The Lawler Government will not appeal a full bench of the Fair Work Commission decision that it stole firefighter’s overtime with Public Employment Minister Selena Uibo telling Estimates hearings last week the government was still working out how many firefighters are affected and admitted it may offer payments for only part of the hours owed.
The Federal and NT governments have signed an agreement establishing a 10-year remote housing partnership which aims to halve overcrowding in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory by 2034.
EXCLUSIVE: An investigation report into the operations of the Barkly Regional Council has recommended that former chief executive officer Emma Bradbury be considered for prosecution over breaches of the Local Government Act related to a conflict of interest, while Ms Bradbury has denied any wrong doing.
A man was killed when his motorbike crashed in Litchfield.National Park on Saturday, NT Police said.
A 22-year-old man was ejected from his car and killed when the vehicle he was driving crashed and rolled on Larapinta Drive west of Alice Springs on Saturday morning, NT Police said.
The former chief executive officer of the Barkly Regional Council deliberately tried to sabotage an investigation the NT Government ordered the council to undertake on itself, a new report has found, while the entire council has now been officially dismissed.
The Lawler Labor Government will not make any official changes to rules around the use of taxpayer money for campaign purposes ahead of August’s election in the aftermath of an ICAC report that showed the party used public funds at the 2020 election for political purposes, with the Opposition calling the surprise deferral “more of the same tricks” by a government that “lacks transparency”.
Keith Kerinauia has been found guilty of murder in the stabbing death of bottle shop worker Declan Laverty after an eight-day trial.
Glencore’s McArthur River Mine is facing charges for allegedly causing damage to a “barramundi dreaming” site considered sacred by traditional owners.
Tamboran Resources is hoping to raise $262.5 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange to continue its gas exploration interests in the Beetaloo Basin, with prospectus figures showing it has $29.5 million in cash cash equivalents but needs $85.5 million to operate for the rest of the year, however company director Andrew Robb said the capital required can be raised before it starts generating income in 2026.
Labor has promised to ban commercial barramundi fishing gillnets and buy back commercial licences if elected, before the release of the NT Fisheries’ review of the barramundi fishery that was promised by the party in the lead up to the last election, with the announcement also at odds with a 2021 government statement about developing a seafood processing facility.
A NT Local Court judge awarded a woman $120,000 in civil damages after finding a police officer slipped a finger into her vagina during an illegal search for drugs and jewellery that was done in front of male police officers, adding if the matter were raised in a criminal court it would likely constitute an assault and battery.
