The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out an appeal by the Northern Territory Government contesting a decision that it had underpaid firefighters by removing overtime hours, with the full bench noting the government changed its argument from what was contained in its notice of appeal when it came to oral arguments in the hearing.
The Lawler Government will spend close to $1 million on Mararra Stadium including $280,000 for the construction of a nursery to curate drop-in cricket pitches, with the International Cricket Council schedule suggesting games against South Africa and Afghanistan could be played in northern Australia in 2025 and 2026.
The Lawler Government has announced a second review into the troubled St John Ambulance NT service at the same time giving it a 16.9 per cent funding increase, with the review examining either the government operating the service or awarding the contract to another operator, and comes while St John is already under investigation by the government for its treatment of patients.
The Lawler Government has declared war on single-use coffee cups, hiring a company to encourage Territory cafes and food outlets to trial reusable takeaway cups.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler says new legislation to legalise curfews needed to be rushed through Parliament before the August election because it cannot be left “to chance” with a possible new government coming in, while Attorney General Chansey Paech claims he was only ever opposed to permanent curfews, not temporary ones.
The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education has appointed a new chief executive officer 16 months after the sudden and unexplained departure of the last, with Joe Martin-Jard taking over the role after his own sudden and unexplained departure as CEO of the Northern Land Council in March.
The Territory Labor Government has failed to effectively implement federal Closing the Gap measures aimed at addressing Aboriginal disadvantage, and cannot explain how decisions are made, what the costs are, if targets are being met, or how many Aboriginal organisations have been awarded taxpayer cash to provide outcomes for Indigenous Territorians, a damning Auditor General’s audit has revealed.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding a toddler allegedly being kept in a cage at a Territory work site has been launched, NT WorkSafe has confirmed, after being made aware of the allegation by NT Police.
NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has promoted Martin Dole to Deputy Commissioner after 27 years as an officer in the force, including as one of the officers who carried out the controversial arrest of Zach Rolfe for murder four days after the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler disclosed the location of a Darwin region domestic violence shelter as part of a political photo-op that she publicly distributed in political material, an MLA has alleged, suggesting it could put victims’ lives at risk and calling for the government to pay for increased security at the facility.
A new show called The Party will be held in the Spiegeltent at Darwin Festival this year, the organisers have said.
The Lawler Government will introduce legislation to legalise youth curfews across the Northern Territory, after refusing to admit last month that the “emergency situation” ordered in Alice Springs following riots in the town may have been unlawful, which an independent MLA said was only being done now to “fix their latest cock up”.
