EXCLUSIVE: A damning review into St John Ambulance NT’s treatment of patients has found multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff, with a near complete breakdown in trust between hospital emergency department staff and the Territory’s ambulance service provider, the NT Independent can reveal.
The CLP Government has appointed an “Approvals Fast Track Taskforce” made up of business owners from across the Territory that it says will help rebuild the economy.
Environmental groups and traditional owners are urging Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to take legal action against Defence Housing Australia for alleged violations of federal environmental laws after NT authorities ended their investigation into alleged unlawful land clearing at Lee Point.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down 35 recommendations for the NT Government and police to improve their response to the growing epidemic of domestic violence, calling on the government to properly fund services that will prevent the deaths of women and children.
NT Police are investigating after four Alice Springs properties were broken into overnight and are also looking for information relating to a stolen car allegedly used to target a taxi.
The Remembering Cyclone Tracy committee has organised a series of events at the end of December to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy.
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.
Today’s national news includes Australia to reconsider ICC membership, Labor dumps misinformation bill, Coles refutes allegations of land banking, Man charged for making a Nazi salute at a rally supporting trans rights, and Aerial refuelling deal signed between Australia and India.
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.
