Throughout the year, the NT Independent has been keeping an eye on all of you (in a non-creepy way, not using any sort of tracking or listening devices) and we know when you’ve been naughty and when you’ve been nice. As we close in on Christmas, it’s time to see who makes the NT Independent’s Naughty or Nice list.
Throughout the year, the NT Independent has been keeping an eye on all of you (in a non creepy way) and we know when you’ve been naughty and when you’ve been nice. Here we have some selfless locals who came to the rescue of their town, versus a man who kept putting his hand out for more, despite the accusations against him.
UPDATED: NT Independent editor Chris Walsh’s critical analysis of the news of the week on the Territory Story podcast, including discussion of ICAC’s general manager moving to NT Police in an operations role amid reports of a police investigation into ICAC, and Labor MLAs and head public servant Jodie Ryan’s silence over alleged election rorts as ICAC informed of alleged wrong doing. And yes, so much more.
Former NT Government coordinator-general for remote services Bob Beadman writes that the government’s priorities, the Commonwealth’s changes to the GST, and the Auditor-General’s criticisms of the Commonwealth’s massive expenditure programs such as on a sports grants, erodes his hope for fixing the infrastructure deficit in the NT bush.
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The actual numbers of all those employed by the NT Public Service are still not adequately presented by the NT Government, writes industrial relations expert Lucio Matarazzo, and shortcomings with the most recent EBA have led to long-lasting problems.
NT Independent editor Chris Walsh’s critical analysis of the news of the week on the Territory Story podcast, including how Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s brother-in-law approved taxpayer funds for 2020 election campaign trips against rules, and how the NT Police executive distributed suppressed material from the Zach Rolfe trial to members in possible breach of a court order, and so much more.
Former government analytical chemist Geoff Kyle writes the NT Police have the capacity themselves to test to find out if indeed a “chemical” was thrown by protesters at officers, but even if samples were sent elsewhere for professional analyses, the results would be known within a few days.
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NT Independent editor Chris Walsh’s critical analysis of the news of the week on the Territory Story podcast, including how Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says he’s still waiting weeks later for a lab analysis of a “chemical” allegedly thrown at police by protesters, and how the chief health officer’s directives were successfully challenged in court in a “embarrassing and lamentable” display by the prosecution.
NT Independent editor Chris Walsh’s critical analysis of the news of the week on the Territory Story podcast, including how one of Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s social media spin doctors got a mystery exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, and how the NT Government ignored a serious risk of harm warning over eight unsafe homes despite pledge to demolish nine others.
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