Darwin Council and the Mayor’s actions against councillor Amye Un may be unconstitutional, a leading law and politics academic has said, suggesting council has failed to follow proper process for dealing with a simple code of conduct complaint issue that has now exploded into an elected member being barred from attending meetings in person.
NT construction giant Sitzler has secretly proposed a 200-bed workers camp in Katherine that local residents say does not comply with the local planning scheme and could have severe consequences for the area, while the NT Government and the company have remained silent about the proposal and the unusual development processes employed.
Two Territory vocational training students studying business services and retail baking have won bronze medals at the 2023 WorldSkills National Championships held in Melbourne as part of a six-member team from Charles Darwin University.
Former NT Police Association president Vince Kelly will head the Fyles Government’s review into the NT Police, the government unilaterally announced despite pledging a bipartisan approach to the review, while calls continue for a proper independent inquiry led by a retired judge due to unresolved allegations of potential corrupt and criminal conduct.
The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations will take no action against the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation after a four year investigation that followed raids on the corporation’s Jabiru headquarters.
The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Education has settled a compensation claim made by its former chief financial officer but it has not disclosed how much they paid her after she took the institute to the Federal Court over her dismissal.
EDITORIAL: Michael Murphy’s appointment as the Territory’s new top cop sends a clear message that nobody in the government wants the major dysfunction and ongoing allegations of corruption facing the NT Police to be cleaned up.
Enrollments in GP vocational training in the Northern Territory have plummeted by 80 per cent over the past seven years, with only 14 commencing this year, a new study has found, raising calls for urgent action.
Michael Murphy is the new Police Commissioner, Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has announced, more than four months after the former commissioner took a secret taxpayer-funded payout to leave the role and two months after a government employee was brought in to oversee communications.
Today’s national news includes South Australia fast tracks the building of new homes on greenfield sites, the Australian Defence Force getting its first batch of Black Hawk helicopters, ACT having Australia’s first all-electric emergency services vehicle, and Kia dropping the most affordable Carnival engine option for Australia.
Today’s national news includes Defense Minister Richard Marles will travel to the Philippines to observe joint training drills, the first hydrogen refueller service station opens in Brisbane, Qantas Airways nears new Boeing 787 wide body order, and Disney Cruise Line bookings are now open to Sydneysiders.
UPDATED: A man who was tasered by police outside a Nightcliff house, after what NT Police said was a more than 24-hour standoff with authorities that followed the man allegedly assaulting a woman, has been charged with multiple domestic violence offences and assaulting police.
