Today’s national news includes 3.7 million households facing food insecurity, PM Albanese flying off to Washington for security alliance meetings, Microsoft spending $3.2 billion as AI regulation comes out, and the Red meat industry posts a $7.7 billion lift in annual turnover.
Casino and gaming executive Sean Knights has been appointed general manager of Mindil Beach Casino and Resort, having recently left his previously job as executive general manager at Crown Sydney.
NT Police have warned the public not to approach a dangerous offender, after suppressing for almost 24 hours that he was on the run after breaking into a house with a gun on Sunday, who was once jailed over an outback crime spree committed while he was on the lam, which included him pulling a knife on a tourist.
The Morandini Group has submitted plans to construct a $20 million golf complex off Lee Point Road in Darwin’s northern suburbs that it said will boost tourism and provide economic stimulus to the region.
Darwin’s Fannie Bay shopping centre has been sold to the Lay family for $17.8 million after being held by Territory investor Terry Finocchiaro for more than four decades.
Construction giant Sitzler has filed for an “exceptional development permit” to move ahead with its proposed 256-bed workers camp in Katherine that will only require ministerial approval to proceed, rather than undergo the typical planning process, which has irked residents who say the development will have disastrous impacts on the area.
The speed limit for majority of Darwin CBD streets will drop to 40km/h from November 1, Darwin Council has said.
A 38-year-old driver who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Howard Springs on Tuesday is now facing multiple charges, including hit-and-run causing death, NT Police said.
UPDATED: The Federal Labor Government will not vary or cancel Landbridge’s now 91-year lease of the Darwin Port, following a review into the controversial 2015 deal.
The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog has declared there is no “widespread corruption” in the Northern Territory in his annual report, while then proceeding to describe the most widespread corruption and seemingly wilful blindness to the problem the NT has ever seen.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has hit back at the Opposition after she was called out in Parliament for misleading the public in a series of Facebook posts about crime, raising veiled threats of exposing the Opposition for also breaching the Public Information Act, while suggesting she has not reported them for misconduct despite being aware of allegations.
Today’s national news includes PM Albanese visiting China to try to resolve trade issues, the high cost of power impacting small businesses in South Australia, total fire ban put in place for parts of New South Wales, and fresh fallout from the Voice referendum has Indigenous leaders divided.
