NT Police refuse to say whether a Land Cruiser loaded with people armed with axes, machetes and other weapons smashed up cars along the main street of Adelaide River, forcing people to run for safety and later fleeing police during a five-car chase, as multiple witnesses have claimed, an account supported by NT Independent sources.
NT Police have said Chief Minister Natasha Fyles or her staff have not yet reported criminal damage to her electoral office after it had the number 9.8 spray-painted across the front by unknown parties, in reference to the government approving fracking in the Beetaloo Basin on Wednesday without having implemented recommendation 9.8 from the Pepper Inquiry.
Today’s national news includes lawmakers proposing a new law to federally criminalize the public display of Nazi symbols, interest rates hiked by 0.25 to 3.85 per cent, Australia’s biggest hydropower project facing a delay of up to two years, likely pushing its start-up out to 2028. In addition, a new report commissioned by the Department of Agriculture revealed that the federal government has no suitable data source for monitoring the effect of agricultural and veterinary chemicals on humans.
Charles Darwin University’s vice-chancellor says he can no longer tell international students that Darwin is a safe place to study after a Bangladeshi student was savagely attacked in his bed in a violent home invasion that he may not survive.
The Federal Greens have said the Territory Government is breaking its promise to Territorians by lifting their moratorium on fracking without implementing all of the recommendations of the Pepper Inquiry, and said dealing with scope 2 and 3 domestic emissions from the project would still have to be considered by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council.
A 23-year-old international student is in hospital in a critical condition after a violent home invasion early Wednesday morning. READ THE LATEST HERE.
Today’s national news includes soldiers to be receiving bonuses to stay in service, Australia set for a budget rebound, Jetstar to launch its $77 sear sale, and the government to ban recreational vaping.
The NT Government has approved Beetaloo fracking, despite its own report revealing it had not commenced emissions offset discussions with the Federal Government, offsets that could account for 22 per cent of Australia’s total emissions, while its independent oversight officer said the government had not met the Pepper Inquiry offsets recommendation and emissions remained “an unacceptable risk”.
Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has said the AFL could not put a team in the Northern Territory because it is “in complete disarray socially at the moment”, however former chief minister Michael Gunner has said the team would be a social force in the Territory, while the taskforce behind a push for the team has missed a deadline for its final report.
The Northern Territory has ranked last overall in the country in terms of economic performance in the latest CommSec State of the States report for the 19th consecutive quarter, with retail spending way down compared to other jurisdictions. See where else the NT is struggling and where it is doing better.
UPDATED: Two people have been arrested after two Darwin city businesses were ram raided in stolen cars early Monday morning, NT Police said, marking seven reported ram raids occurred across the Territory in nine days, with calls for more to be done to protect the community.
Today’s national news includes migration into Australia seen to reach 400,000 this year, the high cost of living is pushing Aussies to make use of ‘buy now, pay later’ plans, Qantas has launched flights between Melbourne and Exmouth, and that two in three Australians will be overweight or obese by 2030.
