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.
Police are searching for a group of 10 youths who allegedly broke into a Katherine home overnight – including “at least one” armed with a weapon – who allegedly sexually assaulted two females in the home, damaged property and stole items before fleeing the scene.
More than two years after a secret review into well-being services for police found there was no defined strategy to deal with mental health matters, the Lawler Government has established an early intervention program for police well-being, while a former officer who is still waiting for a wellness check three years after he left the force said it has taken too long.
Former Anindilyakwa Land Council chair T Wuramaarrba was added to a “significant Territorians” list this year, which is why he is being given a state memorial, the Chief Minister said, despite the activities of the land council under his control currently the subject of an independent federal investigation into alleged corruption.
EXCLUSIVE: The police officer who fired a single shot at a disturbed man in Parap last week that missed the target is currently a trained marksman in the elite NT Police’s Territory Response Group, the NT Independent can reveal, who was in the IRT unit back in 2019 when he sent racist text messages calling Indigenous people “n****rs”, but was later promoted to the TRG.
The skies have been louder than normal following today’s opening of Exercise Pitch Black 2024 that will see 20 countries participate this year. SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE
