The Northern Territory stands to lose $348 million over the next two years and more than 2,500 jobs as cuts to JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and parenting payments loom large, a new report has found.
West Australian company eyes exporting wild-caught NT barra
A West Australian fishing company has plans to open an export market after buying eight of the NT’s 14 commercial barramundi fishing licences, according to a media report.
‘Humpbacks don’t live in a croc-infested, muddy, tropical river…with the consistency of a thick café latte!’
It started with a “large blow”: The moment Environment Centre NT’s Jason Fowler saw the humpback whales in East Alligator River
NT Government seeks to retroactively certify TIO Stadium … again
The NT Government has quietly awarded a contract to retroactively certify TIO Stadium – just weeks after allowing thousands of footy fans into the uncertified facility – and more than a decade after first becoming aware the building had non-compliance issues.
Police crack down on sale of alcohol in Darwin, drinkers must provide proof of address
Residents of the Greater Darwin area will need to have proof of an address to buy alcohol this week, as the Director of Liquor Licensing uses emergency powers to target the secondary supply of alcohol.
Diabetes in poverty-stricken pregnant women in the NT, highest in the world: Menzies
Pregnant Indigenous women living in the remote towns of Central Australia have been found to have the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the world, according to a new report by the Menzies School of Health Research.
NT Government tenders awarded – September 9
The NT Government awarded 26 tenders to a total value of $3.5 million in the last week, including $349,000 for consultancy for Power and Water’s “enterprise strategic direction and planning” to KPMG Australia – the same firm who received $100,000 last week for consultancy for a “drive tourism strategy”.
The quest to capture the worm of death
Darwin fishos are called on to take photographs or collect samples of the ‘worm of death’ for scientific research as the wet season arrives, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory said.
Katherine Mayor Fay Miller resigns following leukemia diagnosis
The longtime Mayor of Katherine has announced she will quit politics before the end of the year, just five months after she was diagnosed with leukemia.
Plastic bags, ink cartridges, glass and reclaimed asphalt used to seal Darwin road
The Darwin Council has resurfaced two run-down roads with reused ink cartridges and plastic this week, the head of engineering and city services has said.
‘Do not plant these seeds’: NT chief plant health officer on mystery seed deliveries
Territory horticulturists are the latest recipients of unsolicited “seed packets” this month as mysterious packages have been arriving throughout Australia in August and in the United States and Europe since July that could be part of an international scam by online vendors.
CDU boss Simon Maddocks resigns as new ‘$430 million’ campus is built
Charles Darwin University Professor Simon Maddocks has resigned from his position as vice-chancellor saying he wants to move closer to his wife and grandchildren, a decision which will end a tumultuous period of administration at the Territory’s only university.