A quarter of the Barkly Regional Council resigned in two days last week, with one councillor saying he probably would not have resigned if mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin had resigned from his position once he was charged with drug offences, while the mayor said the departures were not a vote of no confidence in either him or the chief executive officer.
The Labor MLA for Arafura has died suddenly, with Chief Minister Natasha Fyles paying tribute to him in a statement.
How could the disgusting and depraved acts of a child sex predator in the Labor Party’s midst be kept so quiet, even after he was charged with raping a child? How could the social set in Darwin, who love to gossip, not be gossiping? So who in Labour knew what and when about Kent Rowe?
There will be 1500 free TAFE places in the Territory next year, as part of a deal between the Territory and federal governments with many in the care sector in remote areas, the Business, Jobs and Training Minister Paul Kirby has said.
The Environment Centre NT has said it has lodged a formal complaint to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Stock Exchange about Santos, alleging the company issued false and misleading statements to investors about its Barossa gas project during and after a recent court battle.
Territory households will have less to spend on on essentials like food, electricity, clothing, in the festive season the NT Council of Social Services has said, based on its December Cost of Living report, and it has called on the Territory Government to provide financial incentives for key workers.
The Batchelor Institute will be looking for its ninth chief executive officer since August 2017, after the sudden and unexplained departure of Leon Yeatman on Wednesday, less than five months into the job, with the institute’s council chair Pat Anderson confirming the end of his tenure to the NT Independent.
Three Barkly Regional Council councillors quit unexpectedly on Thursday during a regular council meeting, the chief executive officer has confirmed, with the resignations following one of the three telling staff that recent issues had “attracted negative media attention”.
A large brawl on the Tiwi Islands that saw up to 100 people armed with weapons ended Wednesday night with “a number of individuals” being treated for minor injuries at the local clinic, NT Police said.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Government’s recently announced water allocation figures have been called into question by scientists after it inexplicably doubled the estimated annual re-filling rate provided by a hydrologist for one aquifer, then created its own figure for another aquifer which it attributed to his model despite the consultant not providing an estimate for the recharge.
A total of 15 people, mostly teens, were arrested yesterday by NT Police involving Strike Force Trident and the dog unit for a series of separate property offices including multiple stolen vehicles and ram-raids.
Territorians will soon benefit from seven projects that will offer improved access to recycling facilities across the Northern Territory that will mean better overall waste management, the Federal and Territory governments say.
