The applicants of a Federal Court action seeking details of a secret deal Darwin Council signed with a developer to build a 21-storey civic centre-private office tower say they have dropped the original case because a court date would be too late to stop construction, but said they are still looking at a claim to stop millions of dollars in car park levies being spent on the building and instead returned to developers and property owners who have paid the fees.
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has defended hiring former low-level bureaucrat and one-time gas lobbyist Stuart Knowles as the Territory Coordinator, claiming on radio that he was hand-selected for the role without going through a public recruitment process because of his “vast experience” in the government and private industry and for his record of delivering “major projects”, but his work background suggests neither claim is accurate, the NT Independent can reveal.
A man has been charged with murder over the death of another man in Palmerston in March, NT Police said.
NT public servants will have a redeployment option taken from them and the Commissioner for Public Employment will be able to make determinations about their employment outside of the current enterprise agreement under a proposal put forward amid ongoing negotiations, the Community and Public Sector Union says, adding it could result in job cuts.
Eleven youths and two adults were arrested in connection to a string of stolen vehicles across Darwin overnight that saw one stolen ute crashed on the highway north of Adelaide River, resulting in two adults and two youths arrested and taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries, NT Police said, with other offenders still on the run.
Delays and cancellations to low-tide ferry services at Cullen Bay due to seasonal weather and sedimentation build up has prompted an urgent maintenance dredging this month.
A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man multiple times in the chest during a street fight involving 20 people in the Alice Springs CBD, leaving him in a critical condition, NT Police said.
NT Police have emphasised that a woman the agency says was killed in a collision in Palmerston yesterday was not already dead when the stolen car she was in crashed into another car, while it has been reported the driver was allegedly on bail after being on the run from police for close to a decade.
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s claims that she was unaware of criminal animal abuse charges against Territory Coordinator Stuart Knowles before she appointed him have been seemingly contradicted by a May 2023 email sent to her from a whistleblower, detailing the animal abuse investigation cover-up and other alleged misconduct concerning current Mining and Energy CEO Alister Trier, who ordered the charges against Mr Knowles be dropped.
Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley’s brother acted as referee for incoming Legal Aid director Catherine Voumard, who was picked for the role by Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby against the recommendations of an independent selection panel, an MLA said in Parliament Wednesday, after Ms Boothby suggested Ms Voumard should have been interviewed for the role because of her connections to Peter Maley’s law firm.
A 71-year-old worker was seriously injured and nearly died after slicing his face and throat with a nine-inch angle grinder during reno work at a Winnellie industrial shed, NT WorkSafe said, while issuing a public safety alert.
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has ordered yet another inquiry to explore voluntary assisted dying laws in the Northern Territory – less than a year after the last comprehensive inquiry – which comes amid pressure in Parliament on the government to finally implement the laws and opposition from the Australia Christian Lobby.
