Critics condemn NT bid for ‘authoritarian’ economic powers
Traditional owners and environmentalists condemn sweeping proposed powers which could green light controversial industrial projects.
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Pharmacists’ new powers to prescribe antibiotics for UTIs
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.
Parliament live blog: Bill to fix decades-long fines debacle
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.
Scrymgour: Domestic violence and family responsibility
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.
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New $100m federal cash pool to help women escape DV, homelessness
Organisations helping Territorians escape domestic violence have a chance to access $100m as part of a new federal push to build crisis shelters and emergency housing.
Crims could get two years jail for boasting online under new laws
Territorians who post videos of crimes online could face up to two years behind bars under new ‘post and boast’ laws set to be introduced when parliament sits this month.
Free bus travel in the NT extended
‘Spitting, verbal abuse, and vandalism’: An extension to free bus travel in the NT has been welcomed to help drive down anti-social behaviour on the network.
‘Unmitigated disaster’: Legal Aid to cut services due to underfunding
NT Legal Aid is threatening to cut crucial services due to underfunding, in a move that could see criminals walk free and push a system at breaking point ‘over the edge’.
‘Historic’ remote council strikes on the table
A remote Territory council’s workforce are prepared to walk off the job, scale down services and take action against their employer after pay negotiations reach a deadlock. See why this pay fight could make NT history.
‘Profound grief’ over alleged DV death of young woman
Domestic violence advocates have called Katherine one of the most dangerous places in Australia to be a woman after the suspected homicide of a 22-year-old woman on the outskirts of town.
Social media videos fuelling youth crime, warn NT Police
Police warn videos of illegal activity posted online could be encouraging young Territorians to act up, as the government commits to new laws cracking down on ‘posting and boasting’ on social media.
‘Record levels’ of interest in NT housing market, Finocchiaro claims
After launching the ‘most generous home build scheme in the country’, Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has claimed there is ‘record levels’ of interest from people wanting to buy and build in the Territory. Read what she said.
Rents for government teachers, nurses, police hiked by 25 per cent
Rent for government employee housing has been hiked by 25 per cent in a move that will impact budgets for thousands of remote frontline workers in the Northern Territory.
Another legal challenge lodged against Beetaloo fracking
A prominent NT environment group has launched another legal challenge against fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, a week after a similar attempt was thrown out by the Supreme Court.
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