Failed negotiations between the NT Government and Traditional Owners has resulted in access to the East Alligator and Mini Mini/Murgenella regions blocked for commercial fishing, which is expected to impact the national seafood market and has sent “shockwaves through the whole industry”, the peak body for commercial fishing in the NT has said.
UPDATED: A worker at Charles Darwin University’s city campus construction site has suffered a “crush injury” in an incident involving a forklift, which is the latest incident at the construction site that was investigated last year after a worker fell from scaffolding.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with multiple property offences after allegedly being involved in two break-ins, which included a ram raid with a stolen vehicle, NT Police said.
The NT Land Corporation has released a detail design consultancy tender for an “emerging agribusiness precinct” at Gunn Point, which will involve clearing 262 ha of land to be irrigated with up 1,500 Megalitres of water annually.
The NT Government has issued an Expression of Interest to build, operate or partner for a modern aged care facility specializing in dementia services that could be opened to service the Greater Darwin area through a process the Chief Minister called “unusual”.
CLP president Lawson Broad has spectacularly quit the Country Liberal Party just days out from a crucial by-election over the rank-and-file’s decision last month to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, claiming the party’s position could be “interpreted as racist”.
NT Police have now charged three men in connection to the death of a man in Millner last week who was found in the carpark at the Rapid Creek Business Village on Trower Road.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include Core Lithium doubling its estimated mineral resources at Finniss, Red Mountain’s Northern Territory exploration to start soon, Empire continues to report strong gas flows in the Beetaloo, Tennant reports substantial gold results at Barkly, and more.
The chief executive officer of the Barkly Regional Council Emma Bradbury has resigned the council has said, with a statement praising her leadership despite the still unresolved serious allegations of bullying and harassment during her time in the top job, and offering no reason for her departure.
The NT Police say their investigation into Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne’s abuse of office charge is “not in question” and put the failure to successfully prosecute on the Director of Public Prosecutions, who issued a surprise statement appearing to blame the Supreme Court judge for the botched trial that was ended just days after it started.
A delegation led by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade has travelled to Singapore to promote the Northern Territory as a key tourism destination given its proximity to the island nation, which comes seven months after Jetstar cut its route.
UPDATED: The AFLNT’s Gwynne Medal, awarded to the best and fairest female player of the year, will be renamed following revelations at Colleen Gwynne’s now discontinued criminal trial that she used racist and derogatory language to describe a female Aboriginal co-worker.
