The Finocchiaro CLP Government has announced a major shake-up of the public service that will see the number of departments expand from 12 to 18, with two departmental chief executives losing their jobs, and others being rotated around.
Vermelha Station owner agrees to $200k safety improvement after serious crush injury to farm hand
A cattle company operating a station south of Katherine have agreed to spend $200,000 on safety improvements after a workers’ arm was amputated in a serious crush injury in 2022.
Man arrested over alleged bashing in remote community
A man was arrested for allegedly bashing a family member at an unspecified Central Australian community on Sunday night, leaving the victim with serious head injuries, while a vehicle was also allegedly driven through a fence and another person was brandishing a firearm at the same location, NT Police said.
New CLP Cabinet named
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has announced her first Cabinet, that will be made up of all six of her former opposition team members, as well as newcomers Robyn Cahill and political unknown Jinson Charls.
One youth on the run after alleged armed robbery of service station
Two youths allegedly held up a Katherine service station, one armed with an “edged” weapon, while one of the youths is still on the run, NT Police said.
Woman killed in Darwin collision
A woman died following a two-car collision in Winnellie on Sunday evening, making her the second person to be killed on Territory roads on the same day, NT Police said.
‘Deeply ashamed’: Independent MLA’s husband charged with drink driving
Independent Member for Araluen Robyn Lambley has taken to social media to announce her husband Craig Lambley was arrested and charged last week with mid-range drink driving in Alice Springs and that he is currently “taking measures to address his drinking problem”.
Police searching for taxi driver who hit man after being assaulted
The NT Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a taxi driver who was allegedly assaulted in Casuarina on Thursday evening, but fought back, sending a 50-year-old man to hospital “in a serious condition”.
NT’s renewable efforts continue to fall short against other states and territories
The Northern Territory is falling short in advancing its efforts to meet the government’s renewable energy goal of 50 per cent by 2030 compared to other parts of the country, the Climate Council of Australia says.
Greens lead Labor in Nightcliff after recount, as former chief minister now looks likely to lose
Former chief minister Natasha Fyles is trailing the Greens’ Kat McNamara in Nightcliff following a redistribution of preference votes, with Labor now on the verge of losing every Darwin seat it had once viewed as its heartland.
Traditional owners initiate new legal challenge against Singleton Station’s groundwater licence
The Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation has presented its case against Singleton Station to the full bench of the Supreme Court, again challenging the November 2021 approval of the agricultural water licence that would allow Fortune Agribusiness to use 40,000 mega-litres, or 40 billion litres, of water annually at the site.
Construction firm, director charged following serious vehicle incident
Darwin-based C&R Constructions has been charged by NT WorkSafe after one of its workers with a learner’s licence was involved in a severe motor vehicle incident with a company car that injured two pedestrians on Bees Creek Road last year.