The Federal Government has committed to decommissioning the Northern Endeavor floating production storage facility, although the cost to taxpayers has yet to be determined, with an estimate last year of $1 billion.

Remote communities along the Top End east coast including Ngurr, Mataranka and Baruga are being pounded by intense winds and heavy rains as Cyclone Tiffany made landfall in Ngukurr Wednesday morning, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

UPDATED: The CLP Opposition is calling for an ongoing police investigation into the Office of the ICAC to include the Chief Minister’s office and demanded to know “what and who” is currently under investigation.

UPDATED: The Bureau of Meteorology has updated their cyclone watch to a warning for Nhulunbuy and Groote Eylandt including Port McArthur, Port Roper and Numbulwar with NT authorities advising residents in affected areas to finalise preparations and identify where the closest public shelters are.

This is the fourth instalment of the NT Independent’s 2020 Year in Review, in which we revisit the stories that made news this year, and in most cases, stories that would never have come to light had the NT Independent not existed. It’s like we’re all living in a weird time warp when you look at these stories and we’re stuck here until somebody learns a lesson (wait, isn’t that the plot to Groundhog Day?).

This is the third installment of the NT Independent’s Year in Review. As we moved into July, the grandstand scandal reached fever pitch, with questions moving to what ministers knew and why a senior public servant who was named in the report for engaging in a “duplicitous process” was then put in charge of overseeing the ICAC’s recommendations for improvement. The biggest questions still remain unanswered, including why there have been no consequences for anyone as a result of the ICAC investigation.

This is the second installment of the NT Independent’s Year in Review. When we last left you, the Gunner Government was covering up political scandals while the police executive was busy covering up heinous sex crimes. The crazy train kept rolling into April, with investigations called into the NT Independent for reporting facts after a certain Turf Club was exposed.

This is the first installment of the NT Independent’s 2021 Year in Review, in which we reflect on the stories that made news this year, and in most cases, stories that would never have come to light had the NT Independent not existed.