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New NT Administrator pick delayed by PM as Hugh Heggie starts ‘farewell tour’
UPDATED: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro claims the Prime Minister is “mucking us around” over her choice for the next administrator of the Northern Territory by not approving it for five months, while current Administrator Hugh Heggie has commenced “a series of farewell visits” and “parades” across the Territory and interstate ahead of his term ending on January 30.
The dismissal: An NT parliamentary link
Tenuous connections to famous people and events are not uncommon in family histories or, for that matter, the media, but there is a Northern Territory link to the Whitlam dismissal of 11 November 1975, although it was not apparent at the time, writes historian Dr Robyn Smith.
Fire emergency reported at Inpex LNG facility
A fire broke out at Inpex’s Darwin LNG facility on Monday, the company has confirmed, but it said no one was harmed and “there has been no impact on the environment”.
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