The controversial decision to lease the Darwin Port to a Chinese-owned company that is now under review by the Department of Defence has caused the Northern Territory “reputational harm”, Chief Minister Michael Gunner said, implicating his head public servant Jodie Ryan in the hot-button issue.
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Minister Michael Gunner charged taxpayers more than $20,000 for charter flights to campaign across the Territory during the 2020 general election, in an apparent breach of caretaker conventions, the NT Independent can reveal. The flights included family, a personal photographer and were approved by Mr Gunner’s brother-in-law.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner needs to explain to Territorians how a senior public servant in his department accepted a gift of travel without disclosing it from a private company that is seeking taxpayer money for a development, the Territory’s opposition parties say.
EXCLUSIVE: The Northern Territory’s second-most senior public servant Andy Cowan had a trip to Disney World paid for by a private company seeking government funds to build an interpretive centre at Jabiru which appears to not have been disclosed, the NT Independent can reveal.
