Construction of the $430 million Charles Darwin University city campus will go ahead, despite concerns around the economic impacts of the coronavirus and how that may affect the number of international students enrolling in the university.
Government pauses controversial changes to renters’ pet laws due to coronavirus
The Gunner Government has deferred their controversial renters’ pet laws, while the CLP say they should scrap them outright.
COVIDIOT of the day: Man who broke quarantine orders twice hops on flight to Melbourne
A Darwin man who was supposed to be quarantined was able to board a flight back to Melbourne without an exemption to travel yesterday, NT Police said.
No new cases of COVID-19 in more than a week, businesses to stay shut as testing questions raised
The NT Health Minister says no plans to increase COVID-19 testing in the Northern Territory, despite other states expanding theirs.
Outlawing questions of a government during a health crisis is un-Territorian
We can think of no greater example of undemocratic conduct than banning a media outlet and restricting the flow of information in a time of public crisis.
Gunner Government restricts freedom of the press amid pandemic, bans the NT Independent
The Gunner Government has taken the extraordinary measure of banning this newspaper from questioning its actions during the coronavirus pandemic.
‘It’s very rewarding’: Spike in pet adoptions amid NT coronavirus pandemic
In the midst of the global Coronavirus crisis, Territorians are turning to furry companions for comfort, a local animal shelter has said.
Man, 50, charged with quarantine breach; NT Police fail to give total number quarantining
NT Police say nearly 4000 quarantine compliance checks have been done, but decline to release total number of people under quarantine orders.
Teenage girl allegedly caught with a knife in suburbs: police
A teenage girl who was allegedly armed with a knife on a residential street has been taken back to her ‘place of care’, NT Police have said.
Government COVID-19 spending to undergo scrutiny; election still on for August
The Gunner Government’s emergency COVID-19 cash splash to undergo scrutiny after delaying budget and scrapping Estimates hearings for the year.
Gunner moves potential coronavirus carriers after feeling heat
Chief Minister Michael Gunner ordered the removal of potential COVID-19 carriers from a luxury residential building half way through their quarantine because he felt they should be in a “more traditional hotel situation”.
Territory Government to abolish or defer payroll tax for next six months
The Northern Territory Government has announced what it says is a $180 million package of savings for businesses that will come from it sacrificing its own revenue