EXCLUSIVE: NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, who internal Darwin Turf Club records show was invited to racing events as the “chairman’s friend”, has confirmed police resources are being used to investigate the NT Independent based on allegations...
When we launched the NT Independent our commitment was to provide you with unfettered access to the stories that mattered to you. We told you we would focus on exposing corruption – in the government, public service and elsewhere – and that we would be shaking up the...
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has “lost the trust of the people” and must immediately release the document Cabinet relied on to approve a $12 million grant for the Turf Club grandstand to restore integrity in government, Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro...
EXCLUSIVE: A disgraced Darwin Turf Club board member who was forced to resign by Chief Minister Michael Gunner for “improper conduct”, has been appointed chair of another government-funded board that her company has previously had contracts with, the NT Independent...
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has been dodging media interviews on local radio stations despite feeling no pressure from his caucus colleagues, his deputy says, over his handling of the $12 million Darwin Turf Club grandstand grant. Deputy Chief Minister Nicole...
EXCLUSIVE: The Gunner Government appears to have gifted more than $3 million to the NT’s peak horse racing body in its first budget – on top of an estimated $75 million five-year funding agreement – following a pre-election donation from companies owned by Darwin Turf...
