Police Minister Kate Worden hired a lawyer to threaten to sue Action for Alice Facebook page administrator Darren Clark over comments he published about his first meeting with her, the NT Independent understands, which Ms Worden told Estimates this morning she paid for herself.
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler lost her temper during Estimates on Wednesday after the Opposition asked if absent DIPL chief executive Andrew Kirkman had resigned from the role after his no-show at the public hearing.
A website the Fyles Government built to advertise jobs in the Northern Territory is offering people the chance to relocate to Western Australia for work and has also bizarrely advertised a job with the Sydney Swans in partnership with a Wollongong high school to monitor “fan engagement” in Katherine South.
UPDATED: A train derailed southwest of Katherine and caught fire, NT Police said, which the NT Independent understands led to people being evacuated from nearby properties after reports the fire had spread.
NT Police arrested and charged nine people in the span of a couple days in relation to stolen cars and an alleged ram raid by a 12-and 13-year-old with high-end luxury cars while out on bail.
Treasurer Eva Lawler has confirmed the secret taxpayer-funded payout to former police commissioner Jamie Chalker after his botched sacking will affect the NT Police bottom line, with the undisclosed sum coming out of the police budget.
Update: A former Darwin Council alderman is believed to have been arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges after resigning three weeks ago citing mental health problems, with the Mayor saying at the time he “knew the reasons” behind his departure and thanked him for his service.
Tourism Minister Nicole Manison has downplayed the effect crime is having on tourism to the Territory, telling Budget Estimates that interest rate rises are the real culprit for the NT’s sluggish start to its peak tourism season.
The Central Land Council and the Northern Land Council have said they were not fully consulted on the NT government’s decision to change laws they say will diminish native title rights and risk the destruction of Aboriginal sacred sites, the media has reported.
The Larrakia Development Corporation is set to begin construction of Darwin’s Larrakia Cultural Centre before the end of the year after it acquired $56 million in funding from the Aboriginal Benefits Account.
Today’s national news includes sixty-six millionaires paying no tax last year, Australia sending jet fighters to Ukraine, Reserve Bank of Australia warns of more economic woes ahead, AGL and Origin Energy will be passing higher prices to customers due to inflation and higher wholesale costs, and the Philippines to export mangoes to Australia.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has taken sudden personal leave two days before Budget Estimates hearings are scheduled to start, her office announced on Sunday afternoon, to reportedly attend to the medical needs of her son.
