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Opinion: Se Acabo – The ‘mandate’ to take us backwards into barbarism
For too long now the way our democratic system “works” has become the biggest impediment to the real interests of the citizens of the Northern Territory, Darwin barrister John Lawrence writes, the reality, the “truth”, is the two party system and all who sail in her no longer works; it therefore no longer serves its purpose.
Teens carry out northern suburbs crime spree in stolen car, swerved at police and pulled machete on others
Four teens have been arrested and another is on the run after a night of chaos through Darwin’s northern suburbs, that started with a car-jacking at knife point, followed by a ram raid of a bottle shop and police later having to abandon a high-speed chase down Tiger Brennan Drive after the teens “attempted to ram” a police vehicle, NT Police said.
‘Disrespectful and frankly, unacceptable’: Former firies seek overtime back pay in line with current firies
Retired and other former NT firefighters say they are missing out on decades-worth of back-paid overtime because the government is imposing a six-year statute of limitations on payouts, following a Fair Work Commission ruling in their favour last year, a limitation the former firefighters say is not being imposed on still-serving firefighters and other NT public servants. But the government says its actions are compliant with the FWC decision.
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