A lack of police staff in remote areas is putting officer’s lives at risk, the union says, after an alleged attempted axe attack on two police officers in Wadeye last month, where sources told the NT Independent it was only through the intervention of the alleged attacker’s family that the officers escaped injury.
Skyla Chatterton, a 15-year-old Territory student who won the bronze medal at last year’s International Federation of Muaythai Associations World Youth Championships, has been kicking her way back to international competition by defeating opponents above her age and weight locally and interstate.
Blackouts in the Darwin‑Katherine power system will occur within three years unless the government deals with the anticipated nearly 50 per cent reduction in peak electricity generation capacity from the Channel Island power station, the Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory has warned in its latest report.
Electric vehicle sales in the Northern Territory went up by 290 per cent in the first half of this year, new data released by the Motor Trade Association shows, meanwhile the sales of the Territory’s big selling vehicle model was double that of its nearest competitor.
The owners of Darwin CBD burger joint Good Thanks will face court after the Fair Work Ombudsman alleged they did not pay an apprentice cook his wages over three years during his registered training as part of an apprenticeship.
Palmerston teen Charlize Pitkin provides care for her brothers, who were both born with learning difficulties and autism, which has seen her prioritise taking care of them over socialising with her friends.
The Fyles Government has spruiked the success of an NT jobs website it had built, but each day a public servant is being forced to manually delete the many overseas and interstate listings on the almost $180,000-a-year site due to issues with the system, a source with knowledge of the situation has said.
Compliance checks on amusement rides as well as engagements with amusement ride operators and show organizers will be carried out by NT WorkSafe to ensure the safety of Territorians and visitors as this year’s show circuit kicks off, the regulator said.
EXCLUSIVE: Labor Speaker Mark Monaghan secretly charged taxpayers for a late-night flight on Territory Day to the Solomon Islands for an exclusive international parliamentary get-together that involved a ceremony with a giant pig and young men in loincloths, while posting images to social media this week that make it appear he is in Darwin, the NT Independent can reveal.
A new documentary film in production in the Northern Territory aims to provide Indigenous perspectives about the so-called voice to parliament, in the lead up to the referendum to change the Constitution to be held later in the year.
Proposed changes to the NT ICAC Act that would prevent the anti-corruption commissioner from naming politicians and public servants found to have engaged in misconduct in certain circumstances is “inappropriate” for an independent investigative body, a leading anti-corruption expert has said.
Critical minerals company Tivan has announced it will focus on mining its Western Australian deposit, essentially shelving mining at its Northern Territory Mount Peake development, even giving up access routes to the deposit, but has said it still has plans for a pilot minerals processing plant at Darwin Habour’s Middle Arm.
