Colleen Gwynne, who was charged with abuse of office in a case that was thrown out of court earlier this year, has officially resigned as the NT Children’s Commissioner, Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison said in a statement Tuesday morning, “to remain interstate and explore other opportunities”.
A woman has been killed after she was hit by a vehicle in Alice Springs on Monday night, NT Police said.
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’s controversial trip to the US has taken a new turn, with Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison revealing Monday morning that “some” unnamed public servants also travelled with Ms Fyles to Washington and beyond that was not previously disclosed and will increase the overall cost to taxpayers.
The circumstances around the death of a toddler at a rural childcare centre have not been publicly released, but the NT Independent has spoken with sources with knowledge of the incident and what happened on Thursday.
Record-low voter turnout, cuts to funding and now a major bungling of developing new electorate boundaries should lead to a “big shake-up” of the NT Electoral Commission, an independent MLA says, who is calling for an independent inquiry into the agency.
The Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, which runs youth recreation, education and diversion programs in Yuendumu, has been placed into special administration, following the Central Land Council’s December decision to stop funding youth programs from royalty money because of program governance, delivery and reporting issues.
The Fyles Government claimed on Friday that it has “fast-tracked” the construction of a new $25 million ward at Royal Darwin Hospital that will open in “early” 2025 – five months after claiming it would be finished between April and October 2024.
Two people have died and two others injured in separate vehicle crashes over the weekend, NT Police said, including an Alice Springs woman who was clipped by a car reportedly driving erratically early Saturday morning.
It was a case of deja vu all over again on Friday as the Fyles Government announced that the Clough-BMD joint venture has been awarded the contract to build the long-delayed Darwin ship lift facility at East Arm – the same announcement it made 14 months ago.
The NT Electoral Commission has admitted it bungled its electoral boundary redistribution process, claiming an “administrative oversight” will result in starting the process all over again at an unknown cost to taxpayers.
A 62-year-old man was stabbed inside a home in Darwin’s northern suburbs on Thursday night, NT Police said.
NT Police have announced the sudden retirement of Assistant Commissioner Bruce Porter, which sources say relates to a disagreement with Police Commissioner Michael Murphy over how police are dealing with allegations a senior detective perverted the course of justice in connection to the Zach Rolfe murder investigation.
