Darwin prisons will be forced into “restricted conditions” next week, as NT corrections officers expand protected industrial action to walk off the job for multiple 12-hour shifts that the Corrections Commissioner says will create “significant disruption”, which comes amid stalled negotiations on a new enterprise bargaining agreement that saw officers in Alice Springs march through the streets last Friday in protest.
NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole has lost a legal bid to keep “serious allegations” about misconduct of officers made by a former assistant commissioner secret, after ineffectively arguing their conduct was “sensitive” and that he preferred the allegations “remain confidential” before a potential settlement could be arranged.
The Neighbourhood Watch NT Community Safety Expo will be held in Darwin next month, with organisers aiming to give residents a hands-on look at preventive safety, including practical tools, emergency kits and everyday safety practices.
Santos has temporarily shut down its Darwin LNG plant due to equipment replacement on its floating production vessel in the Barossa gas field it has been reported.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Katherine Town Council to reinstate its former chief executive officer Ingrid Stonhill and allow her to continue on worker’s compensation leave until the conclusion of two unlawful discrimination complaints currently being investigated by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
One of the most respected CLP chief ministers in the NT’s history has publicly criticised the current CLP Government and Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby for “absurd” and inaccurate claims around how the Territory’s first euthanasia laws came to be, while accusing the government of being “inept” over its handling of the current proposed legislation.
NT Police are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who was found unresponsive near a bus stop on Karama Crescent Monday night.
NT Health has ordered a boil water alert for Batchelor and Adelaide River following heavy rains and flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle that Power and Water says has “impacted the water supply system” in the communities.
UPDATED: The CLP Government’s last minute move to block Alice Springs corrections officers from walking off the job for 12 hours has failed, with the Fair Work Commission ruling early Friday morning that the industrial action is legal and can proceed.
Disgraced former speaker Kezia Purick threatened to “personally knock” the Australian Christian Lobby “on the head” during a segment on ABC Radio’s Mornings program Thursday that has not been uploaded online, which the Christian group’s director says was a direct threat of violence against Christians in the Territory for their position on voluntary assisted dying.
Roughly 500 Numbulwar residents will be evacuated to the Nightcliff High School gym starting midday today ahead of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, the NT Government said, with fences erected and security on site to allow classes to continue, as warnings continue for Territorians to prepare ahead of the system making landfall in the NT over the weekend.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has rejected the recommendations made in its own report into Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation to add a controversial new eligibility requirement for those looking to access assisted dying that a former chief minister cautioned against, but which the Australian Christian Lobby has heralded as a “sensible safeguard”.
