The company that owns Dan Murphy’s has moved its proposed Darwin store to address concerns raised by opponents that its initial site was too close to nearby Indigenous communities and on a major arterial road.
‘It’s just on the back burners at the moment’: RSL confident of Esplanade development
A plan to house the controversial Darwin RSL at the Esplanade is not yet dead in the water, just “on the back burners” the club president Steven Gloster has said.
Two-minute read: The biggest stories that made news
In case you missed it, here’s a two-minute rundown of this week’s top stories: From frustrated Territorians who failed to register for the $200 Territory tourism voucher, to the national ABC office having to pledge “additional oversight” in the Darwin newsroom due to questions of biased reporting, to Territorians now obligated to provide personal information when attending venues, to an infant who tested positive for COVID-19 while undergoing quarantine in Howard Springs, and to a disabled senior robbed and assaulted in his home.
NT Oriental Emporium arson: Police release image of person of interest
NT Police have released an image of a man they want to speak with in connection to the alleged arson of the NT Oriental Emporium in Coconut Grove last month and are calling on the public to help identify him.
Unrest in Wadeye sees home set on fire, people evacuated to hospital
Ongoing inter-family hostilities in one of the Northern Territory’s largest Aboriginal communities erupted over the weekend, leaving several people injured and a house set on fire, NT Police have confirmed.
‘It’s a great step’: NT Government’s $30M Battery Energy Storage System wins environmental support
The Environment Centre NT has thrown its support behind the Gunner Government’s $30 million 35MW Battery Energy Storage System, billed to cut electricity costs and deliver on its 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030.
Man who shot victim in the chest with bow and arrow during family feud sentenced to jail
A man has been sentenced to jail after a family feud in a remote community ended with another man being speared in the chest by an arrow fired from a bow that narrowly missed the victim’s heart.
CLP renews calls for truancy officers in NT schools as attendance drops
The Country Liberal Party has renewed calls for truancy officers amid revelations that less than a third of Indigenous students attend school more than four days per week, but the education union says there is no evidence to support the “punitive approach”.
Anthony Albanese talks up tourism, takes aim at Morrison Government on croc-feeding tour
Federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese did not miss an opportunity to criticise the Morrison Government during a croc-feeding visit to the Top End’s iconic Crocodylus Park today, where he canvassed a number of issues facing the Territory.
‘This warming world is no joke’: Northern Territory’s economy to be hit hardest by climate change, report finds
The Northern Territory – with Queensland and Western Australia – will be exposed to the most significant economic losses due to a rapidly changing climate, with some places in the NT charted to become uninhabitable, a new Deloitte Economics report has found.
Territorians required to provide personal details to attend businesses under new COVID-19 measures
Despite never recording a case of coronavirus from community transmission, the NT Government will now force Territorians to “check-in” at venues by providing their personal details.
‘Censorship at its worst’: Barrister’s criticism of the NT legal system rebuked
A prominent Darwin barrister says his pursuit to reduce the Northern Territory’s “racist” and “shameful” incarceration rate – higher than anywhere else on the planet – has been stifled and censored by the Australian Lawyers Alliance.