After many months of searching, the Finocchiaro CLP Government has hired a former adviser to the NSW police commissioner and noted “crisis management specialist” as its new director of communications.
‘Fast and fearless’: MXGP set for this weekend as world motocross arrives in NT
The highly anticipated Motocross World Championship will make its return to Australia after a 24-year hiatus this weekend in Darwin, when world class racing hits the Hidden Valley Motorsports complex on a new purpose-built international motocross track.
Woman arrested for alleged assault on family member
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly inflicting head injuries on a female family member in Palmerston yesterday, NT Police said.
Man who bragged about running Indigenous men down in hit-and-run may have no jail sentence appealed by DPP
A 24-year-old Darwin man who was spared jail time this week after killing an Aboriginal man with his car in 2024 and leaving another injured before fleeing the scene and bragging in text messages to mates about teaching an “oxygen thief” a lesson may have his sentence appealed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Man arrested over partner’s death
A man has been arrested after his partner died after being found unresponsive in the front yard of their Palmerston home overnight, NT Police said.
Community disturbance at Tennant Creek; police assault and other violent incidents reported over weekend
Two women were taken to hospital with head injuries following a “large disturbance” in Tennant Creek Sunday afternoon, that involved some members of the crowd armed with “various weapons”, NT Police said, with investigations continuing and no arrests made yet.
Former deputy Palmerston CEO appointed head of Agriculture and Fisheries
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has appointed the former deputy chief executive of the City of Palmerston as the new CEO of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, amid assurances her former boss, head public servant Luccio Circarelli, was not involved in the hiring process.
‘It diminishes confidence’: NT EPA chair’s undisclosed perceived conflict of interest with gas lobbyist firm raised
An MLA, a national integrity body and the Environment Centre are calling for action to be taken against the head of the NT Environment Protection Authority after it was revealed on Friday that he did not disclose a perceived conflict of interest he had by working for a lobbyist firm that did work for the co-owner of the Darwin Liquified Natural Gas plant, the gas plant he made key decisions about after it was found to be leaking methane.
Mayoral how-to-vote card scandal intensifies as Styles fires legal letter at Amye Un
Newly-elected Darwin Lord Mayor Peter Styles has sent defeated candidate Amye Un a cease and desist legal letter, attempting to publicly silence her on questionable legal grounds over her allegation he and his election team were involved in the production and distribution of fraudulent how-to-vote cards during the mayoral election, which is currently under investigation by the NT Police.
SunCable shifts focus to powering data centres with AAPowerLink project
SunCable has shifted its focus to supplying renewable energy to Australian data centres through its Australia-Asia Power Link solar and battery initiative, which the company said was in response to the growing demand for renewable solutions for energy-intensive data centres and will occur before exporting the power overseas.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price dumped from Liberal frontbench after week of turmoil
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been sacked from the Liberal frontbench after refusing to publicly support Sussan Ley’s leadership amid an ongoing dispute over comments she made last week about the Albanese Government prioritising migrants from India because they support Labor.
Chief Minister off to Japan while cost and length of trip not disclosed
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro is on her way to Japan today to discuss the Territory’s “strategic and economic partnerships with Japan”, which it appears will focus on gas and mining with private companies, while details of who in the Japanese Government she is meeting with to directly discuss increasing the presence of Japanese forces in the NT was not disclosed.