EXCLUSIVE: A Labor MLA who killed a woman with his car in 2009 after speeding through a stop sign had his licence suspended late last year for racking up multiple speeding tickets in his taxpayer-funded government car, the NT Independent can reveal, an issue that was kept quiet by Labor Opposition Leader Selena Uibo.
UPDATED: NT Police are investigating after a driver in Acacia travelling to work on Tuesday morning said he struck an object on the road that he later identified as a man, with police seeking the public’s help to identify the injured man who remains in hospital in a critical condition.
Charles Darwin University has committed to backpay more than 800 employees owed more than $4 million due to historical underpayment issues as part of an enforceable undertaking imposed by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
A 22-year-old chef from Muirhead has won the regional Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award securing her place in the 2026 grand final of the long-running national culinary championship.
NT local councils are demanding the Commonwealth match the $100 million Flood Recovery Fund set up by the NT Government, with the councils also urging increased infrastructure investment to keep up with economic opportunities during a visit to Canberra.
Opposition Labor Leader Selena Uibo has blamed a “highly-charged political environment” for allegations of bullying and racism made by staff in her office against a senior figure, while refusing to respond to questions about who investigated the allegations and what action was taken.
A 43-year-old male police officer has been suspended with pay after he was charged with disorderly behaviour, careless driving and failing to provide a breath analysis, among other offences over the weekend in Palmerston, NT Police said.
OPINION: One of the most disturbing themes from Estimates hearings is what we learned about accountability, writes independent MLA Justine Davis. When we have a minister explain how laws are developed say, ‘The formal framework I adhere to is the one that Territorians elected us to do, which is to restore the Territory lifestyle’, we should all be worried.
A massive 99 per cent of the Territory’s firefighters have voted to reject the government’s latest enterprise agreement offer, the union representing firies has said, stating the government’s tactics to “strong-arm” workers to accept the deal has also been rejected.
Timor-Leste’s national carrier, Aero Dili, has launched its first-ever direct service to Australia, with the first flight touching down in Darwin on Sunday morning.
UPDATED: Deputy Opposition Leader Dheran Young was suddenly sacked as deputy Thursday night and replaced with recently elected Member for Nightcliff Ed Smelt, in a move Labor Leader Selena Uibo said would give Mr Young more time out bush to “support his constituents post-flood”.
Corporate and Digital Development Minister Josh Burgoyne avoided answering questions about his department at Estimates, including about the failed Acacia IT project and the internal investigation into the suicide death of an employee, by choosing to make a speech for the full allocated time rather than open himself and the chief executive to public examination.
