The terms of reference for the increasingly controversial proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct have been signed off by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, the Fyles Government has said, although the terms of reference have not been made public and the project is the subject of a Senate inquiry.
Darwin-based Airnorth will launch a non-stop, three-times-a-week service between Alice Springs and Perth starting March 2024.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and her senior adviser have been referred for investigation into possible criminal conduct, including allegedly “advancing secret personal interests” and other potential offences, in relation to her senior adviser’s consultancy company acting as the registered lobbyist for Tamboran Resources and Ms Fyles’ breaches of the ministerial code of conduct for not immediately divesting her shares in another gas company.
Police have suppressed the sexual assault of a seven-year-old child in Tennant Creek and refused to say if the offender has been arrested, breaching their own transparency guidelines, an independent MLA has said.
NT WorkSafe has charged a Darwin-based solar installation and electrical company and its manager for failing to ensure the safety of its workers while working on the roof of a commercial building in August, which could see the company on the hook for more than $6 million in fines if found guilty.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection to an alleged sexual assault in Alice Springs that occurred last week, NT Police said, only issuing a statement after being sent questions by the NT Independent.
Today’s national news includes Australia limiting immigration intake, Parliament releasing a food security report, Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse signing a merger deal, and Disney Cruise Line returning to Australia next year.
Australia’s newest low-cost airline Bonza has launched its Melbourne – Alice Springs route, with its maiden flight due to touchdown in Alice Springs later today.
The lawyer appointed to investigate the Barkly Regional Council has told a former employee that she has been excluded from examining code of conduct complaints against elected members, chief executive officers, or other staff, despite serious allegations of bullying, harassment, and mismanagement at the troubled council, which include the bungled handling of a sexual harassment complaint made by a young Indigenous woman.
A 52-year-old rural area man is facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting two dogs at a Humpty Doo property and taking the dead animals with him, NT Police said, resulting in an armed stand-off.
The Aboriginal Areas Protection Agency is taking its legal fight over Kakadu’s Gunlom Falls walking track construction to the High Court, following a Supreme Court ruling the Federal Government was immune from any criminal punishment, it has been reported.
The controversial reduction in bottle shop trading hours in Darwin, Palmerston and parts of the rural area began today, the Fyles Government has said, but licensees in one town were only informed on Friday they would be subject to the new rules.
