeal regarding land access in the Beetaloo Basin and critical minerals company Tivan moving its company headquarters to Darwin.
In the last week the NT Government has released seven tenders, including Provision Of Specialist Project Management Services For The National Aboriginal Art Gallery (NAAG) in Alice Springs region. Click here to read the full list of tenders released this week.
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison is on an un-costed trade mission to Japan and South Korea, which she says will attract “new major investment” into the NT’s critical minerals and energy sectors, and plans use the trip to highlight “breath-taking” new tourism experiences in Central Australia to the “Japanese tourism industry”.
