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Darwin Basketball Association solvency raised again by auditors but bingo night income gives board optimism

Darwin Basketball Association solvency raised again by auditors but bingo night income gives board optimism

Auditors have warned the Darwin Basketball Association is at risk of going under for the third year in a row, this time due to a more than $600,000 cash shortfall for the year, with the association blaming Basketball NT for its situation but claiming it is confident in its solvency partly based on the $9,000 it pulled in from a weekly bingo night at the Casuarina Club, a figure the auditors have also called into question.

‘Alarm bells’: Department confirmed fuel tank barriers were leaking three weeks after Minister approved their use

‘Alarm bells’: Department confirmed fuel tank barriers were leaking three weeks after Minister approved their use

Test results from early 2024 show barriers underneath the military fuel tanks at East Arm to prevent leaks were ineffective, the Environment Centre NT has said, which was confirmed by the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment in a letter sent three weeks after Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne approved the tanks for use and they began to be filled with jet fuel.

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