An audit of the finances of the Darwin Salties, the Darwin Basketball Association, and Basketball Northern Territory is being conducted by KPMG under the direction of Basketball Australia with input from the Northern Territory Government, following an ongoing financial crisis in the sport, with a source telling the NT Independent the organisations lost about $1.6 million combined over the last two years.
An adventure tour company owned by Matt and Kaia Wright that crashed an airboat last year ejecting all 13 passengers onboard and injuring eight, including one passenger who suffered a fractured skull, has been charged with various offences by NT WorkSafe, along with its directors.
Today’s national news includes Minister Jason Clare disclosing government contact at Qantas amid a flight upgrade scandal, Prime Minister Albanese cutting student loans by 20%, Australia increasing missile production, a man was shot dead in a busy nightlife area in Melbourne, and Minister Penny Wong spends $3.4 million on a new Adelaide home.
The NT Government has signed an agreement with SeaLink to continue to run passenger ferry services between Darwin, Mandorah, and the Tiwi Islands for the next five years at a cost of $25.7 million – a cost the government did not disclose.
A Very Darwin Christmas Pageant returns on Saturday, November 16, from 5:30 pm, promising to shine even brighter this year with a record number of floats and schools participating, organisers said.
The “extensive” manhunt for two young offenders who escaped the Alice Springs youth prison on Tuesday has ended after the pair turned themselves in to police with the support of their families on Wednesday night, the Corrections Commissioner said.
Tourism NT has kicked off a new advertising campaign throughout Australia, North America, and Europe, aimed at capitalising on the soaring popularity of the Netflix series Territory, which has achieved the number one spot on the streaming platform worldwide.
A tender to paint CLP Minister Marie-Clare Boothby’s electorate office and “move furniture” was put out to the market at a cost of between $500,000 and $1 million, government records show, which the Minister claims she shut down over the huge price tag, but the tender was active for at least a week before being removed, the NT Independent can reveal.
A 56-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision with a vehicle at the intersection of Chung Wah Terrace and Elrundie Avenue on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has taken credit for a 0.4 per cent increase in retail spending in the NT for the month of September, issuing a statement to suggest their August election victory “renewed confidence” in the economy and somehow led to Territorians spending more money for one month.
The Finocchiaro Government has pledged an “extra” $1 million in funding for Legal Aid NT, a day after a homeless man charged with aggravated robbery was reportedly granted bail due to confusion around his trial following Legal Aid cutting his defence funding.
Two 17-year-olds escaped from the Alice Springs youth jail overnight, and are still on the run, with the escape coming in the middle of a prison overcrowding crisis where the youths were set to be moved to Darwin to serve their time.
