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”.
Woolworths will close its Nhulunbuy store next year due to viability concerns ahead of the scheduled 2030 closure of the nearby Rio Tinto Gove bauxite mine that will lead to an expected drop in population and economic activity, with the Chief Minister saying the region needs more private investment but was short on how that would happen.
NT communities along the Gulf of Carpentaria and inland across the Top End are being urged to prepare for the potential impacts of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, which is currently in the Coral Sea off Queensland and could make landfall in the NT by the weekend affecting inland and coastal areas south of Darwin.
Core Lithium will restart its Finniss lithium mine based on $170 million in funding from a consortium of three companies which includes Glencore Australia, and plans for $120 million in equity raising, the company has said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange.
The NT Police has closed its investigation into allegations Darwin Mayor Peter Styles was involved in the production and distribution of fraudulent how-to-vote cards at last August’s local government election, with no charges laid against Mr Styles or any of his political associates.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has returned home from Canberra with no new committed federal cash for flood recovery efforts, pledging instead to dip into the Territory’s over-stretched coffers for a $100 million Flood Recovery Fund that will be overseen by Minister Jo Hersey – the same Minister who drew the ire of the Federal Government by spreading false “speculation” on social media Monday that the NT Government would be billed for ADF members helping clean up Katherine.
The ongoing emergency response to flooding events across the Territory has led to “system-wide pressures” on the NT Health system, the government says, leading to Code Yellow declarations issued Tuesday for hospitals in Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs, with calls for the public to avoid the hospitals outside of real emergencies.
Two men from the Borroloola area are facing drug charges following a drug bust in the remote community that saw 11 kilos of cannabis and more than half a million dollars in cash seized by police from a 68-year-old man.
Lands and Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne donned a cowboy hat Monday morning to announce the Finocchiaro CLP Government is gifting a two-hectare parcel of land to the NT Livestock Exporters Association to expand the Berrimah Export Yards, but the value of the free land and the cost of planned infrastructure works was not disclosed.
