Three people wearing balaclavas and armed with unspecified weapons robbed a Katherine service station, NT Police said.
Judge dismisses Singleton Station water licence legal challenge
A Supreme Court judge has dismissed a challenge over the legality of a minister granting a 40,000 megalitre water licence to Fortune Agribusiness for the remote Singleton Station, finding in part that the Territory Families Minister who made the decision in place of the Environment Minister, was able to give reasonable and rational consideration to the matter in the four days she took to make the decision.
NT Government flags funding cuts to EDO after Barossa gas project court case fiasco
The Lawler Government may cut its funding to the Environmental Defenders Office following findings a lawyer with the organisation “distorted and misrepresented” evidence during a Federal Court hearing into Santos’ Barossa gas project, which the Chief Minister suggested was an attempt by the EDO to derail the Territory’s economy.
New management team to oversee SunCable’s domestic DarwinLink project
Sun Cable has appointed a new leadership team to oversee the domestic side of the resuscitated Australia-Asia Power Link project that ultimately aims to transmit solar energy from the NT to Singapore, but which will focus on providing power to Darwin first.
Secret review into how government info is released to public underway
The Lawler Government is currently assessing what information it publicly releases through a secret review that it has provided little information on and refuses to answer questions about.
Two men charged over rape that was not made public by police
Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a female stranger near the Darwin CBD in mid-January NT Police said, an attack police did not make public after the agency became aware of it four days later.
Government hands public housing to not-for-profits
Mission Australia Housing NT and Venture Housing have taken over management of 500 public housing properties in Darwin and Palmerston, which is part of a plan to move up to 40 per cent of urban public housing to community housing providers, the Lawler Government has said.
Three quarters of police survey respondents have considered leaving the force
Ninety-eight per cent of NT Police officers who responded to a union survey believe there are not enough police, and 76 per cent have considered leaving the force in the last six months, the Northern Territory Police Association has said, but Police Minister Brent Potter said the government is on the right track with an 18 per cent increase in morale in the last year.
Passenger in ute hit with bullet from side of the road in Palmerston
The passenger of a white Hilux was shot in the leg while driving down a Palmerston street more than a week ago, NT Police said, as investigations continue into who fired the gun from outside a home.
Which businesses bagged the most NT Government contracts in 2023?
The NT Government awarded $1.9 billion to companies and individuals in 2023 through 1,662 public and select tenders, an NT Independent analysis of government documents shows, which includes lucrative contracts to CDU, construction companies and one lawyer also made the top 10 this year.
Flood damaged railway reopens ahead of schedule
The 2.5km stretch of the Adelaide to Darwin railway track that was damaged due to flood waters has been repaired ahead of schedule, enabling the resumption of backlogged freight services through Tennant Creek to Darwin, the government has said.
Reduced fees TAFE courses aim to grow skilled and capable NT workforce: Govt
More than 80 Technical and Further Education courses across a broad range of sectors, including construction, child and aged care, and hospitality and tourism will be available at reduced fees for Territorians as part of a joint federal and Territory government program designed to upskill the workforce.