The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has ruled out reinvestigating improper conduct allegations against two senior Chief Minister’s department executives over the manipulation of a procurement contract, despite the NT Independent revealing an internal government report that raised questions about the ICAC’s previous findings.
Cases of gastro caused by rotavirus have spiked over the last two months across the Territory, with health officials issuing an alert after instances of the virus skyrocketed to 91 cases since September 1 – up from three over the same period last year.
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann has today pleaded guilty to killing four people during a shooting rampage across Darwin in June 2019.
NT Health Department chief executive officer Dr Frank Daly has told staff internal investigations have identified “key areas of concern” to do with nepotism and conflicts of interests in procurement, but the department has refused to say what led to the investigations or what has happened as a result of them.
UPDATED: NT Administrator Vicki O’Halloran is paid a salary of $332,000, plus benefits, on top of free accommodation, a private chef and chauffeur covered by Territorians, the NT Independent can reveal, and will be entitled to some form of payment at the end of her term that has not been disclosed.
NT Independent editor Chris Walsh’s critical analysis of the news of the week on the Territory Story podcast including looking at the flawed procurement contract that lead to the police commissioner’s recruitment, how the NT Administrator’s husband signed off on the contract after the scores were altered, and more on the chief minister’s anti-mandatory vax crusade.
NT Police officers left the force at double the rate in the last financial year, with the trend continuing in the latest quarter – the annual report shows – which follows revelations an assistant commissioner resigned over executive bullying and feeling used in Constable Zach Rolfe’s arrest.
A Darwin amusement ride operator has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the 2019 Freds Pass Show crash that injured a woman and a child, with the Darwin Local Court ordering he pay only a small percentage of what could have been a maximum fine of more than a million dollars.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Administrator’s husband Craig O’Halloran signed off on a flawed government procurement contract after two senior Department of Chief Minister executives altered the scores of tenderers to ensure a favoured company was successful, the NT Independent can reveal.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner continued the public persecution of who he says are anti-mandatory vaccine sympathisers in Parliament Tuesday, incorrectly outing CLP health critic Bill Yan as attending the so-called “freedom” rally in Darwin on Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE: One of three controversial contracts awarded to an interstate hiring firm for executive-level recruitment to the NT public service – that ultimately sparked investigations into alleged misconduct in the highest ranks of the Department of Chief Minister – was to fill the role of police commissioner, the NT Independent understands.
Fully-vaccinated domestic travellers arriving in the NT will be permitted to home quarantine from November 23 and will no longer need to undergo the 14-day mandatory supervised quarantine, Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced this morning.
