NT Independent

Here’s why we need independent oversight of the NT Police’s Administrator assault investigation

EDITORIAL: We heard the Chief Minister and the Police Commissioner loud and clear when they said any assertion the police would be politically motivated while investigating the Gosling-Connolly spectacle was “insulting”. Our response is, frankly, we don’t care how you want to take it or if it hurts your feelings, history has shown us you need to bring in independent oversight of this wacky investigation in the best interests of the Northern Territory.

Fifth person confirmed dead after Stuart Highway crash

Five people are now confirmed to have died following a two-vehicle head-on collision on the Stuart Highway on Wednesday, with NT Police calling for witnesses to the crash after alleging a speeding ute had been overtaking dangerously in the minutes before the collision.

Bowen says gas-only NT data centres will not meet new rules, warns of federal action

Northern Territory data centres will have to use renewable energy as their primary source of power or will not proceed, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Wednesday, adding natural gas will only be used as a backup and that he will invoke all Federal Government powers available to enforce the new rules.

DPP refers Gosling charges to Commonwealth DPP after raising ‘perceived conflict of interest’

EXCLUSIVE: Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Pat Williams identified a “perceived conflict of interest” that has led him to refer the Administrator assault case against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling to an outside jurisdiction for oversight, while questions remain over the NT Police appearing to be currently running both the investigation and prosecution against the Federal Member of Parliament with no independent direction.

Inpex prosecuted for emissions under-reporting

Japanese gas company Inpex has been charged by the NT Environmental Protection Authority over alleged under-reporting of emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, which an independent review found had been “systematically underestimated”.

Singleton Station water licence not lawfully granted: High Court

Native title holders have had a victory in the High Court against the NT Government’s decision to grant Singleton Station a massive water licence that would allow 40,000 megalitres a year to be drawn for an intensive horticulture business, with the court ruling today that the water licence had not been lawfully granted.

Aboriginal NT Police officers launch racism class action

Three Aboriginal community police officers have filed a class action in the Federal Court against the Northern Territory Government alleging they were subjected to systemic racial discrimination and racial vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police.

Clearing approval granted after company dismissed threatened species survey advice

The NT Environment Department reversed its initial assessment that land clearing at Claravale Station could significantly impact a threatened species, later finding the proposal was unlikely to have a significant impact because of newly proposed buffer zones, despite the property owner refusing to carry out surveys the department said were needed, documents released under FOI laws show.

Pedestrian killed by car in Moil

A pedestrian was killed overnight in Moil and the driver returned a roadside test indicating the possible presence of an illicit drug, NT Police said.

Letter to editor: Concerns over future of Waratah Crescent land

The proposed sale of public land at 7 Waratah Crescent, Fannie Bay, for medium-density housing ignores community concerns and could worsen congestion and emergency access issues near Pearl aged care and Waratah Oval, writes Sonja Pastor.