An Alice Springs drinking establishment has been banned from serving alcohol for 48 hours after NT Police alleged the bar breached the Liquor Act and posed “a threat to public safety”.
Action delayed on alcohol bans despite report recommending immediate reinstatement
The immediate reinstatement of alcohol bans in remote communities and town camps in Central Australia has been delayed following crisis talks between Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and the Prime Minister in Canberra, with the pair stating the report recommending the bans will be discussed by their respective cabinets next week and decisions made then.
Oil and gas donations to federal political parties revealed in AEC documents
A staggering $241 million combined donations were given to Liberals, Nationals, and Labor parties in the year leading up to the last election, with millions contributed by oil and gas corporations and their lobbyists operating in the NT, data published by the Australian Electoral Commission reveals.
High power costs hitting home in NT with calls for government intervention
An alarming number of Territory households have been disconnected from power as electricity, water, and sewerage prices more than doubled against the national average in the NT, according to the latest Cost of Living report by NTCOSS.
Analysis: The NT Government has been misusing federal Indigenous disadvantage money for years and the feds need to end it
ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was right when he said this week that governments needed to do better for the Northern Territory and the NT Government now led by Labor Chief Minister Natasha Fyles needs to have its come to jesus moment after years of misusing federal Indigenous disadvantage money that has led to the recent troubles.
NT has less than half the national average of private bulk billing clinics, but out-of-pocket expenses are low
The number of private Territory medical clinics bulk billing patients is half the national average, but out-of-pocket costs for patients’ visits rank among the lowest in Australia, the most recent data released by health comparison site Cleanbill shows.
‘An absolute disaster’: Calls for Fyles Govt to come clean over proposed NT Police budget cuts, frontline layoffs
UPDATED: The Fyles Government must explain to Territorians what their plans are to cut funding for frontline police staff in the middle of a crime crisis, the Opposition, police union and an independent MLA say, after Police Minister Kate Worden was photographed with a secret memo that revealed proposed massive budget cuts to the NT Police over the next four years.
ICAC to release Batchelor Institute ‘review’, while whistleblower calls for NT Government to take control of college
The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has confirmed he will release his review into the troubled Batchelor Institute when Parliament resumes sittings, while an Institute whistleblower called for the governing council to be terminated and replaced with an interim administrator after losing its seventh chief executive officer since August 2017.
Critical injuries after two people hit by car in Coolalinga high-speed zone
NT Police are investigating a serious pedestrian crash on the Stuart Highway at Coolalinga that left one man with a broken pelvis and internal injuries and another with a broken arm, after they were struck at high speed by a car.
Teens’ stolen credit card shopping spree ends with arrests
Two teens and two other youths were arrested at Casuarina Shopping Centre on Monday after allegedly using a stolen credit card to go on a shopping spree that saw “a large quantity of clothing and accessories” purchased from four different stores, NT Police said.
ICAC hires party planner amid budget constraints and lack of action on corruption
The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner is hiring an “events coordinator” just three months after claiming his office’s failure to meet its KPIs and lack of public action on corruption was the result of budget cuts.
‘It is not a safe job’: Union calls on government to make bus drivers safe, as 139 services cancelled in one day
More than a hundred public bus services were cancelled in Darwin and Palmerston on Monday, the Transport Workers Union said, because bus operators could not find enough drivers as the job is poorly paid and dangerous.