The forthcoming re-structure of the NTFL is excessively detrimental to the Tracy Village Football Club and could see the death of other clubs in the lower grades of the competition, write the Tracy Village Football Club committee.
Behind the scenes of the ICAC’s backroom deal to kill the Turf Club grandstand corruption report
ANALYSIS: ICAC Michael Riches needs to understand the corrupt practices that surrounded the awarding of $12 million of taxpayer money for the Turf Club’s grandstand is not a “distraction” as he claimed after killing the corruption report – it’s the sole purpose of his role to investigate those matters.
‘We need to survive’: NT Independent to offer subscription service but free news will continue
We now face a real threat to our existence and we need to ensure the NT Independent survives to continue to bring you our award-winning journalism that is making the establishment uncomfortable. We will continue to provide all our journalism for free, however some of the bigger exclusive stories will remain behind a sliding pay screen for a period of time for our valued subscribers to read first.
Opinion: Alcohol restrictions to ease in NT, but more consultation with First Nations members is needed first
There is urgent need for a reconsideration of alcohol regulation policy approaches in the NT with the looming change to grog restrictions in the Territory, and First Nations people need to be more fully consulted, argue Elizabeth Crawford Spencer and Andrew Lockyer.
Opinion: Indigenous child abuse continues in Australia; in Don Dale
With a gathering of lawyers, judges and experts from all over Australia in Darwin, Close Don Dale Now member John Lawrence, writes the Fyles Government is breaching its duty of care, together with the requirements of various international legal conventions, in imprisoning traumatised children as young as ten, in a jail that eleven years ago a Corrections Commissioner said was “only fit for a bulldozer”.
The Clown Town circus rolls on: Estimates hearings reveal more sad tales of dysfunction and corruption
ANALYSIS: This week’s Budget Estimates hearings have again raised some truly troubling facts about corruption in this place and how the Gunner, sorry, Fyles Government continually fails to address it, choosing instead to excuse it and in at least one instance we heard of this week, foster it.
This is how the NT Police failed in Yuendumu the night Kumanjayi Walker was killed
OPINION: As Territorians await a coronial inquiry into the circumstances around the death of Kumanjayi Walker and details of the flawed police procedures that led to Constable Zach Rolfe being in that house in Yuendumu, one thing is certain: the NT Police cover-up is an internal arse-covering exercise of epic proportions, writes former NT Police tactical unit boss Carey Joy.
Uncles Tavern wins NT Independent’s Best Chicken Parmy in the Top End
The results are in and our readers have spoken: Uncles Tavern is the top spot for the best Chicken Parmy in the Territory. Here’s the full list of where you can get the best Chicken Parmies across the NT.
Letter to the editor: Council seems to be milking big companies to increase revenue
Litchfield Council’s massive rate increase for the large gas companies Conoco Phillips and Inpex is unjust, unfair, and just greedy, writes Gerry Wood.
Fate didn’t bring Kumanjayi Walker and Zach Rolfe together, failed police procedures by senior cops did
OPINION: The only way any form of justice for Kumanjayi Walker will be achieved is for all of us to look beyond the distraction the NT Police executive has created and start demanding answers for how this tragic incident unfolded and how the decisions made by those in positions of power led to it, writes former NT Police tactical unit boss Carey Joy.
Letter to the editor: Natasha Fyles needs to improve integrity around water, fracking and the NT Land Corporation
If Natasha Fyles as the new Chief Minister wants community support and faith in government returned, she must act in the best interests of our communities, be honest and pull out the bull whip and crack problematic bureaucrats off, writes Daniel Tapp.
Territory’s Best: Chicken Parmigiana | POLL
Whether you call it a Parmi or a Parma it's no secret that everyone loves a good Parmigiana! So we want to know – Where do you get the best Chicken Parmigiana in the Top End? ...