A Northern Territory Government-commissioned report has revealed that gas production from the Beetaloo Basin, and the expansion of the liquid natural gas production in Darwin, could lead to an up to 150 per cent increase in the Territory’s emissions, the ABC has reported.
Today’s national news includes Labor potentially recruiting supporters of a ‘listed terrorist organization, FTA advertising market to remain weak next year, Labor party “has not got its settings right” to address the cost of living crisis, and AirAsia Indonesia’s A320s are set to open new routes to Australia.
A fatal crash on an access road near Papunya on Friday afternoon involving two vehicles carrying 10 people, including five children, has left one person dead, NT Police said.
Labor Hospitality Minister Joel Bowden claims a trip to inspect a pub at Dundee Beach last week with lobbyists was part of his “official duties”, while taking a break from a “meeting” on site to inspect the boat ramp there for an upcoming party election pledge, and claiming his chief of staff paid for the fuel herself to drive the three-hour return trip to pick him up.
The NT Government’s gas supply deal with Beetaloo Basin gas players is estimated to be worth $4 billion, which a new report says will provide roughly three times more gas than the NT needs to generate electricity by 2030, while better value for money could have been achieved for the Territory.
Nearly 15 per cent of all Territory voters have already cast their ballot in the first three days of early voting – with some electorates seeing more than 20 per cent of voters turning out early – as the 2024 NT general election kicks into gear, figures released by the NT Electoral Commission show.
The Country Liberal Party has distributed an unprecedented attack ad against independent candidates running at the general election, in which it suggested independents could do nothing to improve the Territory, which was quickly dismissed by independents as the actions of a tired, old party fearing for their jobs and pushing the status quo.
A new state-of-the-art $80 million data centre in Darwin that will utilise domestic and subsea cables to securely connect and support data storage in the NT and internationally, ultimately improving the NT’s digital economy, has officially opened.
Today’s national news includes Manager of Opposition Business Paul Fletcher saying it is “entirely proper” to ask questions about the “security implications” of people arriving in Australia from Gaza, Australian productivity inappropriate with wage increases, Australia has the highest life expectancy among English-speaking countries, and Heavy downpours put emergency services on high alert in Queensland and New South Wales.
The NT should have a ‘consensus government’, where all the politicians are independents, with the leader and ministers selected by all members, and those who are not chosen hold the balance of power as the ‘opposition’, meaning the executive and the legislature operate independently of each other, writes Gerry Wood.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has been forced to issue another “apology”, this time to the owners of Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs, for publicly claiming the owners breached responsible service of alcohol laws, which was incorrect and led to the bar having its licence suspended for two days.
The NT Greens appear to be walking back their decision as a party to preference Labor ahead of the CLP on their how-to-vote cards, acknowledging it is hard to tell the two major parties apart, now instructing their voters to make up their own minds over who they preference at the polling booth.
