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Departments silent on fracking breach contradictions in report
Two Northern Territory Government departments have refused to explain the contradictions contained in an internal government report into a breach of fracking legislation by Empire Energy – now called Beetaloo Energy Australia – which involved one department sending a letter to “encourage behaviour change” after considering prosecution of the matter, while the other considered the company had done nothing wrong but still took action “to ensure it does not happen again”.
CLP orders three-day bus blitz to crack down on ‘anti-social behaviour’
The CLP Government has ordered a three-day “visibility operation” across the Darwin bus network aimed at cracking down on ‘anti-social behaviour’ at “known hot spots and problematic bus routes”, but critics say it’s another “intimidation tactic” targeting vulnerable people.
CLP Minister says she also used govt white car service for personal trip, adds to confusion around rules
Education Minister Jo Hersey has become the first CLP minister to admit using the taxpayer-funded white car chauffeur service for a personal trip, raising the prospect of other potential misuse by ministers, but claims she received advice from a body that has nothing to do with the car service that her personal trip to Casuarina was “within the guidelines”, even if “it doesn’t probably float with the public”.
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