NT Field and Game has proposed the NT Government start a million dollar pig competition in Parks and Wildlife reserves which would run in a similar way to the popular barramundi version, to reduce the feral pig population, protect the environment, and attract tourists.
NT Police are searching for six antique firearms that were reportedly stolen from a Stuart Park residence between March 3 and 5.
The Fyles Government has paid $11 million for a new design of the controversial Darwin ship lift through a select tender process that was taken under “extreme urgency” after joint venture contractor Clough Group was placed in voluntary administration in December.
Hold Access (Wuna) was chosen as the sole Northern Territory winner in the 2023 Telstra Best of Business Awards, picking up awards across the Building Communities and the Embracing Innovation categories.
Casuarina Senior College and Sanderson Middle School students have been banned from Casuarina Square shopping centre for four weeks, after some students were fighting in the complex, the centre’s management have said.
The NT Independent is providing an update of resource news from across the Northern Territory. Highlights this week include a revised mine closure plan for the Ranger uranium project to be filed in September this year, PNX obtaining environmental approval for its Fountain Head project, and Empire Energy Group strengthening its commercialization plan after getting positive flow testing results from its Carpentaria well in the Beetaloo Sub-Basin, plus more.
The Barkly Regional Council chief executive officer is on leave for as long as she wants, Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin has said, while the council agenda shows the man who the government appointed to run the sacked Palmerston Council was part of a confidential discussion about “leadership” and “executive recruitment” on the day the council said her leave was extended.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and Territory Labor claim they knew about Arafura candidate Manuel Brown’s conviction in relation to killing a woman in 2009 with his car – but chose not to let the public know – and that he will remain the party’s candidate for the March 18 by-election despite his “demons”.
SEE THE LIST: The Supreme Court witness list for Children’s Commissioner Colleen Gwynne’s trial on a single charge of abuse of office has been revealed and it includes senior public servants, senior NT Police officers, the former public employment commissioner, the man who is currently making revisions to the ICAC Act, government lawyers and the woman many tip to be the next NT Police commissioner.
Resources company Tivan has opened a new office in Darwin following the company’s recent announcement of building a mineral processing facility at the proposed Middle Arm industrial area.
A woman has died after being hit by a vehicle in Ludmilla overnight, NT Police said.
Changes to the former Litchfield Council chief executive officer’s contract signed off by the former mayor, that allowed him to keep his council car even if he was sacked for any reason, were discussed at a confidential meeting of councillors last year but the council has not said what happened and if it is being investigated.
