While calling the NT Government’s new water security plan “a step in the right direction”, the Environmental Defenders Office NT is questioning whether the government can achieve its stated goals while key details of the plan are missing.
‘Police sick of the NT Government treating them like fools’: NTPA on police commissioner payout
The NT Police Association president has said his members deserve to know how much money former police commissioner Jamie Chalker’s secret payout will take off the agency’s operational budget, adding it was concerning the Police Minister said she did not know how much he was given.
New analysis shows Middle Arm plan flawed, Beetaloo and Barossa gas business cases not viable
The proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct is an ambitious plan, but ultimately a flawed concept that relies on too many unproven assumptions, including the viability of carbon capture, the cost of which will ultimately fall on the taxpayer, a report by an international energy market analysis body says.
Two more youths on bail re-arrested for alleged Palmerston robbery
Two women at a Palmerston cafe on Tuesday evening were allegedly robbed by three youths who approached them and stole a handbag, later attempting to use the keys in the bag to steal one of the victims’ car, NT Police said.
More ram raids with stolen cars overnight in northern suburbs
Shopping centres in Anula and Jingili were ram raided overnight after a group of male youths reportedly stole two cars from Nightcliff for a crime spree around the northern suburbs, NT Police said.
Have you seen Andy? Minister loses cool over question about missing chief executive
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler lost her temper during Estimates on Wednesday after the Opposition asked if absent DIPL chief executive Andrew Kirkman had resigned from the role after his no-show at the public hearing.
NT jobs website requiring people to move out of the Territory for work
A website the Fyles Government built to advertise jobs in the Northern Territory is offering people the chance to relocate to Western Australia for work and has also bizarrely advertised a job with the Sydney Swans in partnership with a Wollongong high school to monitor “fan engagement” in Katherine South.
Train derails southwest of Katherine, firefighters fighting blaze at site
UPDATED: A train derailed southwest of Katherine and caught fire, NT Police said, which the NT Independent understands led to people being evacuated from nearby properties after reports the fire had spread.
Child car thieves busted; seven others arrested in stolen Wadeye car: Police
NT Police arrested and charged nine people in the span of a couple days in relation to stolen cars and an alleged ram raid by a 12-and 13-year-old with high-end luxury cars while out on bail.
Secret Chalker payout came out of police budget: Lawler
Treasurer Eva Lawler has confirmed the secret taxpayer-funded payout to former police commissioner Jamie Chalker after his botched sacking will affect the NT Police bottom line, with the undisclosed sum coming out of the police budget.
Former Darwin alderman arrested: Sources
Update: A former Darwin Council alderman is believed to have been arrested on Tuesday on domestic violence charges after resigning three weeks ago citing mental health problems, with the Mayor saying at the time he “knew the reasons” behind his departure and thanked him for his service.
‘Is there ever a problem?’: Tourism Minister says crime not to blame for slow start to season
Tourism Minister Nicole Manison has downplayed the effect crime is having on tourism to the Territory, telling Budget Estimates that interest rate rises are the real culprit for the NT’s sluggish start to its peak tourism season.