The Federal Labor Government’s $2 billion social housing funding pledge will see the NT receive $50 million to continue to address a public housing shortage in urban and remote areas – which ranks among the smallest total of the funding in the country – despite the NT’s high homeless rate.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles refused to answer questions about the secret taxpayer-funded payout to former police commissioner Jamie Chalker, including if her letter to Mr Chalker, in which she made factual mistakes, resulted in a larger payout than if the sacking followed proper processes.
The NT Police have confirmed they are investigating Detective Senior Sergeant Wayne Newell over allegations he perverted the course of justice in his handling of the criminal murder investigation into Zach Rolfe.
The Alice Springs business owner who exposed the full extent of the town’s crime crisis on a national stage through social media has announced he’ll be stepping away from the Action for Alice Facebook page for an indefinite period, following revelations the NT Police Minister took legal action against him over a post.
Today’s national news includes the Federal Government passing a new law to prevent building the Russian embassy near parliament, Australia set to deepen its partnership with Nato, Global interest for Australia’s critical minerals rising, and Drag racer Kelvin Lyle in serious condition after the crash.
Three women will need months of treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital following a Cessna 210 light plane crash on Friday afternoon at Groote Eylandt, while another crash victim, a 26-year-old male, was discharged on Sunday.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has outraged environmental groups with a decision that will permit clearing operations at Lee Point for Defence Housing Australia’s development despite threats posed to the endangered Gouldian Finch habitat.
A senior NT Police detective has been accused of “criminal conduct”, including withholding and manipulating evidence, while playing a key role in the Zach Rolfe murder charge investigation, a formal complaint filed with the acting Police Commissioner alleges.
While calling the NT Government’s new water security plan “a step in the right direction”, the Environmental Defenders Office NT is questioning whether the government can achieve its stated goals while key details of the plan are missing.
The NT Police Association president has said his members deserve to know how much money former police commissioner Jamie Chalker’s secret payout will take off the agency’s operational budget, adding it was concerning the Police Minister said she did not know how much he was given.
EXCLUSIVE: The raid on Halikos Group’s Darwin office was part of an extensive Australian Taxation Office investigation into allegations of tax fraud, high-level sources familiar with the investigation have told the NT Independent.
The proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct is an ambitious plan, but ultimately a flawed concept that relies on too many unproven assumptions, including the viability of carbon capture, the cost of which will ultimately fall on the taxpayer, a report by an international energy market analysis body says.
