Basketball Australia will not comment on the findings of its national integrity unit’s investigation into questionable proposed income streams at the now-defunct Darwin Basketball Association, while former DBA chair Gary Shipway has not responded to questions, with his employer, News Corp, stating his role overseeing the financially collapsed association is unrelated to his current role as deputy editor of the NT News.
Former NT Police and Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw has been appointed the interim chief executive officer of the troubled St John Ambulance NT organisation until the recruitment process for the role is finished, the organisation said.
Papua New Guinea’s Auditor-General has more independence from the executive branch of government than the Northern Territory’s, according to a startling report, which has raised concerns about how effectively the NT Government is held to account for its exorbitant spending of taxpayer funds.
Police are investigating after an unmarked police vehicle collided with the rear of a motorcycle in Palmerston on Monday morning, sending the motorcyclist to hospital, while an officer was subjected to a breathalyser, NT Police said.
A government-backed initiative that aims to get vacant commercial buildings in the Darwin CBD repurposed for student accommodation or to serve as hostels, has been given a two-year timeframe by the CLP Government, but it remains unclear how popular the plan is with local developers and landowners.
The NT Opposition has called for the appointment of David Connolly as the next Administrator to be “put on hold and reviewed”, writing to the Governor-General over the weekend to seek “further advice” following revelations of his offensive social media comments, while Mr Connolly issued a statement on Monday claiming that he did not mean to “cause offence”, but stopped short of apologising to Indigenous Territorians for his repeated online ridicule.
The Finocchiaro Government has spent $8.1 million converting part of Holtze Prison into a standalone women’s section, but has still not disclosed the overall cost of its five-year prison master plan, as inmate numbers continue to rise to just 50 prisoners below the capacity the government said it would be able to house by 2028.
NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert following an incident at the Darwin Civic Centre construction site, where an excavator bucket injured a 50-year-old worker last week, while the City and contractor DCOH said they are cooperating with authorities.
Severe performance failures in the NT’s healthcare system have been labelled “deeply disappointing”, with the failure to meet national service delivery targets raising serious concerns about the state of healthcare in the Territory.
Two men have been arrested at an industrial yard in Woolner for their alleged role in dozens of thefts and burglaries across the Darwin and Palmerston region since last November, with NT Police recovering “a large quantity” of stolen property they want to reunite with owners. SEE THE PICTURES
Attendance rates at Northern Territory schools in 2025 dropped by half a per cent on 2024 despite the introduction of truancy officers in November of that year. Education Minister Jo Hersey said today she was doubling down on her government’s plan to get kids to school and hold parents accountable for non-attendance, but did not directly reference the marginal decline.
Nearly a kilogram and a half of cannabis was seized from a property in Galiwinku on Wednesday after a tip-off that the marijuana arrived in town by boat, NT Police said.
