Lands and Planning Minister Joshua Burgoyne has appointed a new Land Development Corporation chief executive after the position sat vacant since February last year, but would not say what happened to the organisation’s former advisory board, a silence that follows recent structural changes to give the Minister sole responsibility for all decision-making in the corporation.
The Alice Springs Town Council has appointed Peter Varris as its new chief executive officer, the mayor Asta Hill has said.
Environment Minister Josh Burgoyne will not say if the government has settled with Claravale Farm’s owners to drop a Federal Court challenge over a property-sale caveat, which follows revelations the minister falsely claimed 15 months ago that a revegetation deal to avoid illegal clearing prosecution was already signed by the company, when it was only finalised last month.
The Federal Court has rejected the Environment Centre NT’s application for an injunction to stop Top End Pastoral Company’s plans to clear land on Claravale Station while a main judicial review case continues.
The Finocchiaro Government has announced the former Power and Water Corporation managing director Andrew Macrides as the organisation’s new chair, effective immediately, giving the CLP life member and former party treasurer a salary of more than $200,000.
Labor Opposition Leader Selena Uibo has not committed to taking any action against Labor MLA Manuel Brown over his repeated speeding offences while admitting she is not confident he won’t do it again and has refused to answer whether the member for Arafura’s 14-year-old son drove his private vehicle.
NT correctional officers have rejected the government’s pay offer in an enterprise agreement ballot, the United Workers Union has said, while Corrections Minister Gerard Maley said the government would continue to negotiate in good faith.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says she wants to allow 16-year-olds to carry OC spray and let people purchase it on behalf of others when her government legislates to make the public access trial permanent later this year, a move an independent MLA said should be backed by evidence and questioned whether teenagers could make split-second decisions about when its use was lawful.
All beverage containers with a capacity of up to 3 litres will now qualify for a refund from Wednesday under the Northern Territory Container Deposit Scheme, the Environment Minister Josh Burgoyne has said.
EDITORIAL: There is indeed a report into Labor’s devastating 2024 election result in a desk somewhere that Labor Leader Selena Uibo does not want to reflect on, a report that clearly makes her uncomfortable and would explain why Labor’s past problems continue to repeat. On Friday, she went back on a pledge to release it, indicating it will never be seen, which follows a disastrous week of scandal for the party.
Electricity prices will increase by 5.3 per cent on Wednesday, which the Labor Opposition criticised as being higher than the Northern Territory’s current inflation rate.
EXCLUSIVE: Labor MLA Manuel Brown was caught speeding again by police earlier this year, the NT Independent can reveal, after his licence was suspended for three months last October for multiple speeding violations, which comes as questions remain unanswered about Mr Brown allegedly allowing his 14-year-old child to illegally drive a vehicle while his licence was suspended.
