The Gunner Government has not responded to a list of questions the NT Independent sent to Chief Health Officer Hugh Heggie two weeks ago, as part of its ban on this newspaper in the middle of a public health crisis.
Government pauses controversial changes to renters’ pet laws due to coronavirus
The Gunner Government has deferred their controversial renters’ pet laws, while the CLP say they should scrap them outright.
Gunner Government restricts freedom of the press amid pandemic, bans the NT Independent
The Gunner Government has taken the extraordinary measure of banning this newspaper from questioning its actions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Government COVID-19 spending to undergo scrutiny; election still on for August
The Gunner Government’s emergency COVID-19 cash splash to undergo scrutiny after delaying budget and scrapping Estimates hearings for the year.
Gunner moves potential coronavirus carriers after feeling heat
Chief Minister Michael Gunner ordered the removal of potential COVID-19 carriers from a luxury residential building half way through their quarantine because he felt they should be in a “more traditional hotel situation”.
General Fannie Bay: Your leader in crisis
OPINION: The COVID-19 crisis has called for a new type of leader. Well at least it seems that is what Labor’s Fifth Floor reaction is to it. Michael Gunner’s press conferences, seen through the eyes of David Wood.
Territory Government to abolish or defer payroll tax for next six months
The Northern Territory Government has announced what it says is a $180 million package of savings for businesses that will come from it sacrificing its own revenue
AFP officers arrived on commercial flights, not quarantined before sent to remote communities
Members of the AFP’s Northern Territory contingent to protect remote communities arrived on the same commercial flights as dozens of quarantined civilians.
‘We want them out!’: Burke on government-Halikos quarantine deal
The Gunner Government is still refusing to release a list of hotels and other properties they are forcing coronavirus quarantined people into, even as health concerns are raised about the use of a Halikos Group-owned private residence.
Two crises: Calls for the NT Government to postpone election
The Gunner Government should delay the August election until the true state of the Territory’s finances are made public, says Territory Alliance.
‘Buying time’: Gunner says Territory businesses to suffer for at least 18 months
Chief Minister Michael Gunner says he’s “buying time” with taxpayer money to wait out the coronavirus pandemic in the Northern Territory and expects businesses to continue to “take a whack” for at least 18 months.
Million dollar dunny: FOI reveals cost to taxpayers of Inpex workers’ camp
The Gunner Government spent nearly $2 million over nine months to maintain the deserted Howard Springs Inpex village before the federal government used it as a coronavirus quarantine facility, internal documents obtained by the NT Independent reveal.