Grants of up to $15,000 for GP registrars willing to relocate to the Northern Territory in the first training term next year, and stay for at least six months, are being put up by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Alice Springs youth detention staff to be housed in Darwin while southern facility renovated
NT taxpayers will pick up the tab to accommodate, feed and transport Alice Springs youth detention staff in Darwin for up to four months, after inmates from the troubled town are moved to Don Dale Youth Detention Centre while the central Australian facility is renovated, according to a recently released government tender.
Young child assaulted overnight by unknown intruder in Nightcliff
A young child was allegedly assaulted overnight while seemingly sleeping in a caravan in Nightcliff by a man who entered through a window, NT Police said.
Extra costs for mysterious figures on Fyles’s Washington trip revealed
Three unnamed people, including one with a position that does not appear to exist, accompanied Chief Minister Natasha Fyles on her controversial taxpayer-funded trip to the US at an additional cost of more than $60,000, according to Katie Woolf.
NT Resources Week kicks off with SEAAOC, a trade expo at the Darwin Convention Centre
Informa Connect Australia has opened this year’s NT Resource Week with the 29th Annual South East Asia Australia Offshore & Onshore Conference (SEAAOC) at the Darwin Convention Centre.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for September 13
Today’s national news includes credit card use being banned for online gambling, Australia sealing a $6.4 billion housing program to tackle the crisis, Australia’s IT spending increasing by 7.8 per cent next year, and Ayala-led ACEN to triple investments in Australia.
Gunner bans all media from attending his speech at resources conference
Fortescue Future Industries’ director of Australia-West Michael Gunner had the media removed from the room before his speech at the NT Resources Week conference on Wednesday, after the NT Independent ran a story about the anti-corruption watchdog investigating Mr Gunner and his office for allegedly misappropriating taxpayer money during the 2020 election.
Officers receive national bravery awards for heroic acts suppressed by NT Police in violence cover-up
Two officers have been given national bravery awards for their heroic actions during violent rioting at Wadeye, bravery that was suppressed as part of a cover-up of the extent of the violence by both the NT Police and the Fyles Government, which had led to more than 400 people being left homeless during the “humanitarian situation”.
Qantas cuts NT flights, citing Darwin Airport tarmac upgrade and lower demand
Qantas has cut flights to and from the Northern Territory, including between Darwin and Alice Springs, amid the NT tourism industry’s calls for the airline to reconnect with Alice Springs and other regional destinations.
Government credits Labor MLA for remote houses after identifying wrong electorate
The Fyles Government celebrated building new homes in Galiwin’ku this week by crediting Labor’s Member for Arafura for the builds, which he proudly said would continue to be built to help his constituents, only they weren’t actually built in his electorate.
NT Resources Week Expo offers free entrance to trade and industry professionals
NT Resources Week organiser Informa Connect Australia will be opening its trade expo to industry professionals for free at the Darwin Convention Centre tomorrow and Thursday from 10 am to 3 pm and from 10 am to 1 pm, respectively.
Burn After Reading: Inside the Chief Minister’s screwball comedy trip to Washington
ANALYSIS: Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s taxpayer-funded US trip has all the hallmarks of a classic political travel scandal on the madcap level of the previous CLP government’s bizarro trips, despite what the state media organ NT News and Katie Woolf say.