EXCLUSIVE: The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches says there is “no substance” to serious allegations made by his estranged wife in a recent social media post accusing him of perpetrating domestic violence against her over a 10-year period.
Parks Australia will plead guilty to damaging a sacred site at Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park during construction work in 2019, the authority has said.
Today’s national news includes the Albanese government being adrift on the Palestine stance, a Liberal Senator saying government spending is fueling inflation, Australia’s retail sales up amid consumer caution, Rex adding the Perth and Adelaide route, and a nude passenger forcing an emergency landing of Virgin’s Perth to Melbourne flight.
The Darwin Basketball Association was forced to adjourn its annual general meeting this week because it could not provide audited financial statements for both it and the Darwin Salties NBL1 side for two years, which the chairman claimed was because its bookkeeper was sick, while the government declined to explain why $400,000 of taxpayer money was given to an organisation before seeing audited financial records.
Darwin Festival has launched its full program for 2024, stretching over 18 evenings from August 8 to 25, with awe-inspiring entertainment, art and fun.
The call of the Tanami toadlet has been recorded by researchers for the first time since the species was discovered in 1981, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy has said.
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy was made aware of racist awards handed out within the Territory Response Group at least six months before they were aired publicly, a coronial inquest has heard, contradicting Mr Murphy’s claims in February that he was “not aware of the TRG awards”.
NT Police have welcomed four new members to its elite Search and Rescue Squad after completing their training and evaluation, which follows the unit being plagued with a lack of personnel that meant it could not undertake some diving operations in late 2021.
Six people were arrested early Sunday morning in connection to an alleged vehicle theft ring, NT Police said, after “several” stolen vehicles were driven dangerously in the northern suburbs and Palmerston, while more stolen vehicles were located and recovered after tyre spikes were deployed near Adelaide River.
Today’s national news includes Ukrainian energy needs unlikely to be met by Australia’s coal shipment, International students important to the economy: Labor MP, 2023 Mazda CX-90 being recalled due to braking defect, and Australian Tourism Exchange 2025 to be held in Brisbane.
ANALYSIS: It was odd that the current Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, the man who has yet to make his mark on the role after three years, was calmly and methodically engaging in woodwork in his home garage, while the people he was hired to investigate savagely wrapped up their last week of sittings down the street with the most important investigation of his tenure hanging over them.
NT-based low-cost carrier Airnorth has put more than a dozen routes between the Top End, the West Coast, and the East Coast on sale, starting from just $216, one-way, until the end of this month.
