The idea of re-opening the old Berrimah prison again as an adult prison is a confusing development writes Gerry Wood.

It is unlikely the NT economy can grow at the rate required to be worth $40 billion by 2030, and given failing governance and increasing social dislocation, violence and lawlessness, it is unlikely that the Territory will be able to import the skilled labour to support the required economic development and growth to get their either, writes Dr Don Fuller.

CLOWN TOWN: Another week in the Territory and a further slide into terminal decline, so no better time than now to wallow in the misdeeds, malfeasance and asinine behaviour of our elected leaders and explore that sweet corruption-incompetence nexus that makes us all feel at home in the Great Territory Lifestyle. Find out the most clownish deeds committed in the NT this week.

Charles Darwin University’s attempts to establish a medical school is an unnecessary duplication, and serves to further distract management from their core business of attempting to finally establish a northern Australian university committed to Territorians and their issues and concerns, writes Dr Don Fuller.

The Darwin Council treats green space as a liability but if it increased community-managed green space, it would reduce landscape maintenance costs, and give a lot of people a better lifestyle, writes Jingili community gardens committee president Ian Hollingsworth.

The Lawler Government is content to ignore or dismiss approaches by the Northern Territory Firearms Council to discuss burdensome changes to the NT Firearms Act, council president Andy Armstrong writes.

It’s been another week to wallow in the misdeeds, malfeasance and asinine behaviour of our elected leaders and explore that sweet corruption-incompetence nexus that makes us all feel at home in the Great Territory Lifestyle. Find out the most clownish deeds committed in the NT this week.

Clown Town: This week in Clown Town, the Lawler Government has drawn up a convenient list of the good Nazis and the bad Nazis for all, that sends us to wallow for another week in the misdeeds, malfeasance and asinine behaviour of our elected leaders and explore that sweet corruption-incompetence nexus that makes us all feel at home in the Great Territory Lifestyle.

The Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration found ministers should resign or be dismissed if they contravene standards of morality, however the Chief Minister’s failure to sack Brent Potter shows the government does not prize ethical responsibility and sets the Territory on a course to fail under such leadership, writes Dr Don Fuller.

Clown Town: Let’s wallow for another week in the misdeeds, malfeasance and asinine behaviour of our elected leaders and explore that sweet corruption-incompetence nexus that makes us all feel at home in the Great Territory Lifestyle.