Katherine Town Council has said it’s “very pleased” with the NT Environment Protection Authority slapping it with a decade-long “performance agreement” requiring monumental shifts in its environmental responsibility.
Boaters rescued from croc-infested Adelaide River after emergency alert
Three Darwin men in distress in croc-infested waters after their boat’s engine failed have been rescued following an EPIRB alert being activated, NT Water Police say.
Darwin CBD security patrols win council support
Security patrols in the city will continue after Darwin Council voted to extend a trial despite concerns about the $71,000 per month co-funding cost.
‘Cultural vandalism’: Darwin Alderman Gary Haslett slams proposal to drop council prayer
Darwin Council Alderman Gary Haslett has criticised a proposal to scrap the Lord’s Prayer from being read at the opening of council meetings, labelling any move to block it “cultural vandalism”.
Man jailed for ‘offensive, disgraceful and perverted’ pictures of sleeping three-year-old daughter
A 42-year-old truck driver from Darwin has faced court after thousands of images of his three-year-old daughter, niece and other unidentified young girls in shopping centres in sexually explicit positions were found in his possession.
‘I am certainly opposed’: alcohol restrictions at East Point rejected
The Darwin Council has rejected a request from NT Police to restrict the consumption of alcohol at East Point, after the majority of councillors claimed the idea was “based on no data” and “unfair on residents”.
An attack on staff and vandalism leads to Wadeye pool’s surrender by council
The Wadeye swimming pool has been offered to the local Catholic school to run, and if they didn’t want it, the West Daly Regional Council, at one point, said they would fill it in.
‘Controversial’ seabed mining in the NT up for debate as moratorium expiration looms
Plans to harvest mineral riches from the ocean floor could forge ahead as soon as next year, despite community fears of epic extinctions and the destruction of the Northern Territory’s pristine coastline.
Call for urban public housing to be built in NT to beat COVID-19 recession
NT Shelter chief executive officer Peter McMillan says governments need to build 5,000 new homes for public housing in the NT, joining a national call for a “social housing boom” to beat the COVID-19 recession.
CDU proposes cuts to 77 jobs and 19 courses
Up to five per cent of staff could lose their jobs and 19 courses scrapped under proposed changes by Charles Darwin University for its Vocational Education and Training department announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Government’s ‘double standards’ has Noonamah Rodeo owner questioning TIO Stadium scrutiny
Tony Innes has spent the past two years fighting bureaucratic red tape and the government’s “double standards” to keep an iconic rodeo afloat, while government-owned facilities are not being held to the same level of compliance as private businesses, he says.
‘Unfair to everybody else’: Mayor rejects proposed East Point alcohol restrictions
Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has slammed a proposal by the NT Police to restrict the consumption of alcohol at East Point, calling it “unfair” to the vast majority of people who “behave themselves”.