The postponement of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation until after the next election by the Lawler Labor Government has left the NT as the only jurisdiction in Australia without VAD laws, after the ACT passed its bill on Wednesday.
‘An inspiring blueprint’: First Indigenous-owned solar power microgrid launched in Marlinja
A small outback community in the Barkly region now has Australia’s first fully First Nations-owned 100 kW grid-connected solar microgrid, provided by technology partner 5B, with 136 kWh battery storage, which proponents say could be a model for other remote communities across the Territory.
‘Put a broom through it’: Calls for ICAC Michael Riches to resign or be sacked over payoff, failure to disclose DV allegations
Calls are mounting for ICAC Michael Riches to resign or be sacked by the Chief Minister, after revelations he paid his estranged wife $20,000 to ensure a domestic violence order never made it to court and failed to disclose the allegation, while a leading national integrity expert says the only way to restore the public’s confidence in the Office of the ICAC is to “put a broom through it”.
Ford still using dog rapist and killer in video promoting utes
Several Australian Ford dealers still have a video of self-confessed dog rapist and killer Dr Adam Britton promoting the company’s Ranger ute on their Facebook pages, while Ford Malaysia have today removed the video from its Facebook page.
No charges to be laid in Paddy Moriarty case: DPP
There is insufficient evidence to charge anyone with the 2017 disappearance of Paddy Moriarty, the NT Director of Public Prosecutions has concluded, more than two years after being referred the matter by the NT Coroner.
Environmental group calls for federal government to include Jabiluka in the Kakadu world heritage area
The Lawler Government has given a special reserve status to the Jabiluka area in Kakadu National Park which would disallow uranium mining but it will likely not come into effect as Energy Resources Australia has said it had applied to renew its Jabiluka mineral lease which would void the protection.
ICAC Michael Riches feared for career after DVO served last year, offered cash to wife to drop order: Report
The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches was so afraid his career would be over after being served with a domestic violence order in May 2023, that he offered to pay his estranged wife $20,000 to ensure the matter never made it to the courts, according to a report in The Australian, while the NT Independent can confirm he did not disclose the matter to the ICAC Inspector.
‘Unacceptable’: Aboriginal peak body calls for Murphy, Lawler and Potter to apologise for tolerating racism in police
The Aboriginal peak body in the Northern Territory has condemned Police Commissioner Michael Murphy for covering up racist awards handed out by police officers and later lying about it, calling for an “urgent independent review” of systemic racism in the NT Police force and questioning why the Lawler Labor Government has continued to minimise the “ongoing impact of racism”.
Long delayed $63m Mandorah ferry works begin
Work on the $63 million Mandorah jetty project has finally started five years after the NT government declared it a priority project, the Lawler Government has said, but the cost has more than doubled since 2017, however the upgrade will make the facility compliant with changes to national disability legislation that came into effect 18 months ago following a 20-year lead-in time.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for June 5
Today’s national news includes the Albanese government slammed for ‘losing its way’, military recruiting noncitizens to boost troop numbers, Brisbane is now the second most expensive city for housing, and P&O Cruises Australia to merge with Carnival Cruise Line.
Fires south of Darwin lead to hazardous air quality in Top End
Smoke from prescribed fires and other smaller fires south of Darwin that pushed a smoky haze across the region on Tuesday morning led to NT Health issuing an advisory for Top End residents.
New CDU student accommodation announced as city campus set to open
Charles Darwin University has been given free land by the NT Government for a new student accommodation facility in the Darwin CBD, which it says will take two years to build, without any explanation as to why the government or university did not start on it two years ago amid a shortage of rental properties and as the new city campus nears completion.