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.
Historically, the Northern Territory had a peculiar governance system dominated by unelected bureaucratic marionettes whose strings were manipulated by a succession of political masters located well below the 23rd parallel, but that changed on November 20, 1974, when the NT’s first Legislative Assembly was introduced, writes historian Dr Robyn Smith.
A tip-off prompted the NT Police to stop a vehicle at Cahill’s Crossing, suspected of trafficking drugs and alcohol into Arnhem Land, resulting in the arrest of a 31-year-old man on November 10.
The Centre for Public Integrity has called on former deputy chief minister Nicole Manison to resign from her new VP position with Tamboran Resources and for the CLP Finocchiaro Government to review all decisions the previous government made concerning the gas company, in what is becoming a major PR nightmare for Tamboran.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has issued a public apology to its chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins for unlawfully sacking her in 2023, and for the accusations it made against her, with the agency also clarifying that she is currently the organisation’s CEO.
Telecommunications in Alice Springs have been disrupted numerous times by the theft of hundreds of metres of copper wire since April, with NT Police asking the public to help them catch the perpetrators.
The Parramatta Eels will play a last game in Darwin next season, and while neither the club nor the Finocchiaro Government has explained why the deal between the two will end, NT Major Events has said it is looking for a new NRL team to play from 2026.
