Chief Minister Michael Gunner has come under fire for refusing to strengthen bail laws for repeat young offenders that Opposition and independent politicians say would protect the community from an ongoing Territory-wide crime spree.
‘If you allow them to buy what they need, they won’t invade you’: Gunner offers foreign policy insight
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has shared the extent of his government’s foreign policy while on radio Wednesday morning, saying the NT has “always been a target” for international aggressors but that signing up to trade deals will ensure the NT is not “invaded” by China.
Gunner needs to come clean on secrecy around China agreement: CLP
Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to explain to Territorians why he repeatedly refused to release the details of a secret education agreement he signed with China until last week, the CLP Opposition says.
Alice Springs crime spree: Town under siege as at least 25 homes and businesses robbed over weekend
Crime in Alice Springs continues to spiral out of control with at least 25 homes and businesses broken into between Friday and Monday morning, NT Police said, as they pledged to institute a 24/7 police presence in the Todd Mall and increase foot patrols around town.
Gunner Government finally releases secret China agreement – and it’s not quite what the Chief Minister claimed
Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s secret China agreement is not a “sister cities” arrangement as he previously claimed, but it does obligate the Northern Territory Government to “promote closer relations” with China, newly disclosed documents reveal.
No mutant COVID strain in ADF foreign military quarantine: NT Health
More than a week after two people in an ADF Darwin hotel quarantine tested positive for coronavirus – and four days after permitting 83 people to leave the hotel – the NT Government has now discovered the pair did not have mutant strains of the virus.
NT anti-corruption commissioner announces retirement
The NT’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Ken Fleming has announced he will retire from the role in July – three years after being appointed as the NT’s first Commissioner overseeing the establishment of the Office of the ICAC.
Labor Minister’s $300k shopping centre office fit out revealed
EXCLUSIVE: Territory taxpayers were charged more than $300,000 to fit out a new electorate office for a Gunner Government minister five months before the election through a contract that did not go to public tender, recently released government documents show.
NT park entry fees not solely about raising revenue: Gunner
Introducing park entry fees and increasing camping charges for Territory parks would “enhance the experience” of camping in the NT and is not about raising money for a cash-strapped government, Chief Minister Michael Gunner says.
Defence personnel in Darwin hotel quarantine released as details of virus remain unclear
A Territory medical expert has suggested delaying the release of the first group of foreign and Australian defence personnel who underwent quarantine in a Darwin CBD hotel until health officials and the public know what variant of coronavirus was found in the quarantine facility last week.
‘Should be sounding alarm bells’: Concerns raised over hotel quarantine COVID-19 cases
NT health authorities have avoided questions about the two positive COVID-19 cases of military officials in hotel quarantine, with Chief Health Officer Hugh Heggie backing out of a planned ABC Radio interview on Thursday morning, while the government said Health Minister Natasha Fyles was still on a holiday break.
ADF members and international guests to skip quarantine facility for Darwin hotel
EXCLUSIVE: Australian and foreign military officials and their families on board an international flight scheduled to land in Darwin today will quarantine at an undisclosed local hotel instead of the international quarantine facility at Howard Springs, the NT Independent can reveal.