The Darwin Airport has banned Australia Institute advertisements which point out gas companies Santos and Inpex get Australia’s gas for free, which the institute has claimed was done in part because those companies advertise with the airport.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for September 16
Today’s national news includes government and opposition reaching an extraordinary healthcare deal, PM Albanese hit back at Elon Musk after calling the government “fascists,” Melbourne Airport is set to get a third runway after the federal government approved the project, and a woman sustains injuries following skydiving incident in Queensland.
Ex-CLP senator failed to disclose $135k she paid staffer for part of his Darwin unit
Former CLP senator Sam McMahon is currently being sued by a federal audit body for allegedly breaching expenses policy and using taxpayer money to avoid COVID quarantine in Darwin, but the NT Independent can reveal she also failed to disclose paying her staffer $135,000 for a share of his Darwin unit, as part of an “unusual” arrangement.
Chief Minister pledges to save Anzac Oval in Alice causing more delays to national Aboriginal art gallery
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has suspended the demolition of Anzac Oval in Alice Springs that was to house the $154 million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia, suggesting it will still be built but the “next steps” need to be worked through.
Deadline to register floats for ‘A Very Darwin Christmas Pageant’ is Monday
Expressions of interest to register floats for “A Very Darwin Christmas Pageant” parade will close on Monday, September 16, the city has announced.
Man injured by taxi driver after allegedly assaulting him dies in hospital
A 50-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a taxi driver in Casuarina last week and suffered head injuries after the driver allegedly fought back has died in hospital, NT Police said.
CLP hires ex-NT News editor as director of communications
The former editor of the NT News, who left the job after his involvement in the Darwin Turf Club’s grandstand scandal was made public and who wrote an editorial backing the federal Labor Party in 2019, has been named director of communications for the Finocchiaro CLP Government.
Man stabbed in Nightcliff
A man was stabbed in the stomach in Nightcliff and later underwent surgery for his injuries, while his alleged attacker has been arrested, it has been reported.
CDU team to visit South Asia for 17-day student recruitment campaign
A team from Charles Darwin University is set to visit India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to attract prospective students to the Northern Territory, a week after the Federal Government loosened its international student cap for regional universities.
Top traffic cop denies interfering in son’s alleged drink driving incident
The Territory Road Policing Division boss Superintendent Daniel Shean allegedly intervened to block his son being investigated and possibly charged for allegedly drink driving, multiple sources have told the NT Independent, while the now former officer has denied the allegations.
‘Climate change isn’t going away’: New NT Greens MLA blasts CLP for scrapping climate change portfolio
Newly elected NT Greens Member for Nightcliff Kat McNamara has criticised the CLP Government for dropping the climate change portfolio from its ministry, warning that “climate change isn’t going away because the CLP don’t want to think about it”.
Two Darwin prisoners who broke out of watch house apprehended
UPDATED: Two prisoners who broke out of the Darwin City watch house around 4:50am this morning in an unexplained escape, have been apprehended, authorities said.