ANALYSIS: If you need any evidence of a pervasive culture of bullying and cover-up in the upper echelons of the NT Public Service, then look no further than the ease at which DIPL chief executive Andrew Kirkman resorted to blackmailing a female staffer when she questioned his decision.
Today’s national news includes Property market nervousness over possible interest rate changes, Labor force numbers could influence the RBA’s interest rate decision, Tourism based on Nature in Australia is on the rise, the first naval strike missile fired by the Royal Australian Navy, and Toyota RAV4 has reached a massive milestone in Australian sales.
Due to escalating costs and dwindling customer interest, the Skyline Ferris wheel will not be returning to Darwin’s Stokes Hill Wharf this Dry season.
Three people have been killed in a road crash at Hayes Creek, NT Police said.
Mandatory alcohol treatment is not an appropriate measure to address public drunkenness, but a well-designed and implemented model may provide some benefit to a tiny group of people who are at risk of death or serious disability, according to a new report by the Menzies School of Health Research.
DIPL chief executive Andrew Kirkman has been referred to the Public Employment Commissioner following a court ruling that found he engaged in “an aggressive, threatening and inappropriate manner” toward a female staffer, while an internal investigation in 2021 recommended forbidding recording conversations in the department after Mr Kirkman was exposed.
A neo-western Netflix series called Territory, formerly known as Desert King, that was filmed in remote NT and SA locations will premiere on October 24, with a celebrated cast of Australian actors, the online production company has announced.
SECRET RECORDING: Department of Infrastructure chief executive Andrew Kirkman slammed his fists on his desk, yelled at a female staffer and said her career would be “destroyed” if she appealed his decision to move her out of the office, a secret recording aired in a Work Health Court hearing has revealed.
NT Police officers need ‘safe places’ away from major police stations where members can receive counselling and the government needs to fully fund and staff a wellbeing team to deliver preventative and responsive services, the union representing the NT’s cops said, while the Police Minister has refused to provide more details around proposed new wellbeing services for officers.
The lack of sufficient funding from the government is threatening the survival of the NT’s non-profits and charities, which are among the biggest employers and providers of crucial services to Territorians, the peak body for the industry has warned.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler says ministerial staffers can solicit political donations for Territory Labor, but only after work hours, as the NT Electoral Commission released the latest political donation returns, that show Tamboran Resources is Labor’s largest donor ahead of the 2024 general election. SEE THE FULL LIST
Andrew Warton has been appointed the NT Fire and Emergency Services first commissioner by the Lawler Government, following the agency’s split from the tri-service with police earlier this year.
