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StrategicPremiumDefence push for ‘guns over butter’ Budget boost

Regional uncertainty is set to see a boost to defence spending – but at what cost to Australians’ other needs?

Charles Miranda

ExclusivePremiumBosses spying on workers at home

More Australians are being asked to install ‘big brother’ software to keep working from home but experts say it’s a bad idea.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

BusinessPremiumFormer NT Cattlemen’s Association boss wins top award

Former NT Cattlemen’s Association boss Tracey Hayes has been recognised in Queensland for her work in the beef industry, being named the 2021 Queensland Country Life Beef Achiever.

GARY SHIPWAY

COVID-19PremiumKatherine residents fed up as wait for local access to COVID-19 vaccine drags on

A Katherine resident is fed up as the town continues to go without a COVID-19 vaccination facility for the general public.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

ObituaryPremiumVale, Christo: NT Aboriginal rights leader John Lyle Christophersen to be farewelled today

NT Indigenous rights activist John Lyle ‘Christo’ Christophersen will be farewelled at the Botanic Gardens today. The NT News pays tribute to his memory with a eulogy written by Chips Mackinolty in co-ordination with Mr Christophersen’s family.

STAFF REPORTER

TourismPremiumEarly bid for Territorians to use returning tourism vouchers by holidaying at home this Christmas

The returning Territory tourism voucher scheme will be released in stages as it was last wet season, and Tourism Top End is making an early bid for Territorians to holiday at home again this Christmas to reap the rewards.

GARY SHIPWAY

Restoring safetyPremiumHopes for Darwin ‘wet camp’ for itinerants to be established by next dry season

Plans to establish a ‘wet camp’ in Darwin to monitor alcohol consumption and behaviour has moved a step closer, with talks between Larrakia Traditional Owners and out-of-town countrymen progressing.

WILL ZWAR

Youth crimePremiumBail changes a ‘dagger in the heart’ of youth justice system, lawyers warn

The lawyers who represent kids facing the Territory’s youth courts have slammed the NT government’s bail reforms as ‘a dagger in the heart of our youth justice system’.

JASON WALLS

Federal Budget 2021-22PremiumNT’s Beetaloo Basin to benefit from $58.6m federal govt gas investment

The importance of the Northern Territory’s gas rich Beetaloo Basin will be further emphasised in the federal budget with $58.6m of measures to further drive Australia’s gas-fired economic recovery.

GARY SHIPWAY

NT Budget 2021-22PremiumGunner govt accused of tossing NT Budget scrutiny out the window

The Gunner Government has been accused of throwing budget scrutiny out the window by slashing the number of Opposition members on the Estimates Committee.

GARY SHIPWAY

‘No one is taking my kids’PremiumMum charged after trying to stop kids being taken into care avoids conviction

A Top End mum charged with resisting police after trying to stop her kids being taken from her and placed into the care of their allegedly abusive father has avoided a conviction.

JASON WALLS

COVID-19PremiumPM says Howard Springs will take bulk of passengers on India repatriation flights

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that passengers on repatriation flights from India, which will likely resume from May 15, will principally go into the Howard Springs quarantine facility, as the NT government remains in the dark over reports.

GARY SHIPWAY

COVID-19PremiumNT expands COVID-19 case location watch list

Territorians and visitors to the NT are being encouraged to continually check the full list of COVID-19 case locations, if they have been in New South Wales since April 30.

WILL ZWAR

CrimePremiumIrrigation spike wielding man arrested after Esplanade attack

A man who attacked a woman on the Esplanade while wielding an irrigation spike after asking her for a cigarette has been arrested, police say.

STAFF REPORTER

Council ratesPremiumRate rise on the cards for Palmerston residents

Palmerston residents are facing a rate rise of at least of $30 a year or 2.4 per cent under the 2012-22 draft Municipal Plan and Budget.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

‘In fear for his life’PremiumGirl who ran over former MLA also pleads guilty to endangering cop’s life

A teenage girl who ran over former Member for Wanguri John Bailey last year — almost completely severing his hand in the process — has pleaded guilty to causing serious harm.

JASON WALLS

Local favouritePremiumNightcliff Jetty partially reopened

Nightcliff Jetty has been partially reopened, allowing locals and visitors to enjoy a small portion of the jetty, following expert safety advice.

WILL ZWAR

ScandalPremiumRio Tinto begs for forgiveness

The Juukan Gorge cave blast scandal continues to haunt mining giant Rio Tinto, which used its annual general meeting to again apologise profusely.

Rebecca Le May

PoliticsPremiumGovernment backs delay of report into disgraced Labor MLA Mark Turner

The NT government says a report to parliament by its Privileges Committee into disgraced Labor MLA Mark Turner’s conduct has been put off until next year because of the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s investigation into Mr Turner.

GARY SHIPWAY

BusinessPremiumSantos’ NT gas expansion plans take a step forward with new agreement

Santos is surging ahead with its Territory expansion plans, inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Italian multinational oil and gas company that supplies Darwin’s gas, ENI.

GARY SHIPWAY

TourismPremiumFULL LIST: When Kakadu’s best spots will open this dry season

Territorians looking to explore Kakadu National Park this dry season can start preparing their trips after staff provided a run down of when different park sites are expected to open.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

CBD food, drink precinctPremiumNew laneways bar opening on old Squires and Sinsations sites

A new inner city bar will open at the end of this month on the sites of the old Squires Tavern and adjoining Sinsations strip club, further expanding Darwin’s exploding laneways food and drink precinct

JUDITH AISTHORPE

CrimePremiumVIDEO: Police seek witnesses to speeding vehicle that ran red lights, drove on wrong side of road

NT Police are seeking witnesses in relation to an incident in which a vehicle being driven at dangerous speeds ran red lights and veered onto the wrong side of the road in Darwin last month. WATCH the VIDEO HERE.

ALICIA PERERA

ALL THE NAMESPremiumNAMED AND SHAMED: Drivers who broke the law revealed: PART TWO

Check out all the names in Part Two of our list of the bad drivers who’ve had their cases finalised in the courts recently. SEE ALL THE NAMES HERE

PHILLIPPA BUTT