The City of Darwin’s online local business-boosting scheme dubbed “myDarwin” is set to broaden its reach across the Territory with a funding pool worth $1 million, the NT Government has announced.
Aboriginal rights leader and Territory legend John Ah Kit dies
The Northern Territory’s first Aboriginal cabinet minister and champion of Indigenous rights John Ah Kit has died, his family said in a statement Sunday night.
Two minute read: The biggest stories that made news
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a fresh case of NT COVID-19; Victorians won’t be forced into supervised quarantine until July 17; a constitutional expert proves Government border claim wrong, and the Government claims Tropical Light exhibition gets more visitors than the V8 Supercars. That and more in just two minutes of reading.
Senior NT public servant’s taxpayer funded trip to Disney World revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Territory’s second-most powerful public servant took a taxpayer funded excursion to Disney World while on a mysterious trip to the United States late last year that he now claims will be reimbursed to taxpayers, the NT Independent can reveal.
Senator Sam McMahon’s chief of staff leaves job
EXCLUSIVE: CLP Senator Sam McMahon’s beleaguered chief of staff Jason Riley has left his job, the NT Independent can reveal.
Gunner Government misleading Territorians on closing borders to Victoria
The Gunner Government’s claim that it has no legal jurisdiction to turn Victoria residents away from the NT’s borders is not true, one of the country’s leading constitutional law experts has told the NT Independent.
New case of coronavirus confirmed in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory has recorded another case of coronavirus – this time in a US marine, Health Minister Natasha Fyles has said.
Tropical Light attracts more visitors than V8 Supercars: Major Events
Over 46,000 people came to Darwin to see Bruce Munro’s Tropical Light exhibition – more than four times the number who came to the V8 Supercars at the event’s peak – the Northern Territory Government claims.
Propeller find sparks new ‘helplessly drifting’ USS Peary theory
The discovery of warship propeller remnants on the Darwin Harbour sea floor has uncovered new evidence that USS Peary was a “sitting duck” for further attacks during World War II’s Bombing of Darwin, the NT Government has said.
Bloody photo of assaulted CBD security guard
A horrific photo has been posted of a security guard who was savagely assaulted, reportedly breaking his eye socket, during a brawl in Darwin’s CBD on Sunday morning.
Another four fined for breaching quarantine, police continue to withhold information
Once again, the police declined to release where the four came from or explain why nobody has been sent to supervised quarantine after breaching health orders.
Medical associations plead with Gunner Government for forced quarantine now
Peak medical bodies have called on the Gunner Government to immediately place Victorians coming into the Northern Territory into supervised quarantine.