The NT Government has awarded a tender to build new houses in the remote community of Pigeon Hole, where residents were recently evacuated due to flooding, and comes amid criticism by the local mayor for not having moved the community away from the river.
Today’s national news includes Prime Minister Albanese discussing regional security with Fiji, eastern Australia’s electricity rates rising by at least 20 per cent, Samsung has launched new Galaxy phone editions in Australia, Aussies consuming 14 tonnes of illegal drugs in the past 12 months, and where can you buy Sony’s latest PSVR 2 in Australia.
Territory Plant Hire and its director Jason Madalena have been convicted and fined a total of $1.14 million in the Darwin Local Court over the death of Dwayne Beaumont in 2019, NT Work Safe said.
Darwin Council has faced pressure from Labor MLAs to crack down on people sleeping rough in Darwin, brought about in part by the Fyles Government’s own remote alcohol bans, leading council to issue fines of more than $160 to people sleeping in public areas, which homeless advocates and council itself say will not solve the crime problem.
Today’s national news includes Australia’s business activity remaining strong, despite low consumer confidence, Australia and the Philippines to hold joint patrols in the West Philippine Sea, US President Biden revealing Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines, the Philippine Air Force getting a new training facility from Australia, and the Capella Sydney, Australia’s newest luxury hotel opens its doors today!
The peak body representing the Territory’s seniors has again asked the Territory Government to increase its annual $500 Seniors Recognition Scheme in light of aged pensioners being hit harder than ever by the skyrocketing cost of living.
Failed negotiations between the NT Government and Traditional Owners has resulted in access to the East Alligator and Mini Mini/Murgenella regions blocked for commercial fishing, which is expected to impact the national seafood market and has sent “shockwaves through the whole industry”, the peak body for commercial fishing in the NT has said.
UPDATED: A worker at Charles Darwin University’s city campus construction site has suffered a “crush injury” in an incident involving a forklift, which is the latest incident at the construction site that was investigated last year after a worker fell from scaffolding.
Today’s national news includes Australia and India boosting military partnership against China, Israel-based Plasan to increase commitment to the Australian defence industry, Georgia Nesbitt being placed in an induced coma after a horror cycling crash, and research confirms that bird flu has not entered Australia.
The NT Land Corporation has released a detail design consultancy tender for an “emerging agribusiness precinct” at Gunn Point, which will involve clearing 262 ha of land to be irrigated with up 1,500 Megalitres of water annually.
The NT Government has issued an Expression of Interest to build, operate or partner for a modern aged care facility specializing in dementia services that could be opened to service the Greater Darwin area through a process the Chief Minister called “unusual”.
CLP president Lawson Broad has spectacularly quit the Country Liberal Party just days out from a crucial by-election over the rank-and-file’s decision last month to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, claiming the party’s position could be “interpreted as racist”.
