Darwin company Aspire has been awarded the $18.2 million contract to design and build the new ward at Royal Darwin Hospital, which the government expects to be open in the middle of next year, the Health Minister has said.
Iconic Darwin bar set to close its doors permanently
One of Darwin’s most iconic bars will close its doors permanently next month after more than two decades in its current form.
Robertson Barracks now connected to solar power
The solar power plant at Robertson Barracks has been connected and it will also provide power for public use, the federal government has said, a connection that comes at a time when the Northern Territory government has been unable to put electricity into the grid from private solar power stations.
Digital IDs to be available soon for Territorians
Territorians will soon have digital identification cards that can be stored on smartphones and other smart devices, the Lawler Government has said.
Lawler Government highlights police spending ahead of 2024 Territory Budget
The Lawler Government has pledged “an almost $90 million boost” for police operations in tomorrow’s Budget, just a year after providing only a modest boost for police despite record crime rates and pleas from the public to keep the community safe amid an ongoing “crime crisis” across the Territory.
Seventh ‘review’ in seven years for Batchelor Institute after Auditor-General again refuses to sign off on financials
The Lawler Government has announced the seventh review into the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education since 2017 – roughly 15 months after the ICAC released his review – but the government will not say if the failings of education ministers Eva Lawler, Mark Monaghan and the NT Education Department chief executive officer will be examined.
CDU-Menzies medical school gets funding, but existing med school’s future location uncertain
The Federal Government has promised Charles Darwin University $24.6 million over four years to establish a medical school in partnership the Menzies School of Health Research from 2026, dependent on the development of a medical school curriculum and accreditation by the Australian Medical Council, but there was no explanation of what will happen to the existing medical school based at CDU.
Govt releases plan for NT AFL team, $1b in spending on stadiums
The Lawler Government has proposed spending close to $1 billion in today’s dollars on building a new Darwin City football stadium along with upgrades to other regional grounds to support a new Territory AFL team, which a taskforce believes could begin playing in seven to 10 years, while disgraced former AFL boss and casino director Andrew Demetriou has joined the taskforce to help win an AFL licence for the team.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for May 13
Today’s national news includes Australians paying the price of Labor’s failed policies, Treasurer Jim Chalmers saying the cost of living relief in the budget will be substantial, Palestinian UN membership bid to build peace impetus, and South Australia mulls social media ban for kids.
Vale Ken Fleming, the NT’s first ICAC
Kenneth Charles Fleming KC, the Northern Territory’s first Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, died in Brisbane on 18 April, aged 77. Dr Robyn Smith writes about his life.
Peppimenarti clan launch court action against government ministers, Police Commissioner for failure to police
Peppimenarti community founder and Wilson family matriarch Regina Pilawuk Wilson has lodged Federal Court action on behalf of herself and members of the extended Wilson family against the Lawler Labor Government, three ministers, and the NT Police Commissioner for alleged breaches of the Racial Discrimination Act by failing to provide policing in their community comparable to the level provided to non-Indigenous NT residents.
Police ask Palmo residents to check their gardens for blood-soaked hammer following horrific DV incident
NT Police are asking residents of Gray to check their yards for a bloody hammer that a 42-year-old man allegedly used to bash his female partner in the head with last night.