The Finocchiaro Government is extending the life of three gas turbine electricity generators that supply Darwin and Katherine, but the government has refused to say if it will still meet its 2030 renewable energy target, while the Utilities Commission has said it cannot tell if the government’s plan is the appropriate solution, it has been reported.
A new data tool introduced by CSIRO will give Darwin residents the ability to assess heat levels in their neighbourhoods with an aim to help mitigate heat stress and enhance the city’s liveability, sustainability, and resilience.
EDITORIAL: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s response to the ICAC’s findings that a “senior public officer” engaged in improper conduct is now bordering on what the ICAC’s delegate found the public officer engaged in, namely “negligence and incompetence”.
A 31-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her partner in Darwin on Friday night, NT Police said.
The Finocchiaro Government has signed a secret deal with private security company G4S to provide prison officers, with the cost of the contract and the process used to award it not made public.
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has refused to take action against, or publicly identify, a “senior executive public officer” who was found in a new ICAC investigation to have engaged in improper conduct amounting to “negligence and incompetence” concerning the mismanagement of a conflict of interest, who the NT Independent can reveal at this time is the head of a major government agency.
The Northern Territory’s 2024-25 mango season has yielded 3.9 million trays, producing 51.75 per cent of Australia’s mangoes, with 2,000 local, national and international workers helping NT mango businesses pick and pack this season.
Faced with massively declining student enrolment numbers, budget deficits, staff sackings, departmental funding cuts and a massive bill for a Darwin city campus it can’t afford, Charles Darwin University vice-chancellor Scott Bowman announced on Friday that CDU will “establish a London-based study centre” with the aim of “exploring transnational education” to save the beleaguered university.
Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has declined to comment on whether she will take any action against Director of Public Prosecutions Lloyd Babb, after it was revealed his son and daughter-in-law were hired for jobs in his office that he created and did not publicly advertise, while the woman Mr Babb pursued in the Supreme Court for hiring a friend says the “blatant hypocrisy” is destroying the public’s trust in the office.
Darwin Private Hospital operator Healthscope will extend maternity services for an extra seven weeks, after initially ordering a mid-April shutdown, with 45 of 114 expectant families estimated to now give birth at the facility, the NT Government said.
The first lots of the Holtze land release will hit the market soon, offering first-home buyers property starting at $189,000.
A group of males “attempting to start” a Toyota Landcruiser in the staff car park at the Darwin Airport on Wednesday evening kicked off a long night of stolen vehicle action for NT Police, that saw a police vehicle rammed and projectiles thrown at officers.
