Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese not attending the NATO summit, the cost of student visa fees for international students doubling, economists saying there will be no rate cuts until 2025, and Australia’s life expectancy declining for the first time in decades.
This year’s Cracker Night celebrations have left several people injured, including a baby with facial burns, a burned-out community shed, a robbed KFC on Bagot Road, as well as reports of several youth intentionally firing fireworks at people, which the NT Police chalked up to “a good Territory Day” overall.
Tamboran Resources raised less than half the money it was seeking with its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, while an energy think tank said its analysis has raised questions about the financial viability and competitiveness of the Beetaloo gas development, which is being touted by the Lawler Government as crucial to the proposed Middle Arm industrial area and the Territory’s future economy.
Fireworks will be flying off the shelves from 9am this morning as Territorians celebrate Territory Day by blowing stuff up, and while extra firefighting resources have been allocated to NT Fire and Rescue Services and Bushfires NT, authorities are reminding people to celebrate Territory Day safely by not starting bushfires or bin fires and avoiding unnecessary emergency room visits.
Acting anti-corruption commissioner Naomi Loudon – who is being paid $500,000 a year to run the Office of the ICAC while commissioner Michael Riches is investigated for “inappropriate behaviour” – has refused again to publicly disclose her conflict of interest in Labor’s election travel rorts investigation, while the Centre for Public Integrity recommended she publicly disclose it to boost public confidence.
Keith Kerinauia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of bottle shop employee Declan Laverty, which is the mandatory minimum sentence for murder in the Northern Territory.
Tivan, one of the proposed tenants of the controversial Middle Arm industrial area, has “de-prioritised” its former flagship Mount Peake critical minerals project for the coming financial year and shifted its focus to three other key projects, the company has announced.
The City of Darwin has been forced to issue an extraordinary public statement to “clarify recent commentary” about the controversial Cyclone Tracy monument for Bundilla Beach, after Mayor Kon Vatskalis attempted to mislead the public by claiming it had nothing to do with the devastating cyclone and was simply “public art”.
The Lawler Government is looking at how it can replace a not-for-profit public bus service in Tennant Creek that is ceasing operations this weekend in a town with no taxis, says Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics Minister Joel Bowden.
A Katherine man has been charged over the death of a Palmerston man in a Yarrawonga industrial area, with more charges expected, NT Police said on Thursday.
The iconic Alice Springs Henley-on-Todd Regatta has been cancelled this year by organisers following problems filing for grants and securing a manager for the volunteer-run event.
NT Police will not say if it is investigating an officer who a court found intentionality inserted her finger into a suspect’s vagina during a search, claiming it would be inappropriate to comment while the decision was subject to an appeal, but an independent MLA has said the agency must comply with its own transparency obligations.
