NT Commissioner for Public Employment Vicki Telfer is not seeking a contract extension for her job, the Public Employment Minister Paul Kirby has said.
Twelve candidates to stand in Darwin Council Lyons ward by-election
Twelve candidates have been declared for the Darwin Council Lyons ward by-election, the NT Electoral Commissioner has said.
Woman seven times the legal alcohol limit busted smashing into car
A Territory woman who was driving an uninsured car while seven times over the legal blood alcohol limit has been charged after smashing into a truck on a Malak street while trying to reverse her car on Monday evening, police said.
Secret Labor travel docs reveal mystery politician onboard 2020 campaign flights after two-year battle for info
EXCLUSIVE: Previously redacted government documents related to the ongoing corruption probe into the NT Labor Government’s alleged misuse of public funds during the 2020 election have finally been released by the Office of the Chief Minister, exposing a Labor politician’s name who was onboard taxpayer-funded campaign flights that the government fought to keep secret for nearly two years.
Calls for Albanese Government to double public school funding, while NT Government unable to meet needs
The Australian Education Union has called on the Albanese Government to double its funding to NT public schools with the NT Government unable to say when it would meet previously agreed minimum school spending targets, with a current $227 million annual shortfall, in what the union called the shocking inequity of school resourcing in the Territory.
Delusion that Artificial Intelligence is ‘intelligent’ could cause crisis in higher education: New report
Artificial Intelligence is racist and sexist and could send higher education into a “global crisis” by accepting it is “intelligent”, warns a new research paper by a Charles Darwin University academic.
Woman attacked in her bedroom after being woken by armed offenders: Police
A woman was “assaulted with an edged weapon” in her bedroom after being woken by intruders, leaving her with unspecified lower body injuries that were treated in Royal Darwin Hospital, with her attackers still on the run, NT Police said.
12-year-old and 13-year-old boys arrested over grog shop ram raid: Police
Two teens were arrested over several home break ins, car thefts, a break-in of and theft from a licensed premises, and a police car chase, while 12-year-old and 13-year-old boys were arrested over a ram raid of another grog shop, NT Police said.
‘We have to pick up the pieces for the government’: NTPA on dealing with welfare of youth on streets
A serious police incident in Palmerston on Saturday night involving an “armed offender” that lasted seven hours – and was not reported to the public – caused massive disruptions to already strained officers responding to general duties, the police union boss has said.
Bushfires NT warns of massive bushfires to come this season
The firestorm that had burned 36,000 hectares and extended over 34 km north and 16 km south around Alice Springs at the weekend is only the start of a potential horrific bushfire season that could leave 80 per cent of the NT burned, Bushfires NT has said.
Darwin Airport runway upgrade schedule announced, Jetstar cancels Bali flights for a period
Jetstar has announced it has cancelled flights between Darwin and Bali for about three weeks in October because of runway upgrades at Darwin Airport, with the federal Defence Department’s works schedule announced and the main runway to be closed for 9.5 hours a day for close to two months.
Children steal school bus, go on joy ride around Alice Springs
Eight children under the age of 12 have been arrested after allegedly stealing a school bus in Alice Springs overnight, which they crashed through a locked gate and drove around town, police said.