Topline Steel Fabrications and two of its senior managers have been charged over a contractor being crushed by a bundle of steel weighing over 1.2 tonnes while his truck was being loaded, NT Work Safe has said.
Trump’s anointed energy secretary connected to Beetaloo Basin fracking
US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Energy, Chris Wright, is also chief executive of a company that has a stake in Beetaloo Basin fracker Tamboran Resources.
Golden snapper numbers critically low: report
Golden snapper around Darwin remain overfished, with around one fifth of their original population left, and with fishing mortality rates estimated to be more than double the rate considered sustainable, which will prevent stocks from recovering, the Golden Snapper Stock Assessment report says.
Sid Vashist elected mayor of the Barkly Regional Council
Former Barkly councillor Sid Vashist has been elected Mayor of the Barkly Regional Council, securing 54 per cent of votes after final counting.
Japan to rotate troops to Top End alongside US forces following Darwin meeting
Japan will deploy troops to the Top End in collaboration with the US Marines it was announced on Sunday, following trilateral discussions in Darwin with the Australian Defence Minister.
How the ICAC’s investigation into senior NT Police officers’ misconduct was rigged from the start
ANALYSIS: The latest ICAC investigation report into the TRG officers who swore false statements to the court provides us with perhaps the best example yet of how those in positions of power in the Territory set up a supposedly independent investigation to appear independent, while secretly ensuring its predetermined outcomes fall in their favour.
Vice-chancellor’s daughter hired at CDU amid expected layoffs, deep ‘financial stress’
Under fire CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman’s daughter was hired this month by his direct subordinate for a role at the university, amid deep financial losses and expected sackings.
ICAC closes investigation into lying TRG officers after Riches pledged not to make ‘adverse findings’
The Office of the ICAC has closed its investigation into five TRG officers lying to the court in sworn statements about racist award certificates with no adverse findings because of promises made by Commissioner Michael Riches before he collected any evidence, which later led to evidence that contradicts the officers not being admissible, a new investigation report shows.
Former INPEX boss named interim Territory Coordinator as bill released for public comment
The Finocchiaro Government has named former INPEX NT general manager Stuart Knowles as the interim Territory Coordinator, on the same day it publicly released its proposed legislation that would give the position and the Chief Minister sweeping powers to exempt certain projects from environmental and other regulatory processes.
Empire given environmental approval to frack gas in the Beetaloo
Empire Energy’s pilot project to frack gas in the Beetaloo Basin has been given environmental approval, the company has said, while an environmental group estimated the approval would allow the company to use 410 million litres of water, the equivalent of 164 Olympic swimming pools and produce 72 pools worth of fracking wastewater over the life of the project.
14-year-old who assaulted police and used stolen credit cards at shop granted bail again
A 14-year-old boy who broke into a Wagaman home in broad daylight Thursday to steal credit cards and go on a shopping spree while already out on bail, allegedly assaulted two officers as they tried to arrest him and was promptly given bail again by a judge, NT Police said.
Police announce 16 extra officers for Alice Springs over summer
Fourteen constables and two senior officers will be sent to Alice Springs until the end of the school holidays in January in response to an increase in crime, Commander James Gray-Spence has said, a move that involves “high visibility” policing which Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro seemingly ordered for the Territory after she came to power.