The head of the Territory’s nurse’s union says strike action remains an option if the Gunner Government does not reverse its decision to scrap rapid antigen COVID-19 testing for staff at the Howard Springs quarantine facility.
Darwin Turf Club grandstand scandal: Records contradict Dixon’s claims he was not involved in discussions about grandstand
EXCLUSIVE: Darwin Turf Club chairman and businessman Brett Dixon was personally involved in discussions with the board about the $12 million taxpayer-funded grandstand project while it was at the open tender stage, despite publicly claiming he had removed himself from all discussions, internal documents obtained by the NT Independent reveal.
Public service bullying and harassment ‘so rife’ it ‘affects people’s sanity’: Union
The Territory Government is set to finally create a full public service sexual harassment policy in response to high levels of bullying and sexual harassment identified in a whole of government survey, a draft response to the survey shows, but the Community and Public Sector Union wants an independent complaint mechanism created to address rampant abuse.
Chaos in the DPP: Shock resignations of director and deputy director follows mass exodus
Director of Public Prosecutions Jack Karczewski and deputy director Matthew Nathan have announced they are both leaving their senior roles at the end of the month, throwing the office of the DPP into turmoil.
Rolfe trial: Judge rejects suppression order on claims Chalker and senior police kept reports from defence team
A Supreme Court judge has rejected a move to ban the publication of allegations NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker and senior executive members intentionally withheld evidence from the defence team and the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Constable Zachary Rolfe murder case.
Nearly a third of NT public servants witnessed bullying or sexual harassment in workplace: Survey
Thirty per cent of public servants said they have seen bullying or sexual harassment at their workplace in the last 12 months, according to a new internal survey obtained by the NT Independent, that also shows 34 per cent said they had seen improper conduct.
NT Police Academy: Audit shows police college employed unqualified instructors, failed to meet national standards
EXCLUSIVE: The NT Police college failed to meet national standards in nearly every measure and had “serious non-compliances around staff qualifications”, a scathing audit obtained by the NT Independent reveals. The audit report found the college employed unqualified...
Deputy Treaty Commissioner doubts government’s legitimacy to negotiate treaty
The NT Deputy Treaty Commissioner and Labor figure Urusla Raymond has said she finds it difficult to see the Gunner Government’s attempts to make a treaty with Indigenous people as legitimate with changes to youth bail laws she described as a “short term political game” which would see more young black people in jail.
Darwin Turf Club grandstand scandal: Brett Dixon lobbied Gunner Government for $12M grant without board’s knowledge, records show
EXCLUSIVE: The Darwin Turf Club’s board of directors was not aware chairman Brett Dixon was lobbying the Gunner Government for a $12 million grant to build a new grandstand until he disclosed that he had secured the taxpayer money in June 2019 – less than three months before his company was awarded the contract to build it – internal Turf Club documents obtained by the NT Independent reveal.
Former chief minister Adam Giles linked to company in talks with Landbridge Group for major Darwin energy project
Former chief minister Adam Giles was recently appointed to a key role with a start-up energy company that is currently in talks with Landbridge Group – the Chinese-owned company he sold the Darwin Port to in 2015 – to develop a massive hydrogen plant at the port site, the NT Independent can reveal.
Two sisters escape COVID quarantine facility, dobbed in by mother who is then forced into quarantine with them
Two sisters who absconded from the Alice Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility on Sunday to see their mother and a boyfriend are back in quarantine – along with their loved ones, who were forced to quarantine with them after the breach, NT Police said.
Dodson takes sick leave instead of resigning as CLP prepares urgent motion to remove him
The CLP Opposition will move a motion to remove Mick Dodson from his role as Treaty Commissioner during next month’s parliamentary sittings if he doesn’t resign before then, its spokeswoman for Women said today.