An 83-year-old resident was confronted in his Katherine house by three males who allegedly tried to break in while armed with blunt and edged weapons last Tuesday, and who are still on the run, NT Police said.
Vice-chancellor’s daughter hired at CDU amid expected layoffs, deep ‘financial stress’
Under fire CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman’s daughter was hired this month by his direct subordinate for a role at the university, amid deep financial losses and expected sackings.
Former INPEX boss named interim Territory Coordinator as bill released for public comment
The Finocchiaro Government has named former INPEX NT general manager Stuart Knowles as the interim Territory Coordinator, on the same day it publicly released its proposed legislation that would give the position and the Chief Minister sweeping powers to exempt certain projects from environmental and other regulatory processes.
Empire given environmental approval to frack gas in the Beetaloo
Empire Energy’s pilot project to frack gas in the Beetaloo Basin has been given environmental approval, the company has said, while an environmental group estimated the approval would allow the company to use 410 million litres of water, the equivalent of 164 Olympic swimming pools and produce 72 pools worth of fracking wastewater over the life of the project.
‘Incredulous’: Mpriza Group, manager plead guilty to endangering workers
Solar installation company Mpriza Group Pty Ltd and its manager, Nicholas Zikos, have been fined after pleading guilty in Darwin Local Court to multiple work health and safety breaches, some of which were brought after the company “inadvertently” sent evidence of its own wrongdoing to NT WorkSafe.
Darwin Council to splash $77 million on new civic centre
Darwin Council will spend more than double the money on a new civic centre than it said it would spend two years ago, as part of a new public-private development deal announced with developer DCOH.
Darwin to host high-level defence meetings with US, Japan this week
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will join Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles in Darwin this weekend for the 14th Trilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting to enhance military cooperation and address tensions in the Indo-Pacific.
Calls for illegal foreign fishing vessel crackdown after men discovered on Croker Island
Federal officials will be visiting the Territory to ensure there is “a clear understanding of the demand pressures and the environment” around the protection of the NT’s borders, the Chief Minister has said, while the head of a land council called on the Australian Border Force to “do their job properly” after four foreign nationals arrived by fishing boat to Peacock Island this week.
CDU fails to get medical school accreditation
Charles Darwin University has failed to get accreditation for its medical school and has been forced to write to applicants to tell them they cannot study there next year, vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has said.
ICAC Michael Riches puts home up for sale, as well as pop star memorabilia
Anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches has put his $1.2 million Stuart Park home up for auction at the end of the month amid a drawn-out investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff members, the NT Independent can reveal, with the listing featuring a controversial taxpayer-funded security camera system he was accused of using to harass his wife.
NT Government’s Middle Arm business case rejected by Infrastructure Australia: FOI docs
Infrastructure Australia rejected the Northern Territory Government’s business case for the proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show, while the NT Environmental Protection Agency has extended its deadline by two years for the government to submit an environment impact statement, pushing the project start date back to at least 2026.
‘It’s a joke’: $10m amphibious airplane project grounded, Chief Minister says
Millions of Territory taxpayer dollars have been wasted on the proposal to manufacture amphibious aircraft in the Northern Territory, with the Chief Minister announcing the project is currently in limbo as the government attempts to claw back millions from Amphibious Aerospace Industries, which is allegedly only operating out of the United States currently.