Military cooperation, strategy, and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific are some of the issues expected to be discussed in a hushed meeting of US, Australia and Japanese defence powerbrokers this weekend. See for details.
School Attendance Officers commenced work this month, marking the controversial return of a program the union warns misses the mark of engaging students in the classroom.
A decade of ignored warnings about NT Legal Aid’s budget has resulted in the critical service scaling back services, despite a $1m cash injection.
After the NTG’s move to drop the minimum of age of criminal responsibility to 10, a report has concluded “enhancing public knowledge” will put pressure on governments to raise the age.
Traditional owners and environmentalists condemn sweeping proposed powers which could green light controversial industrial projects.
Pharmacists will soon be able to hand out antibiotics for urinary tract infections, marking the first condition included in a push to expand pharmacy services across the Northern Territory.
Welcome to our rolling coverage of the Legislative Assembly’s second sitting week – your guide to all the highs, lows and unexpected bites of life inside the Wedding Cake.
In a sobering public statement on 15 October 2024, following the latest senseless killing at Lajamanu, Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst echoed the thoughts of many of us, writes Marion Scrymgour.
Treasurer Bill Yan has revealed taxpayers stumped up a ‘staggering’ $12.7m to house flood evacuees at Howard Springs for two months last year.
The proposed Territory Controller’s powers have been labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’ and if accepted may allow politicians to side step regulations and override government agencies.
Gunlom Falls could reopen to the public next year as Kakadu traditional owners start the process of ‘healing’ after a five-year battle with the Commonwealth.
Kakadu custodians share their grief over a sacred site breach which has closed a beloved waterfall for five years. ‘I want that spirit of my ancestors to be happy’.
As legislation passes to imprison primary school students and search their high school peers for weapons, Territory Labor has questioned the depth of the CLP’s plan for education.
Territory business will save up to almost $70,000 each year as the government plans to introduce the country’s most generous tax concessions for small and medium businesses.
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