The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Rio Tinto assuring Mirarr traditional owners that the Jabiluka uranium deposit adjacent to the Ranger uranium mine will not be developed, DevEx Resources finding high-grade uranium in its Nabarlek project and billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes bidding for full control over Sun Cable’s AAPowerlink project, plus more.

A public servant with a legal background advising the Northern Territory’s top bureaucrat in a Fair Work Commission hearing was secretly texting the senior bureaucrat to prompt her to make certain points, an action described by the Commissioner as reprehensible, a word she also used to describe the NT Commissioner for Public Employment’s attempt to justify it.

The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Core Lithium doubling its estimated mineral resources at Finniss, Red Mountain’s Northern Territory exploration to start soon, Empire continues to report strong gas flows in the Beetaloo, Tennant reports substantial gold results at Barkly, and more.

A delegation led by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade has travelled to Singapore to promote the Northern Territory as a key tourism destination given its proximity to the island nation, which comes seven months after Jetstar cut its route.

Safety concerns have forced Endeavour Group’s BWS bottle shops and Coles’ Liquorland stores to cut back their trading hours in the Greater Darwin region, the companies have said, however Hospitality NT said their member drive-thru shops will continue to operate under regular hours.