The crowd outside NT Parliament house at Darwin’s third anti-crime rally chanted “stop the lies” and “stop the violence” to the Labor government politicians inside, with official banners that read “boiling point”, as organisers called for the Chief Minister to resign and for Parliament to be dissolved.
Territorians are advised to guard against mosquito bites after a person died in the Big Rivers region from Murray Valley encephalitis, which followed an earlier fatality from the infection in the Top End region, NT Health has warned.
Matt Wright’s Top End Safari Camp has confirmed an airboat crash at the Bynoe bush resort sent two tourists to hospital.
The Fyles Government has gagged an Independent MLA during debate in Parliament about the ongoing crime crisis after she raised concerns about Labor’s acceptance of criminals, including a child rapist, in its highest ranks. READ WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
The CLP Leader’s budget reply speech was quickly criticised for providing a promotion to a key MLA amid leadership turmoil in the party. READ WHAT LIA FINOCCHIARO SAID HERE.
A shortage of police officers in Alice Springs is about to get worse with more than a dozen cops applying to Queensland amid the ongoing crime crisis, the NT Independent understands, which sources say will have catastrophic impacts on policing in the troubled town.
The Territory Government is acting unlawfully by allowing the Mandorah jetty to breach national disability and accessibility regulations, the Federal Infrastructure and Transport Department has said, while the department says it cannot confirm how many public transport services are currently not compliant with new regulations introduced after a 20-year lead time.
The Fyles Government’s 2023 Budget has failed to adequately address pressing law and order issues, says the CLP Opposition and the union representing police, as the ongoing crime crisis across the Territory continues unabated
Highlights this week include Core Lithium’s BP33 project get approved by the NT government, a former chief minister appointed as a non-executive director of Pure Hydrogen, Lithium Plus to start phase three drilling at its Bynoe project, and MetalsGrove contracts Topdrill for its initial Bruce rare earths operation.
A 61-year-old man is in hospital after reportedly being stabbed in the neck by an intruder during an aggravated robbery at his home in the northern suburbs, with police calling for the public’s help to locate the offender who fled the scene in the man’s car.
Despite bringing in more GST money than ever before, Treasurer Eva Lawler says a surplus for the Northern Territory is still not expected until 2026, while the Fyles Government continues to borrow with the net debt forecast to continue to increase for the next three years. SEE THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS HERE
Infrastructure Minister Eva Lawler says she told Chief Minister Natasha Fyles about the extensive damage at the Howard Springs workers’ camp in the days before Ms Fyles’s last denial, but the Chief Minister has since denied any knowledge of the damage that she had specifically sent Ms Lawler to the facility to investigate.
