The Finocchiaro CLP Government will relocate residents of the Batten Road YiSSA transitional housing facility to Batchelor as part of a costly plan that will see a new repurposed demountable facility built that will also accommodate remote flood evacuees, but the decision has irked Batchelor residents and its local council who say the government did not consult with anyone there before announcing the “bad idea”.
Three males have been arrested in Wadeye in connection to the theft of a security vehicle from RAAF Base Darwin on Monday, NT Police said, with the vehicle allegedly used in connection with further criminal offences.
A 28-year-old woman died in a Malak residence Wednesday morning, NT Police said, with her 26-year-old partner arrested at the scene for an alleged earlier assault on the woman hours before she was found unresponsive.
The shock departure of Department of Children and Families chief executive Brent Warren comes amid delays in court proceedings due to confusion in the department over controversial new child removal laws, while Minister Robyn Cahill’s office has refused to answer questions or explain why Mr Warren suddenly left the role last week, less than a year after she appointed him.
Calvary Health Care has been designated the new operator of Healthscope as part of a national arrangement that will see it take over Darwin Private Hospital as well as others across the country, but the CLP Government cannot say when private maternity services will return to Darwin.
The Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival will be held for the fourth time at the end of this month, organiser Bird Life Top End has said.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government will not say if it will continue to implement NT Health’s troubled Acacia digital patient record system and has ignored questions about whether it will adopt the 12 recommendations made in a scathing Public Accounts Committee inquiry report released more than two weeks ago.
An injured woman with “significant burns” to her head and chest was found early Monday morning in parkland in the Palmerston suburb of Gray, with NT Police calling for the public’s assistance to determine what happened.
Labor’s Yiwarr McGrath has defeated independent candidate Andrew Blamey to win the Mulka by-election Saturday night, bringing the party’s total number of MLAs in NT Parliament to six after the 2024 election wipeout saw it reduced to just four bush members, but the new member enters a divided Labor parliamentary caucus.
NT Department of Children and Families chief executive Brent Warren has left the role suddenly, less than a year after being appointed by Minister Robyn Cahill with no explanation provided, which comes amid massive turmoil and controversy in the department.
A 60-year-old Fannie Bay man and a 75-year-old Gunn man were arrested as part of separate investigations into the online sexual exploitation of children, while a third person from Humpty Doo had their home raided and devices seized for further investigation, NT Police said.
The NT’s two major political parties will be sweating on Monday night when three generations of the Territory’s independent MLAs meet for a public panel discussion about what independents can achieve in Parliament and what voters fed up with current politicians following their parties’ interests instead of the interests of the people can do to bring about change.
