A 55-year-old former government employee at a research facility south of Alice Springs has been charged with animal cruelty offences after 71 cattle were found deceased or dying at the facility in 2023, NT Police said.
Chief Minister calls on Darwin Council to open Cyclone Tracy memorial unveiling to the public
Darwin Council should open the Cyclone Tracy 50th anniversary memorial sculpture unveiling to the general public and listen to the public’s criticism of the controversial design, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has said, while the Prime Minister, federal Infrastructure Minister, and federal Member for Solomon will not comment on the exclusion of Cyclone Tracy survivors from the event, or the Mayor’s latest denial that it is not a memorial for one of Australia’s most destructive natural disasters.
Missing offender, NAAJA employee arrested in hotel following police manhunt
A 36-year-old woman is facing perverting the course of justice charges for her alleged involvement in helping a 20-year-old offender who reportedly cut off his ankle monitoring device last week evade police, with The Australian reporting the woman is a NAAJA employee who was in a “relationship” with the offender.
Car rego fees frozen, free drivers’ licences part of CLP’s cost of living relief plan
The Finocchiaro Government has frozen car registration fees and will give Territorians a free driver’s licence for a year, as part of its plan to ease the cost-of-living crisis, but the costs to the Territory’s budget have not been disclosed.
$200k worth of damage at new Holtze youth prison in first week: Government
Six youth detainees at the new Holtze Youth Detention Centre have allegedly caused $200,000 worth of damage at the facility, in what the government called a “deliberate act of vandalism”, that saw teens allegedly smash wash basins, tear metal intercom panels and light and power sockets from the walls, leaving the rooms unusable and live wires exposed in the first week the facility was opened.
Cyclone Tracy memorial not a ‘memorial’ and secret VIP unveiling event is not an ‘event’: Mayor
Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has once again publicly denied the Cyclone Tracy 50th anniversary monument – which the Federal Government provided $600,000 to create – is actually a monument or a memorial for one of Australia’s worst natural disasters, adding that a secret VIP event the council organised to unveil it was not actually an “event”, after facing intense public outrage.
Former NLC CEOs say they have not been approached by National Anti-Corruption Commission
Former Northern Land Council chief executive officers Joe Martin-Jard and Marion Scrymgour have both said they have not been approached by the National Anti-Corruption Commission about an investigation it is conducting into the land council, after raids on its Darwin offices last month and amid questions on Friday at Senate Estimates hearings.
Anindilyakwa Land Council interim CEO says he ‘understands’ former CEO being probed by corruption watchdog
The interim chief executive officer of the Anindilyakwa Land Council has said it is his “understanding” that the former CEO Mark Hewitt is under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Officer punched in the face after attempting to tip out alcohol in park
Two police officers attempting to enforce the CLP Government’s new nuisance public drinking laws were allegedly assaulted by members of a group drinking in a park, with one female officer punched in the face and another having a metal pole thrown at him, NT Police said.
CDU’s Scott Bowman heaps praise on CLP Government from China after staffer’s public criticism
A Charles Darwin University staffer who publicly criticised the CLP Government in an op-ed for acting like “dictators” who engage in “shady” politics, has been rebuked by vice-chancellor Scott Bowman from China in his own opinion piece, in which he wrote that he was impressed by everything the CLP is doing, including a proposal to give an unelected bureaucrat the ability to override environmental regulations.
Basketball Australia executives visit Darwin to assess financial situation of the sport
Basketball Australia senior executives have visited Darwin to assess the financial situation of the sport and how to manage it in the future, following the exposure of a financial crisis, the head of the peak body has said, and amid reports the Darwin Salties will not return next year.
Political parties, others facing audit over 2024 NT election donations and expenses
Four years after finding deliberate non-compliance of campaign financial disclosure laws by the NT’s political parties and donors, the NT Electoral Commission has again ordered an audit of the major political parties, independents and other election participants to ensure they properly disclosed their donations and expenditure at the 2024 NT election.