The NT Independent Newspaper. The most disturbing and depressing aspect of the performance by the Attorney-General and the DPP is not that it provides further evidence that our court “system” is in collapse but worse – writes barrister John Lawrence – it also shows the community that the leaders within our system choose not to admit the truth, face up to …

The most disturbing and depressing aspect of the performance by the Attorney-General and the DPP is not that it provides further evidence that our court “system” is in collapse but worse – writes barrister John Lawrence – it also shows the community that the leaders within our system choose not to admit the truth, face up to it and demand its rectification.

1 day ago · EXCLUSIVE: Investigations into the largest known fraud ever perpetrated in the Northern Territory have ended with only two small-time contractors convicted of defrauding the Indigenous Employment Provisional Sum scheme, that saw potentially tens of millions of taxpayer money rorted by dozens of NT construction companies.

1 day ago · Latest highlights include the government aiming to get more local businesses benefiting from increased military presence in the NT, and Santos projecting increased production amid its NT expansion plans; meanwhile making resource news is SQM investing in a new NT lithium project, New Frontier starting a geophysical survey at Harts Range, and Merlin Project revealing promising base metal targets.

Four new Territory cases of coronavirus have been recorded, with one person catching it from a family member who had been in self quarantine after coming back from overseas, the Northern Territory Department of Chief Minister has said.

EDITORIAL: Proving five senior NT Police officers committed perjury was not a complex investigation; we did it in a few days. If any of the five officers or the Police Commissioner want to challenge the facts, we welcome it and encourage them to take us to court if anything we've reported is incorrect. The question now is: When will those in …

Jan 13, 2025 · Business news from across the Northern Territory: Latest highlights include AirAsia to resume Northern Territory operations in March, Alice Springs recording over 2,100 registered businesses in 2024, the proposed Momentus Hotels and Resorts Waterfront hotel facing uncertainty, and the Federal Government committing to boosting the availability of …

Jan 14, 2023 · Read the NT Independent's award winning coverage of Territory news from the second half of 2022, the biggest stories, many broken exclusively by the NT Independent. All the scandal, incompetence, crime, corruption and analysis.

Sep 29, 2024 · Foremost amongst some of the worst examples of this have occurred in NT land councils, and are still continuing. For example, the Commonwealth has recently frozen funding for the Anindilyakwa Land Council, after it failed to act on recommendations following a governance probe. The audit came ahead of claims the ALC misused millions of dollars in mining royalties, some of which benefited ...

Oct 14, 2024 · The NT Independent has won another NT Media Award, this time for Best Text News Coverage, beating out the ABC and The Australian, marking the fifth gong for the online newspaper since starting in March 2020.. On Saturday night editor Christopher Walsh took out the award with his entry Shares Scandal: The Fall of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.. It followed Walsh being named as a finalist in the ...