The federal and Northern Territory governments have signed an education deal that will see all public schools funded to nationally agreed minimum levels by 2029, but the federal Education Minister Jason Clare has tied the Commonwealth’s contribution to improvements in NT education.
Territory Labor says it will commit the $180 million to cover the bare minimum needed to tackle domestic violence in the Territory – if elected – after eight years of steady cuts to DV services and following internal reports released a year ago that warned the government’s cuts and inconsistent policies could result in “serious harm or death”.
People suffering a terminal illness should be allowed to choose to be legally killed, an NT voluntary assisted dying advisory panel report has recommended, but that would not be afforded to those suffering from mental illness without a terminal illness, or those who have lost their decision-making capacity due to dementia.
The NT Office of the ICAC has ejected the NT Independent from a national anti-corruption conference held at the Darwin Convention Centre, after the editor explained he wanted to ask some questions of the delegates, which resulted in a 12-month trespass notice being issued by NT Police.
St John Ambulance has signed a funding deal with the government worth up to $57 million for this financial year, while the government will also pay for a “reform consultant” to help address “agreed outcomes” from the clinical governance and ambulance service structural reviews, as well as an independent finance audit, the chief executive officer of the ambulance service has said.
Sentinel Property Group has applied to build a microbrewery and pub at Casuarina Square as part of a $10 million revitalisation plan for “The Quarter” entertainment precinct.
Leanne Liddle has been named executive director of the NT Police’s Community Resilience and Engagement Command, tasked with designing the agency’s anti-racism strategy, but Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has not made an official public announcement about the appointment amid turmoil over unresolved allegations of systemic racism in the force.
The NT has again ranked last in six out of eight benchmark economic categories, indicating a significant decrease in economic activity, a new report has found.
Website founder and NT businesswoman Amy Milford has again been named as a AusMumpreneur Awards 2024 finalist.
Roughly 47,500 people attended the three-day Darwin Show weekend that kept police busy tipping out 72 litres of booze, returning four missing children at the showgrounds and arresting a 19-year-old female for allegedly throwing a can at an officer during a massive brawl on Friday night.
Labor NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy will be sworn in today as the Indigenous Australians Minister following a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday, that will also see Member for Solomon Luke Gosling appointed as “special envoy” for Defence, Veterans’ Affairs and Northern Australia.
A day after the Federal Government committed a quarter of a billion dollars for renewable energy in the Territory, the Lawler Government has signed another gas supply agreement with a key Beetaloo Basin player for the Territory’s electricity system, before the company has been provided final environmental approvals for expansion or finalising an agreement with Traditional Owners.
