Environmental lawyers who represented Tiwi Islanders in their bid to stop gas giant Santos’ Barossa Gas Project from going ahead have been ordered to pay the company more than $9 million in legal costs, after the Environmental Defenders Office was found to have engaged in “a form of subtle coaching” during the case.
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency will not say whether any directors resigned from the board at its annual general meeting on Wednesday, while NT Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby issued a statement seemingly showing she did not know what happened at the meeting, but that she expected the entire board had stepped down or she would re-direct the organisation’s funding elsewhere.
Darwin Mayor Kon Vatskalis will not say how the design for the controversial Cyclone Tracy memorial was selected, or how it represents the disaster, with one survivor pointing out its similarity to the artist’s earlier works said to represent temptation in the Garden of Eden, while an international transparency organisation has criticised a gag order signed by the committee that approved the design.
EXCLUSIVE: NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy misled Coroner Elisabeth Armitage in two separate coronial inquests, first when he claimed at the inquest into domestic violence that a senior officer who shared a picture on social media of a half-naked domestic violence survivor could not be disciplined because it would affect his family and later when he claimed at another inquest that he would order a review into the matter.
NT Health is alerting residents and visitors to be vigilant about melioidosis, with three cases reported in the Greater Darwin region since the start of the current reporting period on October 1.
Darwin Port operator Landbridge’s financial problems have raised the prospect of the NT CLP Government terminating its lease with the company, the NT Treasurer has indicated, with the matter set to be discussed with the Federal Government tomorrow.
EXCLUSIVE: A damning review into St John Ambulance NT’s treatment of patients has found multiple failures and poor decisions resulted in harm to patients and significant risk to staff, with a near complete breakdown in trust between hospital emergency department staff and the Territory’s ambulance service provider, the NT Independent can reveal.
The CLP Government has appointed an “Approvals Fast Track Taskforce” made up of business owners from across the Territory that it says will help rebuild the economy.
Environmental groups and traditional owners are urging Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to take legal action against Defence Housing Australia for alleged violations of federal environmental laws after NT authorities ended their investigation into alleged unlawful land clearing at Lee Point.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has handed down 35 recommendations for the NT Government and police to improve their response to the growing epidemic of domestic violence, calling on the government to properly fund services that will prevent the deaths of women and children.
NT Police are investigating after four Alice Springs properties were broken into overnight and are also looking for information relating to a stolen car allegedly used to target a taxi.
The Remembering Cyclone Tracy committee has organised a series of events at the end of December to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy.
