Today’s national news includes PM Albanese criticizing China over a fighter jet incident over international waters, RBA keeping policy rate stable at 4.35 per cent, Five Bonza aircraft being taken away despite administrators’ effort to retain them, and $8.5 million West Beach Surf Club opening.
The Darwin Festival will hold events in Palmerston for the first time this year, with organisers announcing a two-day program for the city.
A new $48 million contract to supply the long-delayed Darwin ship lift project with a lift operating system has been awarded that will get the project moving, the Chief Minister said, while rejecting a proposal for a mobile ship lift to bridge the gap for industry following massive delays to the major project.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese backing WA police after the Perth Bunnings stabbing, Qantas paying $79 million over the ‘ghost flights’ controversy, NSW committing $230 million to fight domestic violence, and Australia enhancing Philippine military ties as South China Sea tensions escalate.
Australia’s housing crisis is set to worsen, particularly in the NT, warns a new report that outlines rising international student numbers, natural population increases, and overseas migration in some states as leading factors.
Applications for bottle shop security guards to apply to carry OC spray while on duty are now open, the Lawler Government has announced, while unruly pub-goers could face an increased fine of $880 – almost five times the present penalty – if they refuse to leave a licensed venue, as part of a long-delayed effort to “reduce crime and anti-social behaviour” in bottle shops and pubs.
A $134 million design and construction contract to recommission the Manton Dam as been awarded by the Lawler Government more than a year after it was put to market, that it says will see a new water treatment plant and pumping station built, while maintaining the dam’s current use as a recreational facility.
NT WorkSafe is investigating after a member of the public was injured after falling in a skip bin while unloading rubbish at the Howard Springs tip, with Litchfield Council ordered to make safety changes, it has been reported.
A Daly River resident said police had to rescue six people from a house that was set on fire, including a seven-month-old baby, by the Jovi Boys gang and associates during a riot in the community, an assertion that was not originally accepted by NT Police media but later confirmed, while Police Minister Brent Potter said police had prioritised a protest at Lee Point rather than attending the community riots.
A fire that started in an electrical workshop at Rio Tinto’s Gove bauxite mine site destroyed three offices before it was contained on Thursday, while an investigation into how the blaze started has been launched.
Today’s national news includes an MP claiming she was drugged and sexually assaulted, the Government promising to slash $3 billion off student debt due to a cost-of-living crisis, PM Albanese vows new funding to help women escape domestic violence, and Police shoot dead armed teen after stabbing attack.
The Lawler Government has signed a deal to host the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme’s Motocross World Championship at Hidden Valley from next year, with taxpayers to foot the $1.6 million bill to build a new track, while the total cost to Territorians to host the event was not disclosed.
