Access to East Arm via Berrimah Road south will be restored next week after being shut since November 2023, the NT Government has claimed in a stakeholder briefing, as the long-delayed and over-budget Tiger Brennan Drive overpass project inches closer to completion.
A renewable energy report hidden by the former Labor government has revealed the cost of meeting the Territory’s 50 per cent renewable electricity targets by 2030 was roughly $280 million and would come with moderate electricity price increases, but also with lower operating costs, which contradicts the Finocchiaro CLP Government’s claims it would cost 20 times as much.
The validity of the Mataranka water allocation plan is being challenged in the NT Supreme Court by the Environment Centre NT, represented by the Environmental Defenders Office, with the advocacy group claiming the Water Minister lacked vital hydrological and ecological data to make an informed decision.
Darwin-based tech start-up Raindrop is poised to revolutionise the insurance industry with its innovative AI-powered platform designed to simplify complex insurance policy jargon, after being laughed at by industry for its owner’s choice of city to run the tech company out of.
Tourism Minister Marie-Clare Boothby has refused to comment on whether she recently approved a new contract for Darwin Waterfront Corporation chief executive Alastair Shields, including when she approved it and how much the new contract is costing taxpayers for his part-time, two-day-a-week gig that last cost $116,000 a year, while the Minister is still waiting for a “briefing” from government officials about concerns of misconduct at the corporation.
The ongoing use of police watch houses for long-term prisoners could start affecting the police’s ability to make arrests on a nightly basis, the union representing police said, with the practice continuing despite Corrections Minister Gerard Maley’s claims that transfers were finalised last month.
The NT’s Director of Public Prosecutions has referred an 82-page investigation report into the conduct of five senior NT Police officers who lied about racist awards the TRG produced back to the ICAC, raising a perceived conflict of interest for the acting-ICAC, who was involved in high-level political meetings relating to the Yuendumu shooting in 2019 while a senior public servant.
Department of Children and Families chief executive Emma White suddenly announced on Friday she is leaving the role, while her partner who led the department’s office of domestic, family and sexual violence reduction also announced she is leaving, but the Minister has refused to comment on the high-profile departures.
EDITORIAL: Recent revelations of alleged misconduct and misuse of public resources at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation has implicated those who held positions at the highest levels of the NT Public Service and government, but the CLP has repeatedly refused to order an independent investigation for their own reasons.
Former Labor minister Matthew Bonson has been appointed chief executive officer of the controversial Anindilyakwa Land Council, which is currently under investigation by the National Anti-Crime Commission, the organisation has announced.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared a re-elected Labor government will end the lease of the Darwin Port to Chinese-owned Landbridge Group, making the snap announcement as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was on his way to Darwin to announce today that a Coalition government would also return the port to Australian control.
Darwin Council committed at least 16 “significant” failures of governance under two different pieces of legislation when sealing its secret deal with developer DCOH to build a 21-storey hybrid civic centre-officer tower, lawyers acting for nearby residents have said, with council now asked to hand over hidden documents relating to the development to help inform a potential Federal Court challenge to prevent the building being constructed.
