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NT Business News – August 20
Business news from across the Northern Territory: The latest highlights include the NT securing rights to host next year’s G’Day Australia tourism trade event in the Build-Up, new fruit fly protocols facilitating unrestricted mango movement between the NT and WA, SunCable downgrading its renewable project due to funding issues, and Pathfinders’ new Darwin office opening; plus resource news.
CLP’s pepper spray community oversight group struck ahead of Sept 1 trial
The CLP is moving ahead with its controversial plan to allow Territorians to purchase pepper spray by setting up its community oversight body to oversee the trial that includes victims of crime, a public servant who worked for a former CLP chief minister, and local business people, but nobody with a legal background, which follows the Queensland LNP Government recently rejecting the OC spray idea as dangerous to the public due to “potential misuse and unintended harm”.
NT Police officer facing fraud charges
An NT Police officer has been placed on leave with pay after being charged with using false documents, forgery and obtaining financial advantage by deception, the NT Police said.
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