Darwin Council has threatened to take action against Cyclone Tracy survivors who protest the VIP-only unveiling of the controversial 50th anniversary memorial unless they get public liability insurance, a provision the council gives contradictory advice to the public about on its website, while NT Treasurer Bill Yan said the event needs to be opened to the public and labelled the monument debacle “a dog’s breakfast”.
CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has told staff to expect sackings in the near future while the university’s “finances lie in ruins”, admitting it cannot afford to continue the way it is, then informing everyone in his “weekly musings” email that he is taking early and extended Christmas leave as of next week.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage will release her findings and recommendations this morning into the deaths of four Indigenous women who died as a result of domestic violence, following a landmark inquiry that critically analysed the circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths and the NT Government’s inadequate responses.
The CLP Government has ruled out placing the Darwin Esplanade back on the heritage list, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the previous government’s provisional heritage listing for the site.
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Prominent Darwin silk John Lawrence has condemned the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency board’s years of mismanagement and called for their resignations, following an extraordinary public apology to chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins after the Federal Court found the board unfairly sacked her.
Territorians are being warned to avoid a solar company now operating in the NT, following reports of its questionable practices in WA, where it is alleged the company made coercive sales, delivered malfunctioning equipment and took deposits while making customers sign unlawful contracts, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs and NT WorkSafe have said.
The Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education will not say how its council members dealt with potential conflicts of interest when voting to confer an honorary doctorate on their own chair, with the Office of the ICAC last year finding in its review of the organisation that it had no policy to deal with personal or social conflicts of interest.
An armed man who kidnapped another man at gunpoint in Daly Waters and forced him to drive three hours to Katherine after discharging a gun in the vehicle has been arrested, NT Police said.
The CLP Government has released a new masterplan for the ANZAC Oval Precinct in Alice Springs, which will see the proposed and long-delayed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia reduced in size from previous designs to save on costs, with the oval to be reinstated as a rugby field.
The Finocchiaro Government needs to restore the public’s confidence in the NT Police and the Office of the ICAC following a flawed investigation into racist awards handed out by the TRG and evidence that five senior officers committed perjury, says well-respected CLP elder and the Northern Territory’s first chief minister Paul Everingham.
The Finocchiaro Government is proposing six solar power plants and a battery to produce electricity to be built by the private sector near Berry Springs.
