The Lawler Government has given a special reserve status to the Jabiluka area in Kakadu National Park which would disallow uranium mining but it will likely not come into effect as Energy Resources Australia has said it had applied to renew its Jabiluka mineral lease which would void the protection.
The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches was so afraid his career would be over after being served with a domestic violence order in May 2023, that he offered to pay his estranged wife $20,000 to ensure the matter never made it to the courts, according to a report in The Australian, while the NT Independent can confirm he did not disclose the matter to the ICAC Inspector.
UPDATED: A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder, rape and breaching a domestic violence order in connection to the death of a woman in Coconut Grove on Saturday afternoon, NT Police said.
Charles Darwin University has been given free land by the NT Government for a new student accommodation facility in the Darwin CBD, which it says will take two years to build, without any explanation as to why the government or university did not start on it two years ago amid a shortage of rental properties and as the new city campus nears completion.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches has taken leave while at least two possible investigations are underway into accusations made by his estranged wife that he perpetrated domestic violence over a 10-year period and his possible failure to disclose the allegation.
The chairman of the troubled Anindilyakwa Land Council, who was also an employee of the council along with having roles in two companies which were distributed royalties by the council, has resigned, following allegations that are the subject of an investigation into council by the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s integrity group.
The Territory’s peak construction industry body is calling on the NT Government to immediately introduce “substantial grants” to boost demand for new housing construction after figures show private dwellings in the NT dropped to only 25 approvals in April.
Darwin will host the AFLW Dreamtime game in October in a one-year deal the Chief Minister refused to disclose the cost of, however a government report shows it would cost taxpayers roughly $300,000 to buy the AFLW game, with the costs for other regular AFL games also disclosed in the report.
The mix of extraordinarily high rents and cut-rate homes for sale could spell disaster for the Top End property market if not immediately dealt with, real estate market experts have said.
Police Minister Brent Potter has thrown his support behind embattled Police Commissioner Michael Murphy after it was revealed at a coronial inquest on Wednesday that Mr Murphy chose not to investigate racist awards handed out by the NT Police tactical unit when he first became aware of them last year and lied to the public about his knowledge of the awards six months later.
EXCLUSIVE: The NT’s anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches says there is “no substance” to serious allegations made by his estranged wife in a recent social media post accusing him of perpetrating domestic violence against her over a 10-year period.
Parks Australia will plead guilty to damaging a sacred site at Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National Park during construction work in 2019, the authority has said.
