Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler has rubbished an independent engineer’s report into safety issues at TIO Stadium, saying her “advice” from unnamed advisers is that the building is “safe” and fire hydrant water pressure issues resolved, despite the report clearly showing the building’s water pressure is substandard and could “impact life and safety” at the facility.
NT Health is urging Territorians and visitors to take steps to protect themselves from Japanese encephalitis (JE) after an increased number of feral pigs have tested positive for the disease in the Top End in recent days.
The search for a man who went missing from a Leanyer pub on May 28 has intensified, with NT Police releasing an image of a woman they would “like to speak with” who was with Tony Rowe the night he disappeared.
The NT Government has allocated $300,000 in grants for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for residences and businesses aimed at kick-starting the uptake of EVs in the Territory.
NT Fire and Rescue Service and the government have been left scrambling to find solutions for outstanding fire and safety risks at TIO Stadium ahead of today’s AFL game, that will now include bringing in an extra water tanker and other measures, however that won’t be enough in the event of a fire, an internal email shows.
A fatal single-vehicle crash in Bees Creek early Saturday that claimed the life of a 24-year-old man and sent two others to hospital is being investigated by NT Police.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has bizarrely released small parts of a controversial speech he gave to firefighting recruits to select media outlets as part of a strategy to reject claims that he said firefighters “are all greedy” for claiming overtime and that he was “coming after” a senior fire officer who is also a union delegate.
A teenager in Don Dale youth prison stabbed himself and was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for surgery, sources have told the NT Independent, while the Territory Families Minister Kate Worden confirmed the boy had stabbed himself.
Seven creative and Digital Arts students from Charles Darwin University are currently showcasing their illuminating artworks in the City of Darwin’s CityLife Lightbox Platform.
UPDATED: NT Police have formally charged 23-year-old Josh Mason and his 50-year-old mother Deborah Mason with a string of offences including misconduct with a corpse and attempting to pervert the course of justice for their alleged involvement in a hit-and-run on the Stuart Highway that killed a woman and severed her leg on Monday night.
Monthly building approvals in the Territory collapsed by 81.6 per cent to only 19 approved in April, new figures from the Department of Treasury and Finance show. Year-on-year building approvals in the jurisdiction likewise fell 37.1 per cent to 536.
An NT Fire and Rescue Service health and safety officer is calling on the organisation to explain what steps it will take to “mitigate the risk” for firefighters at TIO Stadium this weekend, given the “current ongoing risk the structure poses” – a leaked internal letter has revealed – raising the prospect of the stadium being shut down ahead of this weekend’s AFL game.
