The Darwin Waterfront’s Aqua Park will become Australia’s largest, after a scheduled makeover of new attractions added that will quadruple its size in time for the school holidays starting June 25.
‘Indefensible and lacked common sense’: NT teacher reinstated by Fair Work after losing job over COVID vaccine
A Northern Territory teacher who was sacked over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been reinstated and awarded backpay, after the Fair Work Commission ruled in her favour, in a case that exposed the government’s failure to consider “reasonable” personal health concerns of employees.
NT Government to lift vaccine mandate, public health emergency to end
UPDATED: The Territory’s vaccine mandate for some workers will be lifted next week, when the government’s latest public health emergency officially ends, Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has announced, but it remains unclear what particular positions will be affected.
Unqualified student teachers being used to teach unsupervised in the NT before graduation
The Education Department has been employing Bachelor of Education students who have not finished their degrees to teach unsupervised in Northern Territory classrooms due to a shortage of qualified teachers, Charles Darwin University has revealed following questions from the NT Independent.
Rare peanut butter and apple-loving possum caught by scientists in the NT for the first time
A rare scaly-tailed possum, also known as a wyulda, has been caught in the Territory for the first time by scientists the Australian Wildlife Conservancy has said.
Amazing images from Watarrka National Park – Site of a new outback hiking experience
Tourists and travellers will soon enjoy a walk along the towering red rock cliffs of Kings Canyon while taking in breath-taking views of the forest of palms below, which is being touted as the next big thing in Australian adventure tourism, after an NT Government tourism grant was awarded to create the new trail.
NASA’s NT rockets to investigate heliophysics, astrophysics and planetary science phenomena
The Arnhem Space Centre will launch NASA rockets for the first time beginning later this month, which will be the first launches from the US Space agency from a commercial facility outside of the USA.
NT Police’s new claims on use of force contradicted by T-shirt and tactics instructor’s evidence
The NT Police executive has told all sworn officers an “erroneous belief” by some members that “knife equals gun in all circumstances” was not part of official police training, in a statement that contradicts the sworn testimony in the Constable Zach Rolfe murder trial by the NT Police College’s former officer in charge of defensive tactics training Senior Sergeant Andrew Barram.
Three Alice Springs residents win $320,000 Tatts Lotto windfall
An Alice Springs trio have won a recent TattsLotto draw, scoring themselves a division one prize of $320,000.
Fishos told to get their ‘fresh ideas’ on the future of recreational fishing to the government
The NT Government says it is looking for “fresh ideas” to support the new Recreational Fishing Development Plan that will determine the future of fishing in the NT.
‘Does not comply with expectation’: Indigenous employment scheme fraud case delayed three years by judge
EXCLUSIVE: A major fraud case involving the alleged rorting of taxpayer funds has been stalled in court for nearly three years due to a delay in a pre-trial decision by Justice Stephen Southwood, who is now expected to move on the matter by the end of the month, after the NT Independent raised the issue with the NT Chief Justice.
Darwin’s rental market back to pre-2014 all-time high levels
Demand for rental properties in Darwin continues to remain strong following seven consecutive quarters of increases, which is now the longest period of uninterrupted rental growth that is expected to last throughout the remainder of this year, reports show.