A deal to use the NT’s Howard Springs quarantine facility to bring stranded Australians home will be announced tomorrow, NT Senator Dr Sam McMahon has said, with eight flights reported to be announced.
Ten youth arrested in Alice Springs as crime continues to surge
Seven youths from nine-years old to 16-years old, were allegedly in a stolen car involved in a police chase in Alice Springs that ended in the car being stopped with tyre spikes, NT Police have said.
Mills pays Territory Alliance $200,000 for campaign costs
Former Territory Alliance leader Terry Mills donated more than $200,000 to his own now obliterated party, while Labor and the CLP both increased their campaign donations by close to 60 per cent in the election’s waning days, disclosures reveal.
‘There’s no one there to catch you’: Illegal barra fishing rife fishos say
Illegal commercial fishing is allegedly widespread in Arnhem Bay, threatening barramundi sustainability and the Government system to catch offenders is inadequate, a local charter operator, former Indigenous ranger and a recreational fisherman all say.
Queensland adopts on-farm COVID-19 quarantine, NT says no
One of the Top End’s biggest mango farmers has lashed out over the Gunner Government’s refusal to follow Queensland and allow on-farm quarantining for overseas mango pickers, which the NT Government continues to claim is a safety issue.
‘This isn’t a win’: Deckchair Cinema to remain vigilant over RSL building plans
Community pressure and a last-minute phone call appear to have saved the day for Darwin institution, the Deckchair Cinema, but the organisation, which has been locked in a fierce battle over the RSL Esplanande development, remains on “high alert”.
Fuel, rent, bills cheaper in 2020 amid recession, but cost of living still high in remote communities
The cost of rent, fuel prices, transport, utility bills and clothing have fallen in the Northern Territory amid Australia’s first recession in almost three decades, according to a recently released cost of living report.
‘A pittance’, NT Senator says budget has left women behind
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his budget saying it delivered for ‘all Australians’, but Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy says women have been left out and left behind.
Manager caught stealing thousands from The Good Guys sentenced to house arrest with mother
A Darwin manager of electronics chain The Good Guys has been sentenced to one-year house arrest at his mother’s residence after he was caught stealing more than $55,000 from his place of employment.
‘I was given new information by a knowledgeable individual’: Lord Mayor’s statement
Tuesday’s night’s Darwin Council meeting turned to anger after a vote on the controversial RSL Esplanade development was delayed until further notice. Here is a public statement from Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis.
‘This is not democracy’: Council’s move to delay RSL decision enrages the masses
Hundreds of people have marched out of a council meeting in rage after the Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis declared a decision to provide in-principal support to the RSL’s contentious proposal for development of harbour-side land would be delayed until further notice.
‘I call them dream destroyers’: Lord Mayor labels critics of developments on public land
Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has labeled critics of the RSL’s Esplanade development proposal “dream destroyers” as the council moves to vote on Tuesday evening on the fate of the $10 million development.