Alice Springs is set to receive a major infrastructure upgrade for a new four-way signalised intersection at Schwarz Crescent, connecting to Smith Street and the Stuart Highway, as part of a joint government tender, with the total cost not revealed.
‘Choosin’ Texas’: Cahill leads US trade delegation to help NT companies make case for Beetaloo gas benefits
Twenty-four Territory business and industry bodies will travel to Texas with Trade and Business Minister Robyn Cahill for an unspecified period of time and at an unknown cost to taxpayers to make their case to US-based companies for benefits from Beetaloo Sub-basin gas-related projects in the NT, the Minister says. The total cost to taxpayers for the Texas trip was not disclosed, however Ms Cahill’s office “estimated” it will cost $27,000 alone for her to attend the voyage.
CLP to relocate up to 150 people from Darwin housing shelter to Batchelor
The Finocchiaro CLP Government will relocate residents of the Batten Road YiSSA transitional housing facility to Batchelor as part of a costly plan that will see a new repurposed demountable facility built that will also accommodate remote flood evacuees, but the decision has irked Batchelor residents and its local council who say the government did not consult with anyone there before announcing the “bad idea”.
Acacia overseers lacked reliable information and failed to make hard decisions: Consultant
The $355 million Acacia digital health program did not have a proper implementation plan produced until two years after the project started which was not effectively adopted, a consultant who worked on the project has revealed, arguing the system was treated merely as an IT project, rather than a system intended to change how healthcare works, adding those in charge were not prepared to make hard decisions. The consultant said perhaps the most important question of all was why money kept being spent without an understanding of whether value was being achieved.
Stolen RAAF vehicle tracked to Wadeye: Police
Three males have been arrested in Wadeye in connection to the theft of a security vehicle from RAAF Base Darwin on Monday, NT Police said, with the vehicle allegedly used in connection with further criminal offences.
Police investigating death in Malak
A 28-year-old woman died in a Malak residence Wednesday morning, NT Police said, with her 26-year-old partner arrested at the scene for an alleged earlier assault on the woman hours before she was found unresponsive.
‘A department in chaos’: Silence continues over Children and Families CEO’s shock exit
The shock departure of Department of Children and Families chief executive Brent Warren comes amid delays in court proceedings due to confusion in the department over controversial new child removal laws, while Minister Robyn Cahill’s office has refused to answer questions or explain why Mr Warren suddenly left the role last week, less than a year after she appointed him.
New Darwin Private Hospital operator named but no timeline on maternity services return
Calvary Health Care has been designated the new operator of Healthscope as part of a national arrangement that will see it take over Darwin Private Hospital as well as others across the country, but the CLP Government cannot say when private maternity services will return to Darwin.
Migratory shorebirds celebrated at festival
The Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival will be held for the fourth time at the end of this month, organiser Bird Life Top End has said.
Finocchiaro Government silent on damning Acacia IT system report
The Finocchiaro CLP Government will not say if it will continue to implement NT Health’s troubled Acacia digital patient record system and has ignored questions about whether it will adopt the 12 recommendations made in a scathing Public Accounts Committee inquiry report released more than two weeks ago.
Woman with ‘significant burns’ found injured in Palmerston park
An injured woman with “significant burns” to her head and chest was found early Monday morning in parkland in the Palmerston suburb of Gray, with NT Police calling for the public’s assistance to determine what happened.
Labor defeats independent to take Mulka by-election
Labor’s Yiwarr McGrath has defeated independent candidate Andrew Blamey to win the Mulka by-election Saturday night, bringing the party’s total number of MLAs in NT Parliament to six after the 2024 election wipeout saw it reduced to just four bush members, but the new member enters a divided Labor parliamentary caucus.