The Gunner Government has refused to disclose if Labor ministers paid their family members to provide childcare services through a $5,000 childcare reimbursement entitlement, claiming that disclosing how they spend the taxpayer money would be an “unreasonable interference with their privacy”.
Startling new research that has revealed the extent of Darwin kids’ anxieties about crime in their communities needs to be addressed by the Gunner Government, say Opposition and independent MLAs, as questions swirl over why CDU did not publicly release the research.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has shared the extent of his government’s foreign policy while on radio Wednesday morning, saying the NT has “always been a target” for international aggressors but that signing up to trade deals will ensure the NT is not “invaded” by China.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to explain to Territorians why he repeatedly refused to release the details of a secret education agreement he signed with China until last week, the CLP Opposition says.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s secret China agreement is not a “sister cities” arrangement as he previously claimed, but it does obligate the Northern Territory Government to “promote closer relations” with China, newly disclosed documents reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Territory taxpayers were charged more than $300,000 to fit out a new electorate office for a Gunner Government minister five months before the election through a contract that did not go to public tender, recently released government documents show.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner charged taxpayers more than $7,000 for a one-night trip to Nhulunbuy in the lead up to the NT general election that included costs for his wife and newborn baby, newly released government travel records show.
The Gunner Government needs to explain to Territorians why it lied to them in the lead up to the NT general election after providing misleading financial figures in a “horrifying” breach of public trust, a long-time political observer and academic has said.
An independent MLA says she has been forbidden from communicating with public servants after being issued a letter from the NT’s head public servant, which she says has escalated the Gunner Government’s ongoing attempt to stifle open communication.
Professional misconduct allegations filed against former Labor leader Delia Lawrie’s lawyer Alistair Wyvill have been dismissed, five years after they were made, in a decision that has raised fresh questions over how the Stella Maris Inquiry and subsequent Supreme Court appeal were handled.
Financial figures released by Chief Minister Michael Gunner before the election – as well as wild claims that close to 100,000 Territorians would be infected with COVID-19 at a cost of $200 million if it weren’t for him – have been found to be “misleading” by the Auditor General.
The Australian Senate has publicly rebuked Chief Minister Michael Gunner, unanimously passing a motion last night calling on the NT Government to rescind its ban on the NT Independent.
