The Territory’s acting anti-corruption commissioner says she disclosed a conflict of interest relating to the recently published major ICAC investigation into Territory Labor’s election rorts at the last election, which leaves the status of the second part of the report in limbo, while pledging to provide leadership in the office after a “tumultuous” two weeks for staff.
The turn around time for ambulances delivering patients to Royal Darwin Hospital has increased by 77 per cent over the past 11 years, with St John Ambulance NT unable to respond to emergencies at times because of the delays, the ABC has reported.
The Lawler Labor Government secretly gave taxpayer money to keep the Darwin Salties basketball team afloat despite seemingly never seeing audited financial statements, claiming the details are commercial in confidence, while financial documents show the club lost more than $500,000 in its first two years of operation after receiving roughly $1 million combined from two Territory basketball organisations and the NT Government.
Territory Day fireworks celebrations will be moved from Mindil Beach, where the display has been held for the last 20 years, to the Waterfront for this year’s celebrations, Northern Territory Major Events has declared, but a proper explanation has still not been offered.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese criticising Peter Dutton’s ‘extraordinary abandonment’ of climate policy, China’s Premier Li Qiang to be visiting Australia later this week, Prime Minister Albanese denouncing a graffiti attack on the US consulate, and Australia’s housing market remains strong despite unseasonably high prices.
UPDATED: ICAC Inspector Bruce McClintock has cleared anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches of misconduct after he failed to disclose a domestic violence allegation and offered to pay his wife $20,000 to drop a DVO out of fear it would be made public, but Mr McClintock’s investigation involved only a single text message to the victim of the alleged domestic violence.
A new model for dealing with domestic violence is being trialled in Alice Springs where specialists based at the police station will support victims, given advice to police, and encourage perpetrators to partake in behaviour change programs, the NT government has said.
Homelessness peak body NT Shelter has said the sevenfold increase in the federal budget for home construction and homelessness services in the NT could be a “game changer”.
An incident in which a helicopter’s rotor blades hit a rock ledge, leaving the severely damaged aircraft stranded near Kakadu National Park last week, is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
A deadly head-on collision on the Arnhem Highway over the weekend has left one person dead and another reportedly in hospital, NT Police said.
Twenty-one new murals now adorn Darwin walls across the city after the recently concluded 2024 Darwin Street Art Festival, providing the city a new makeover.
EDITORIAL: Hush money, cover-ups, lies, institutional racism, domestic violence allegations, and more lies – this is what the two men running the agencies tasked with investigating our public officials and keeping the streets safe have been caught up in personally over the last fortnight, while the Chief Minister cannot say for sure what she is doing to restore integrity.
