The NT Government has lost the first prosecution of a citizen under its emergency health declarations, after a rural area man’s charges were thrown out of court in a case that exposed flawed government documentation processes and contradictions in the Chief Health Officer’s orders.
A local publican and the hospitality industry say the ongoing Darwin mask mandate is killing business and are calling on the Chief Minister to rescind the mandate while there are no active cases in the Greater Darwin area.
There have been two new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in the Katherine, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said, and despite waste water tests being negative in jurisdictions outside of Katherine, mask wearing is still required across the Territory.
There have been no new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in the Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said, but more test results from Robinson River will be returned this afternoon.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Government’s reported plan to demolish and rebuild a group of unsafe homes in Palmerston ignores at least eight related houses that currently present “a risk of serious harm” to the community in a thunderstorm, independent engineering reports obtained by the NT Independent show.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner is allowing an un-vaccinated social media spin doctor from his office to continue to work despite others in the public and private sector losing their jobs due to his COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
UPDATED: There have been eight new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in the Northern Territory from the Katherine and Robinson River outbreak, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has now confirmed, adding two to the total he previously said were under investigation.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has invoked a section of the Commonwealth Biosecurity Act to stop people from entering and leaving Robinson River and surrounding homelands.
he Northern Territory has recorded another nine positive COVID-19 cases from the Katherine and Roper River outbreak, and all Territorians will have to wear masks outdoors until Monday at 6pm.
UPDATED: The NT has recorded its first positive case of COVID-19 in a remote community, with two new positive cases reported – one in a man from Katherine, and the other case in a woman who was also in the remote Indigenous community of Robinson River near Borroloola.
A High Court ruling has narrowed Constable Zachary Rolfe’s ability to argue he was acting in “good faith” as a police officer when he killed Kumunjayi Walker in Yuendumu, here academic Thalia Anthony discusses the “good faith” defence and other police claims of immunity.
Former Charles Darwin University vice-chancellor Simon Maddocks was paid a total of more than $1.17 million in wages, entitlements and termination payments when he left the role last year, following university losses of more than $93 million in the preceding five years, annual reports show.
