An estimated 100 Charles Darwin University students in the electrotechnology program have not been properly trained, Education and Training Minister Jo Hersey revealed in Parliament Thursday afternoon, which follows CDU’s TAFE carpentry training scandal earlier this year that saw hundreds forced to redo their qualifications.
A new three-year, $570,000 pilot program will aim to restore free-to-air television access in remote communities in the NT, the Finocchiaro CLP Government has pledged as part of its “restoring the Territory lifestyle” plans, which will involve lobbying the Federal Government and utilising technology to “retransmit digital television services” into homes that were lost following the 2013 nation-wide switch to digital television.
Beetaloo Digital, a subsidiary of Beetaloo Energy, has been given a commitment by the NT Government for 185 hectares of land at Weddell to develop a claimed $40 billion, two gigawatt AI data centre and energy mega-campus, which critics say is the latest glimpse of the Territory’s “dystopian future”, while the government has refused to explain if it has a plan for managing data centre development.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged over a rollover involving an allegedly stolen vehicle in Katherine that killed a teenager and injured several others almost two months ago, NT Police said.
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says her government has the numbers to pass its voluntary assisted dying legislation, that ignored several key recommendations of its own review, with the bill to be introduced to Parliament tomorrow and expected to pass in August.
Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has denied allegations he physically assaulted NT Administrator David Connolly at a public event over the weekend, while police confirmed on Tuesday they are investigating the incident.
The CLP Government has passed controversial changes to child protection laws which it says will put safety first for all Territory children, but comes amid protests outside Parliament and an extraordinary rebuke from nearly every child protection minister in the country, while a Victorian Senator called for the Federal Government to intervene and override the legislative changes.
A forklift incident at the Katherine Woolworths that resulted in serious injuries to a motorcycle rider has led NT WorkSafe to charge the supermarket giant with various work health breaches that could see it hit with a maximum penalty of $4.5 million.
Trade and Business Minister Robyn Cahill’s claim that the Earth’s poles can flip during periods of heavy rainfall in the Northern Territory and that the water causes the Earth’s axis to shift is incorrect and shows she has a “very poor and terrible understanding” of how hydrology works, a leading expert in satellite hydrology says.
The Federal Government has announced $10 million for maternity services at Royal Darwin Hospital following the closure of Darwin Private Hospital’s maternity services in June last year, but the spending does not increase the number of birth suits or maternity rooms.
Five people were arrested at the Katherine Show over the weekend and another two detained under paperless arrest powers, NT Police said, with seven knives and 12 other prohibited weapons seized during wanding operations at the show as part of a massive police blitz.
A police officer opened fire on a car driven by an alleged thief in Palmerston Saturday morning, in what the NT Police said was an attempt to stop the vehicle. There were no injuries reported and the alleged driver was later arrested while an internal investigation into the use of force has been launched.
