The Territory’s economy is predicted to grow at the slowest rate in Australia over five years, coupled with the highest consumer price index increase, but the NT will have a slightly lower unemployment rate than the national average, the Deloitte Access Economics’ June quarter report states.
A 33-year-old woman has died near Katherine overnight, which NT Police are investigating as a case of suspected domestic violence.
The NT’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Michael Riches has acted like an “amateur” and made a “terrible mess” with his decision to bin the corruption report into the NT Government’s grant of $12 million to the Darwin Turf Club, a national legal expert has said.
A man has been arrested after allegedly holding up the United Chemists Pharmacy in Tennant Creek with a gun, NT Police have said, claiming the incident was a “one-off” event, but multiple sources have told the NT Independent the pharmacy has been held up on at least one other occasion in the last two weeks.
Property vendors across the country, except for the Northern Territory, are rushing to sell off their property holdings to avoid further losses amid falling property values and rising mortgage rates, a new report shows.
A man accused of riotous behaviour and throwing a “chemical” at police officers during an anti-mandate rally last year was found not guilty on five charges in the Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, after the prosecution failed to meet a court ordered deadline to disclose evidence.
ICAC Michael Riches’s executive assistant has faced court for the first time after being charged with disclosing confidential information in alleged breach of the ICAC Act.
More Territorians could have their taxes done for free this year after CDU expanded its student-run tax clinics across the Territory, with an online service also available to make the free tax service more accessible in remote areas.
The taxpayer-funded Darwin ship lift project’s costs have jumped by more than $100 million after the Fyles Government announced the Clough-BMD joint venture has been selected as the contractor for the major project that has never seen an economic assessment publicly produced and that will be operated privately by Paspaley Group.
Youth workers covering shifts at Holtze prison on their day off from their jobs at Don Dale youth prison because of a prison officers strike has been criticised by their union who called for the plan to be scrapped, saying it is “dangerous” due to the youth workers not having the proper qualifications and relevant training.
Rex Airlines – Australia’s largest regional airline outside the Qantas group – is expanding its FIFO chartered flight service to the Northern Territory.
Witnesses have provided accounts of recent serious crimes in the southern region of the Northern Territory that contradict details made public by the NT Police, showing them to be more serious than reported, and with police seeming to suppress important details from the public.
