Elective surgeries have been cancelled at Royal Darwin Hospital as the health care facility enacted emergency management plans today due to overcrowding issues again, NT Health officials said.
Senior Gunner Government adviser hit by car, recovering from head injury
Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s former communications adviser and “best mate” was knocked unconscious and suffered a head injury after being struck by a car in Darwin on Sunday night, sources confirmed to the NT Independent.
New ICAC releases public statement following ‘media speculation’
Newly appointed Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Michael Riches has issued an extraordinary public statement following allegations about the integrity of his office made by the NT News and Darwin Turf Club chairman Brett Dixon.
Health Department not investigating building after worker contracts Legionnaires’: property manager
A worker at Jacana House in Darwin city has tested positive to Legionnaires’ disease but according to the building’s manager, the NT Health Department has said it was only one of “several random cases” across Darwin and it has no intention of investigating the building.
New date set for Rolfe murder trial
The delayed murder trial of NT Police constable Zach Rolfe will start on August 18, the Supreme Court has heard.
Firefighters issue warning as bushfire conditions worsen and Cracker Night draws closer
Northern Territory firies have attended 246 wildfires across the Top End in the last month, with the NT Fire and Rescue Service warning that conditions will worsen through August in the lead up to the rescheduled Cracker Night on August 29.
NT Government to pay former youth detainees $35 million in abuse settlement
The NT Government has agreed to a $35 million payout to young people who claimed to have been assaulted and mistreated while incarcerated in the Territory’s youth detention system.
‘Chairman’s friend’: Police commissioner Chalker received gifts of hospitality from Brett Dixon, Turf Club
EXCLUSIVE: NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, who internal Darwin Turf Club records show was invited to racing events as the “chairman’s friend”, has confirmed police resources are being used to investigate the NT Independent based on allegations made by former chairman Brett Dixon.
Revealed: Here’s the full ‘spurious’ submission the Gunner Government doesn’t want you to see
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Independent has obtained the full Darwin Turf Club submission Chief Minister Michael Gunner relied on to convince Cabinet to approve $12 million of taxpayer money for the grandstand, less than a day after receiving the document that the ICAC called “ill-informed and spurious”.
Grandstand scandal: This is why the Northern Territory needs independent media
We told you we would focus on exposing corruption – in the government, public service and elsewhere – and that we would be shaking up the media landscape in this town that was long ago compromised by different interests affecting how your stories are told and that led to public interest issues covered up.
‘Michael Gunner has lost the trust of the people’: Opposition says Chief Minister’s job ‘untenable’ following Dixon statement
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has “lost the trust of the people” and must immediately release the document Cabinet relied on to approve a $12 million grant for the Turf Club grandstand to restore integrity in government, Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro says.
Former Darwin Turf Club board member appointed to chair another taxpayer-funded board
EXCLUSIVE: A disgraced Darwin Turf Club board member who was forced to resign by Chief Minister Michael Gunner for “improper conduct”, has been appointed chair of another government-funded board that her company has previously had contracts with, the NT Independent can reveal.