The Gunner Government’s early 2019 pledge to “fast track” five construction projects valued at $126 million to create jobs and boost the economy has seen the majority of projects delayed, the NT Independent can reveal.
All permanent road speed limit reductions under Labor
Here is a list of all Northern Territory roads that have had speed limits permanently lowered since the Gunner Government came to power in August 2016.
Gunner warns tougher penalties for COVIDIOTS coming, as six more fined for breaches
Chief Minister Michael Gunner says he will get serious about imposing tougher penalties for people caught breaching mandatory quarantine regulations, as police reported six more people were fined over the last two days for breaches.
NT frontline health staff training for potential COVID-19 outbreak in remote communities
Northern Territory health professionals are currently training for a potential outbreak of coronavirus in remote Indigenous communities ahead of the Territory’s borders opening on Friday.
Sydney declared a hotspot – NT visitors face supervised quarantine from Friday
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner has declared Sydney a hotspot, meaning visitors to the NT from the country’s most populous city will face mandatory supervised quarantine at their own expense, but not until Friday
CLP abandoned by local businesses, donation disclosures show
The once donation-rich Country Liberal Party, fuelled with big cash from big and small NT businesses for decades, is now dependent on contributions from its own candidates to keep it afloat in the lead up to the August election, donation disclosures reveal.
‘Reckless’: Gunner Government faces criticism over Friday border opening, rate of testing
Faced with increased pressure to immediately block Victoria and NSW residents from entering the NT due to outbreaks and clusters of coronavirus in those states, Health Minister Natasha Fyles said Tuesday that the Gunner Government will sleep on it.
‘Cop’ who masterminded remote community drug ring gets four months jail
A police liaison officer who helped mastermind the sale of a significant amount of kava into a remote community – using his position to provide tip-offs to avoid search warrants and roadblocks – has been jailed for four months.
NT Police charge woman with assaulting police, fail to charge her abuser
A bizarre scene on the Tiwi Islands saw police stop a man assaulting a woman only to have the woman turn violent and allegedly assault police officers with a stick – then police charge the woman and let the man go.
Andy Cowan’s Hawaiian adventure at taxpayers’ expense exposed
COW-A-BUNGA: The high-flying senior NT bureaucrat who charged taxpayers for a trip to Disney World late last year also charged Territorians $12,500 for a week-long trip to Hawaii earlier this year to attend a three-day conference, the NT Independent can reveal.
Frustrations mount as seven more fines issued for breaching quarantine
Tensions between people in self-quarantine and police are reaching new heights, with NT Police admitting they could not locate one man “for a number of days” and another who told cops he’d fight the fines in court.
Fire destroys Tennant Creek’s only grocery store, may have been set
Tennant Creek’s only grocery store has been ravaged by a massive fire Sunday evening that claimed nearly a million dollars worth of grocery stock, the NT Fire and Rescue Service said.