Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne has responded to the abuse of office charge leveled at her by the NT Police, calling it a “misconceived charge” in a media statement from her lawyer.
Halikos given $55 million to build new youth prison after objecting to original location
The Gunner Government has awarded a $55 million contract to build the new Darwin youth detention centre to Halikos Group – the company that objected to the facility being built in its original location because it infringed on free land they were given by the government.
Majority of Gunner Government’s ‘fast track’ job creating projects facing delays
The Gunner Government’s early 2019 pledge to “fast track” five construction projects valued at $126 million to create jobs and boost the economy has seen the majority of projects delayed, the NT Independent can reveal.
CLP abandoned by local businesses, donation disclosures show
The once donation-rich Country Liberal Party, fuelled with big cash from big and small NT businesses for decades, is now dependent on contributions from its own candidates to keep it afloat in the lead up to the August election, donation disclosures reveal.
‘Reckless’: Gunner Government faces criticism over Friday border opening, rate of testing
Faced with increased pressure to immediately block Victoria and NSW residents from entering the NT due to outbreaks and clusters of coronavirus in those states, Health Minister Natasha Fyles said Tuesday that the Gunner Government will sleep on it.
Andy Cowan’s Hawaiian adventure at taxpayers’ expense exposed
COW-A-BUNGA: The high-flying senior NT bureaucrat who charged taxpayers for a trip to Disney World late last year also charged Territorians $12,500 for a week-long trip to Hawaii earlier this year to attend a three-day conference, the NT Independent can reveal.
Aboriginal rights leader and Territory legend John Ah Kit dies
The Northern Territory’s first Aboriginal cabinet minister and champion of Indigenous rights John Ah Kit has died, his family said in a statement Sunday night.
Senior NT public servant’s taxpayer funded trip to Disney World revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Territory’s second-most powerful public servant took a taxpayer funded excursion to Disney World while on a mysterious trip to the United States late last year that he now claims will be reimbursed to taxpayers, the NT Independent can reveal.
Senator Sam McMahon’s chief of staff leaves job
EXCLUSIVE: CLP Senator Sam McMahon’s beleaguered chief of staff Jason Riley has left his job, the NT Independent can reveal.
Gunner Government misleading Territorians on closing borders to Victoria
The Gunner Government’s claim that it has no legal jurisdiction to turn Victoria residents away from the NT’s borders is not true, one of the country’s leading constitutional law experts has told the NT Independent.
Medical associations plead with Gunner Government for forced quarantine now
Peak medical bodies have called on the Gunner Government to immediately place Victorians coming into the Northern Territory into supervised quarantine.
RSL’s Esplanade plan a ‘hoax’, says alderman and CLP candidate
A Darwin alderman and CLP candidate in the upcoming NT election has described the RSL’s plan to establish its headquarters on the Esplanade as a “hoax” in an email obtained by the NT Independent.