A shake-up of the Gunner Government’s senior staffers is causing anxiety and anger on the fifth floor of Parliament House, with some forced to reapply for their jobs at a lower pay scale, while others appear to have been rewarded with plum gigs, the NT Independent can reveal.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says he and the Federal Government will ensure the Northern Territory retains its two lower house seats.
A contingent of Darwin bus drivers have signed a letter to the NT Government threatening a class action arguing the government had breached its duty of care as it was “acutely aware” of thousands of cases of abuse, violent assaults and rock throwing.
Gunn Point Peninsula, a favoured fishing spot, dotted with Indigenous sacred sites, land claims and untouched coral reef is in jeopardy of “major and irreversible” environmental impacts, according to an alliance of Northern Territory conservation groups.
A new art gallery has been touted by a Mirarr traditional owner as Jabiru’s first transitional step from a mining town to a tourism hub, despite being under the control of an organisation being investigated by the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations....
CLP Senator Sam McMahon was the biggest traveller of all NT federal politicians through the coronavirus pandemic, pocketing more than $17,000 in travel allowance in just three months for mostly NT-related travel, newly released expense figures show.
Darwin Council Alderman Gary Haslett has criticised a proposal to scrap the Lord’s Prayer from being read at the opening of council meetings, labelling any move to block it “cultural vandalism”.
NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has ramped up his political attack on the federal Coalition Government, suggesting Prime Minister Scott Morrison is ignorant of the challenges facing Indigenous people across the Northern Territory.
Long-neglected remote police stations, decrepit housing and the lack of development opportunities are the real reasons the NT Police executive can’t fill crucial remote policing positions, the NT Police Association says.
Senator Sam McMahon has accused the NT Police Commissioner and the Police Minister of being “devious” following their claims about federal funding for remote policing.
More than 15 years after hundreds of tonnes of toxic rubble first began to amass on conservation protected land in Ludmilla, next to an Indigenous community, questions remain over why it is still there and who is responsible.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has finally revealed that the real reason Alice Springs’ Parrtjima Festival events were cancelled and relocated from the centre of town was due to concerns around crime and public safety.
