The CLP Government has introduced a new support plan for privately insured pregnant women impacted by the closure of maternity services at Darwin Private Hospital, effective June 6, by securing a contract with Mercure Darwin Airport Resort starting June 1, but not everyone is sold on the new plan.
Territorians are being encouraged to have their say on who they want as their council representatives in the upcoming local government elections, which are now just 100 days away.
Michael Riches has resigned as the Territory’s anti-corruption commissioner, nearly a year after he was suspended pending an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff members in his office.
A 71-year-old worker was seriously injured and nearly died after slicing his face and throat with a nine-inch angle grinder during reno work at a Winnellie industrial shed, NT WorkSafe said, while issuing a public safety alert.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has ordered yet another inquiry to explore voluntary assisted dying laws in the Northern Territory – less than a year after the last comprehensive inquiry – which comes amid pressure in Parliament on the government to finally implement the laws and opposition from the Australia Christian Lobby.
A 31-year-old East Arnhem man has been arrested and charged for allegedly producing and distributing child abuse material, NT Police said, following an anonymous tip off to Crime Stoppers.
The AFL Women’s Dreamtime game between Richmond and Essendon will again be held at Darwin the AFL has said.
UPDATED: Treasurer Bill Yan has handed down the Finocchiaro CLP Government’s first budget this morning that will see more big spending and increased debt, with next year’s deficit alone estimated to be $1.31 billion and the Territory’s net debt projected to blow out from its current $10.5 billion figure to $14 billion within three years.
A Freedom of Information application seeking a departmental brief provided to former environment minister Kate Worden last year that recommended prosecution of Empire Energy was rejected on legal privilege grounds, a government letter shows, while the department appears to have attempted to cover up one of the three alleged offences referred to in the document.
A Top End worker had their fingertips amputated after suffering severe injuries while operating a self-propelled lawnmower, which kicked off an NT WorkSafe investigation.
The Health Department’s chief executive says the department will “really carefully” manage the deal it intends to sign with a company to run the closed hyperbaric chamber unit at Royal Darwin Hospital, after it was revealed that company’s sole director is the wife of the director of a company that previously held the same contract and went into administration, with its contract terminated by the NT Government.
The Darwin ship lift project has been referred to a government committee to be investigated after years of cost blowouts and delays, with the Finocchiaro CLP Government already flagging the project will still move ahead and anticipated it will now cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” more to build.
