A CLP backbencher has accused Senator Malarndirri McCarthy’s staffer of attempting to “physically intimidate” an unnamed CLP MLA while Parliament was sitting last week, claiming the staffer followed up the “harassment” by making “unfounded accusations”.
UPDATED: One of two teens who sparked national outrage for allegedly fracturing an eight-week-old baby’s skull during a mid-afternoon Alice Springs home invasion in December escaped custody yesterday afternoon, after reportedly being permitted to attend a funeral in Lajamanu, but was re-arrested on Thursday.
Darwin Private Hospital will close its maternity and birthing services in two months with the Health Minister Steve Edgington saying he had hoped Healthscope, the company which owns the hospital, would give expectant families at least nine months notice to allow them to properly plan their births.
UPDATED: The Finocchiaro CLP Government will spend more than $8 million to build a motocross track at Hidden Valley, despite the project’s cost blowing out to five times the original estimate provided by Labor, stating it could not end a contract out of fear of “wasting millions”, so will “redirect” $6.5 million to fully fund the project.
Darwin-based construction company Kalidonis NT Pty Ltd is appealing convictions and fines imposed by the Darwin Local Court following the death of 50-year-old worker Paul Leach.
Kingpin Darwin is set to launch a new, never-before-seen dart-throwing experience that’s being dubbed “Augmented Reality Bullseye Darts”, with the public invited to experience the new technology starting on Saturday, with a free gift for the first thousand players.
A senior NT public servant on an executive contract dishonestly claimed sick days while he was gambling at a casino, on fishing trips and golfing, which amounted to “corrupt conduct” the ICAC has found after a four-year long investigation, but chose not to name the executive or the government department involved.
Territorians and visitors are advised to take extra precautions to protect against contracting the deadly melioidosis bacteria following recent periods of heavy rain and a spike in cases.
The Albanese Government has announced it will open a Darwin registry of the newly formed Administrative Review Tribunal to make it easier for Territorians to seek an independent merit review of government decisions, a move which follows the Finocchiaro Government announcing it would remove third party merit reviews of its decisions on planning, petroleum, and water.
The Finocchiaro Government will employ an executive on close to $250,000 a year to oversee the renovation of prisons and the construction of a new prison and work camps.
NT Police are investigating the circumstances around the death of a 39-year-old Humpty Doo woman who was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital on Monday morning after falling “seriously ill”, with a man known to the woman later arrested.
The independence of the Northern Territory Auditor-General’s office has been identified as “the most vulnerable to executive influence” of any jurisdiction in the country, according to an independent review of the AG’s office, with the current public sector watchdog calling for funding pressures and internal system problems to be addressed by the Finocchiaro Government to ensure its crucial independence continues.
