The Gunner Government’s emergency COVID-19 cash splash to undergo scrutiny after delaying budget and scrapping Estimates hearings for the year.
Gunner moves potential coronavirus carriers after feeling heat
Chief Minister Michael Gunner ordered the removal of potential COVID-19 carriers from a luxury residential building half way through their quarantine because he felt they should be in a “more traditional hotel situation”.
Territory Government to abolish or defer payroll tax for next six months
The Northern Territory Government has announced what it says is a $180 million package of savings for businesses that will come from it sacrificing its own revenue
AFP officers arrived on commercial flights, not quarantined before sent to remote communities
Members of the AFP’s Northern Territory contingent to protect remote communities arrived on the same commercial flights as dozens of quarantined civilians.
NT students still expected to attend Term Two, says Minister
Northern Territory schools will remain open for term two, as teachers and Education department staff continue to weigh different options for how education will be delivered during the coronavirus pandemic, Education Minister Selena Uibo said.
‘High risk’ man who arrived in Darwin on Monday breaks quarantine orders
Man who arrived in Darwin on board a flight from Perth yesterday escapes hotel while under quarantine orders.
‘We want them out!’: Burke on government-Halikos quarantine deal
The Gunner Government is still refusing to release a list of hotels and other properties they are forcing coronavirus quarantined people into, even as health concerns are raised about the use of a Halikos Group-owned private residence.
More COVIDIOTS put community at risk, cop hefty fines as contact tracing assessed
Government health officials are assessing whether to implement contact tracing procedures following a Palmerston woman breaching quarantine orders to go shopping.
Another case of COVID-19 from Qantas Sydney flight brings NT total to 28
A woman in her 30s who returned to Darwin on a Qantas Sydney flight becomes the second known case from same domestic flight.
Child under two latest confirmed case of coronavirus in Darwin
A toddler from Darwin’s northern suburbs who has a sibling in primary school has tested positive for coronavirus.
Northern suburbs COVID-19 party busted by cops, fine issued
A 45-year-old Darwin woman has been handed a $1,099 fine for hosting a party Saturday night, with an attendee who was supposed to be in self-quarantine.
Four new NT COVID-19 cases, trace contact from a relative discovered in Darwin
Four new Territory cases of coronavirus have been recorded, with one person catching it from a family member who had been in self quarantine after coming back from overseas, the Northern Territory Department of Chief Minister has said.