The Motor Trade Association SA/NT has welcomed the Federal Government’s new Vehicle Efficiency Standard but cautioned that its improper implementation in the Territory could result in an additional burden for motorists.

Labor Member for Daly Dheran Young has blamed NT Police and Territory Families for leaving Timber Creek residents without food and other supplies after flood waters isolated the community for more than two weeks, forcing one resident to hire a helicopter and borrow a ute to make a supermarket run for local residents.

A Pidgeon Hole community leader has called on the NT Government to provide a firm timeline for the relocation of the community to higher ground following the second year in a row of flood waters causing havoc and which comes following the government last year building new homes in the flood zone.

Charles Darwin University’s domestic bachelor degree completion rates are the worst in the country, according to federal Education Department figures, but the university said the data do not take into account its high number of mature-age students who take longer to finish their studies, and did not include how many students were still enrolled but had not finished their courses after nine years.

The Labor Government’s new $260 million digital patient record system has been suspended in emergency departments at both Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals after repeated failures, with nobody held accountable for the bungle which caused delays and confusion for health staff and patients for months.