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Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has declined to comment on whether she will take any action against Director of Public Prosecutions Lloyd Babb, after it was revealed his son and daughter-in-law were hired for jobs in his office that he created and did not publicly advertise, while the woman Mr Babb pursued in the Supreme Court for hiring a friend says the “blatant hypocrisy” is destroying the public’s trust in the office.

Darwin Private Hospital operator Healthscope will extend maternity services for an extra seven weeks, after initially ordering a mid-April shutdown, with 45 of 114 expectant families estimated to now give birth at the facility, the NT Government said.