The NT News’ reporting on the Lloyd Creek housing development lacks independence, investigation and integrity, and shows blind obedience to a developer that is advertising with them, writes Gerry Wood.
Letter to the editor: The NT’s corruption bucket is full
LETTER: The CLP Finocchiaro Government observed while in opposition how infuriated and fed up the public and public service employees are with corruption, writes Owen Pike, while our corruption bucket is now overflowing with slime, gunk, and sludge, which the previous government filled but the current one is yet to deal with, as their own bucket fills up.
Editorial: Darwin Waterfront scandal goes to the heart of the Northern Territory’s sickness
EDITORIAL: Recent revelations of alleged misconduct and misuse of public resources at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation has implicated those who held positions at the highest levels of the NT Public Service and government, but the CLP has repeatedly refused to order an independent investigation for their own reasons.
Letter to the editor: Back to the future with courses in the home country
Dr Don Fuller asks what could possibly could go wrong with Charles Darwin University vice-chancellor Scott Bowman’s plans to provide courses to students in the United Kingdom?
Letter: Stroke victim left in limbo at RDH with no rehab services
Royal Darwin Hospital’s lack of rehab options for stroke victims has turned into a ‘hellish nightmare’ for a woman who will be left to die in the hospital with no other options available to her, writes her concerned and frustrated husband.
Editorial: Chief Minister’s flawed handling of the Murphy scandal erodes the public’s trust
EDITORIAL: What’s clear from this whole sordid scandal is that nobody in a position of power in the Northern Territory wanted to do anything about Murphy’s improper conduct when it was presented to them by an interstate retired judge in the ICAC’s report last month, which points to the overall integrity deficit that continues to infect the Northern Territory’s elected party officials and public institutions.
Letter to the editor: Acting Police Commissioner, a man of integrity
The Acting Police Commissioner Martin Dole is a person of intelligence, sensitivity and integrity and has a deep understanding of the issues facing the Northern Territory, writes Andrew Fisher.
Clown Town: Is it just an educational tool, or the thin edge of the wedge?
There has been a lot going on in Clown Town since our last edition, including a certain “senior officer” being stood down…eventually. It’s clearly time once again to wallow in the misdeeds, malfeasance and asinine behaviour of our leaders and explore that sweet corruption-incompetence nexus that makes us all feel at home in the Great Territory Lifestyle.
Opinion: A new Darwin civic centre should be an ornament, not an eyesore
The proposed Darwin civic centre should convey a powerful sense of place, honour its surroundings, with a design that evokes the memories of one of Australia’s most significant – even if now intangible – places in which it will sit, but what Darwin Council is offering does none of that, writes Dr Peter Forrest.
How the Chief Minister’s ambitious political career became unravelled this week
ANALYSIS: The Chief Minister’s handling of the ongoing Murphy scandal undermines the confidence every Territorian needs to have in its highest elected official and in its police commissioner, raising serious questions about her lack of action. The cover-up is always worse than the crime, as this debacle proves again.
Editorial: It’s time for the Chief Minister to uphold the public’s trust and do her job
EDITORIAL: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s response to the ICAC’s findings that a “senior public officer” engaged in improper conduct is now bordering on what the ICAC’s delegate found the public officer engaged in, namely “negligence and incompetence”.
Letter to the editor: An idea for a public database of crime
The development of a public document that records reported crimes and includes any court outcome, the monetary costs of repairs, along with other details, might help those criticising the government’s response to crime appreciate the alternative position to the one they hold, writes Henry Gray.