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An Alice Springs man who tried to complain about how the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission handled his health treatment complaint, instead discovered the review committee meant to scrutinise the commission no longer existed, having been left dormant after Attorney-General Marie-C…
‘It is just a big joke’: Attorney-General leaves health complaints review committee dormant
An Alice Springs man who tried to complain about how the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission handled his health treatment complaint, instead discovered the review committee meant to scrutinise the commission no longer existed, having been left dormant after Attorney-General Marie-C…
ntindependent.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
An Alice Springs man who tried to complain about how the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission handled his health treatment complaint, instead discovered the review committee meant to scrutinise the commission no longer existed, having been left dormant after Attorney-General Marie-C…
The head of ambulance services at the troubled St John Ambulance NT, Andrew Thomas, has been appointed as the new executive director of Bushfires NT, while the ambulance contractor has said it has brought in former Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw to help find its next chief ex…
Andrew Thomas to head Bushfires NT, Reece Kershaw to help find next St John CEO
The head of ambulance services at the troubled St John Ambulance NT, Andrew Thomas, has been appointed as the new executive director of Bushfires NT, while the ambulance contractor has said it has brought in former Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw to help find its next chief ex…
ntindependent.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The head of ambulance services at the troubled St John Ambulance NT, Andrew Thomas, has been appointed as the new executive director of Bushfires NT, while the ambulance contractor has said it has brought in former Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw to help find its next chief ex…
Cattle station manager David Connolly has been announced as the next administrator of the Northern Territory by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, following a period of at least five months where she said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would not approve his selection.
David Connolly announced as next NT administrator
Cattle station manager David Connolly has been announced as the next administrator of the Northern Territory by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, following a period of at least five months where she said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would not approve his selection.
ntindependent.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cattle station manager David Connolly has been announced as the next administrator of the Northern Territory by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, following a period of at least five months where she said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would not approve his selection.
OPINION: Unlike in the past, none of the exposure following the damning NT Ombudsman's report into conditions in our watch houses, and the refusal to let the UN observe, presents any political concerns for the CLP Government who are happy to own it, writes John Lawrence, if anything, it’s seen as …
Se Acabo: Mirror, mirror on the wall, what has become of us all?
OPINION: Unlike in the past, none of the exposure following the damning NT Ombudsman's report into conditions in our watch houses, and the refusal to let the UN observe, presents any political concerns for the CLP Government who are happy to own it, writes John Lawrence, if anything, it’s seen as …
ntindependent.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
OPINION: Unlike in the past, none of the exposure following the damning NT Ombudsman's report into conditions in our watch houses, and the refusal to let the UN observe, presents any political concerns for the CLP Government who are happy to own it, writes John Lawrence, if anything, it’s seen as …
The taxpayer-funded Darwin Waterfront Corporation, which was thrust into the public spotlight earlier this year for unresolved governance failures, mismanaged conflicts of interest, and nepotistic hiring practices, ran a record $3.3 million deficit last financial year, while the DWC board's chair …
Darwin Waterfront Corporation lost $3.3m last financial year: Report
The taxpayer-funded Darwin Waterfront Corporation, which was thrust into the public spotlight earlier this year for unresolved governance failures, mismanaged conflicts of interest, and nepotistic hiring practices, ran a record $3.3 million deficit last financial year, while the DWC board's chair …
ntindependent.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The taxpayer-funded Darwin Waterfront Corporation, which was thrust into the public spotlight earlier this year for unresolved governance failures, mismanaged conflicts of interest, and nepotistic hiring practices, ran a record $3.3 million deficit last financial year, while the DWC board's chair …
A recent decision by the NT Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne that was not made public, to change some rural area land to allow for smaller blocks, gives the feeling Trumpism has arrived in the Territory, writes Gerry Wood.
Letter to the editor: The feeling Trumpism has arrived in the Territory
A recent decision by the NT Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne that was not made public, to change some rural area land to allow for smaller blocks, gives the feeling Trumpism has arrived in the Territory, writes Gerry Wood.
ntindependent.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A recent decision by the NT Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne that was not made public, to change some rural area land to allow for smaller blocks, gives the feeling Trumpism has arrived in the Territory, writes Gerry Wood.
Police Commissioner Martin Dole told the former head of public prosecutions that Zach Rolfe should be charged with murder over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker, but did not have a conflict of interest despite his childhood relationship with the victim’s family, a new ICAC report has found, w…
ICAC finds police top brass failure to record decisions in Rolfe criminal investigation was ‘unfortunate’ but not misconduct
Police Commissioner Martin Dole told the former head of public prosecutions that Zach Rolfe should be charged with murder over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker, but did not have a conflict of interest despite his childhood relationship with the victim’s family, a new ICAC report has found, w…
ntindependent.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Police Commissioner Martin Dole told the former head of public prosecutions that Zach Rolfe should be charged with murder over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker, but did not have a conflict of interest despite his childhood relationship with the victim’s family, a new ICAC report has found, w…
The 231 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Thursday, December 18, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
NT Criminal Court list – with charges – Dec 18
The 231 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Thursday, December 18, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
ntindependent.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The 231 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Thursday, December 18, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
The reward for information that leads to police finding missing woman Angie Fuller has been doubled to $500,000, NT Police said.
$500,000 reward for information that leads police to Angie Fuller
The reward for information that leads to police finding missing woman Angie Fuller has been doubled to $500,000, NT Police said.
ntindependent.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The reward for information that leads to police finding missing woman Angie Fuller has been doubled to $500,000, NT Police said.
Darwin Council will not say if it spent the $126,500 allocated for the annual city Christmas display, that this year involves failing lights, decorations from Christmases long, long ago, and the old Smith Street Christmas tree that appears was only lit for one night.
Where did Darwin Council’s budgeted $125k for city Christmas decorations go?
Darwin Council will not say if it spent the $126,500 allocated for the annual city Christmas display, that this year involves failing lights, decorations from Christmases long, long ago, and the old Smith Street Christmas tree that appears was only lit for one night.
ntindependent.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Darwin Council will not say if it spent the $126,500 allocated for the annual city Christmas display, that this year involves failing lights, decorations from Christmases long, long ago, and the old Smith Street Christmas tree that appears was only lit for one night.
A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder following a more than three-year-long investigation into the suspicious death of a woman who was first found unconscious on a Katherine street corner in August 2022.
Man charged with murder over suspicious 2022 death of woman in Katherine
A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder following a more than three-year-long investigation into the suspicious death of a woman who was first found unconscious on a Katherine street corner in August 2022.
ntindependent.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder following a more than three-year-long investigation into the suspicious death of a woman who was first found unconscious on a Katherine street corner in August 2022.
The 249 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Wednesday, December 17, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
NT Criminal Court list – with charges – Dec 17
The 249 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Wednesday, December 17, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
ntindependent.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The 249 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Wednesday, December 17, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
A Darwin-based tree services company has been fined $10,000 following a serious workplace incident that involved an employee attempting to light a cigarette for another worker who was refuelling a work vehicle, causing a fireball that engulfed the vehicle and injured the employee.
Tree removal company fined after smoking employees caused ‘fireball’ incident while refuelling vehicle
A Darwin-based tree services company has been fined $10,000 following a serious workplace incident that involved an employee attempting to light a cigarette for another worker who was refuelling a work vehicle, causing a fireball that engulfed the vehicle and injured the employee.
ntindependent.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A Darwin-based tree services company has been fined $10,000 following a serious workplace incident that involved an employee attempting to light a cigarette for another worker who was refuelling a work vehicle, causing a fireball that engulfed the vehicle and injured the employee.
Consolidated Pastoral Company has acquired the Beetaloo aggregation of stations in the NT for more than $300 million, making it the largest pastoral sale in the Territory's history.
Pastoral company pays more than $300 million for Beetaloo stations
Consolidated Pastoral Company has acquired the Beetaloo aggregation of stations in the NT for more than $300 million, making it the largest pastoral sale in the Territory's history.
ntindependent.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Consolidated Pastoral Company has acquired the Beetaloo aggregation of stations in the NT for more than $300 million, making it the largest pastoral sale in the Territory's history.
Seniors and those with disabilities who are recovering from injury and surgery are being turned away from access to the Palmerston Regional Hospital hydrotherapy pool by NT Health, writes Craig Hubbard.
Letter to the editor: Patients being denied access to hospital hydrotherapy pool
Seniors and those with disabilities who are recovering from injury and surgery are being turned away from access to the Palmerston Regional Hospital hydrotherapy pool by NT Health, writes Craig Hubbard.
ntindependent.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Seniors and those with disabilities who are recovering from injury and surgery are being turned away from access to the Palmerston Regional Hospital hydrotherapy pool by NT Health, writes Craig Hubbard.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the suspicious death of his female partner 10 days ago, NT Police said.
Man charged with murder over Borroloola domestic violence death
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the suspicious death of his female partner 10 days ago, NT Police said.
ntindependent.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the suspicious death of his female partner 10 days ago, NT Police said.
A team of scientists say the NT Government is being "misleading, inaccurate and potentially defamatory" by claiming their study that found a major aquifer was drying at an accelerated pace did not include enough years of data, a criticism that follows the government itself in 2022 inexplicably dou…
‘Misleading, inaccurate, and potentially defamatory’: Researchers reject government’s criticism of water study
A team of scientists say the NT Government is being "misleading, inaccurate and potentially defamatory" by claiming their study that found a major aquifer was drying at an accelerated pace did not include enough years of data, a criticism that follows the government itself in 2022 inexplicably dou…
ntindependent.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A team of scientists say the NT Government is being "misleading, inaccurate and potentially defamatory" by claiming their study that found a major aquifer was drying at an accelerated pace did not include enough years of data, a criticism that follows the government itself in 2022 inexplicably dou…
Public servants have voted to accept the Finocchiaro CLP Government's pay offer, ending the drawn out negotiations over the 2025-2029 enterprise bargaining agreement.
Public servants vote to accept EBA offer after above-cap wage increase
Public servants have voted to accept the Finocchiaro CLP Government's pay offer, ending the drawn out negotiations over the 2025-2029 enterprise bargaining agreement.
ntindependent.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Public servants have voted to accept the Finocchiaro CLP Government's pay offer, ending the drawn out negotiations over the 2025-2029 enterprise bargaining agreement.
NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s early Sunday morning on a street in Alice Springs, before stealing the woman's handbag and fleeing the scene, but did not provide a description.
Police searching for offender who sexually assaulted Alice Springs woman
NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s early Sunday morning on a street in Alice Springs, before stealing the woman's handbag and fleeing the scene, but did not provide a description.
ntindependent.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
NT Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s early Sunday morning on a street in Alice Springs, before stealing the woman's handbag and fleeing the scene, but did not provide a description.
The 243 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, December 15, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
NT Criminal Court list – with charges – Dec 15
The 243 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, December 15, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
ntindependent.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The 243 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, December 15, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright will spend Christmas in jail for perverting the course of justice but will be out in the new year, after his sentence was partially suspended, while also being issued with a fine.
Matt Wright sentenced for perverting the course of justice
Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright will spend Christmas in jail for perverting the course of justice but will be out in the new year, after his sentence was partially suspended, while also being issued with a fine.
ntindependent.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright will spend Christmas in jail for perverting the course of justice but will be out in the new year, after his sentence was partially suspended, while also being issued with a fine.
The 204 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, December 12, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
NT Criminal Court list – with charges – Dec 12
The 204 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, December 12, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
ntindependent.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The 204 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, December 12, 2025. This list includes all the charges.
A home being constructed from locally sourced termite mound mud bricks and using other sustainable designed principles developed by Warumungu community members is nearing completion in Tennant Creek, with the project aiming to serve as a model for future government-funded housing.
Tennant Creek termite mound mud brick home nearing completion
A home being constructed from locally sourced termite mound mud bricks and using other sustainable designed principles developed by Warumungu community members is nearing completion in Tennant Creek, with the project aiming to serve as a model for future government-funded housing.
ntindependent.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A home being constructed from locally sourced termite mound mud bricks and using other sustainable designed principles developed by Warumungu community members is nearing completion in Tennant Creek, with the project aiming to serve as a model for future government-funded housing.
Several 3D-printed firearms and silencers, as well as 3D-printed ammunition and magazines, were seized during a joint police raid at a Nhulunbuy property this week as part of a wider investigation cracking down on privately manufactured firearms, police said.
Police bust 3D-printed gun operation in Nhulunbuy
Several 3D-printed firearms and silencers, as well as 3D-printed ammunition and magazines, were seized during a joint police raid at a Nhulunbuy property this week as part of a wider investigation cracking down on privately manufactured firearms, police said.
ntindependent.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Several 3D-printed firearms and silencers, as well as 3D-printed ammunition and magazines, were seized during a joint police raid at a Nhulunbuy property this week as part of a wider investigation cracking down on privately manufactured firearms, police said.
Darwin Bowls and Social Club plans to develop a RV park next to the current club site in Fannie Bay, with a capacity for 40 vans to be established in three-stages, plans lodged with the government show.
Darwin Bowls and Social Club proposes RV park
Darwin Bowls and Social Club plans to develop a RV park next to the current club site in Fannie Bay, with a capacity for 40 vans to be established in three-stages, plans lodged with the government show.
ntindependent.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Darwin Bowls and Social Club plans to develop a RV park next to the current club site in Fannie Bay, with a capacity for 40 vans to be established in three-stages, plans lodged with the government show.