Budget a business booster
THE NT Government will spend an extra $6 million on supporting local businesses.
Miners to pay for mess
A MINING levy will raise funds to fix polluted legacy mine sites, the NT Government has announced.
Boost for business tourism
THE Northern Territory Government will spend $1.7 million to attract more business events to the Territory and encourage "business tourism".
Putting brakes on car costs
SOME public servants are set to lose their cars under an NT Government review of fleet services.
Mine in visa rort claim
A TERRITORY mining company is being investigated for employing 14 foreign workers under the controversial 457 visa program to do unskilled work for half the wage their Australian colleagues receive.
The main man pays a visit
NEWS Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch has said private enterprise can develop northern Australia but only if the proper infrastructure is put in place.
Rinehart in Darwin today
MINING magnate Gina Rinehart will be the star attraction at a CLP fundraising dinner.
New mine to open in the Territory
A MINE that could operate for 200 years and be worth tens of billions of dollars is to open in the Territory Outback.
Lights out for Power personnel
THE Government has sacked the entire board of Power and Water and replaced them with interim appointments.
Uranium export call for port
QUEENSLAND uranium should be exported through Darwin port, an independent investigation has recommended in its report.
Pastoralists facing a station slaughter
THE Territory cattle station market is trembling before the stun gun of receiver sales, according to industry experts.
Anger as worker visas tightened
The Federal Government has tightened the rules on the 457 visa system following several cases of the system being abused.
Waterfront site a great catch
TASMANIAN Seafoods has bought more than 20,000sq m of prime waterfront real estate in Darwin for a song.
Thousands of Aussies to lose up to $2000
HUNDREDS of thousands of idle superannuation accounts will be handed over to the Australian Taxation Office in the coming months if members don't take action to recover lost and unclaimed funds.
Top Enders' long wait for phone repairs
THOUSANDS of Top Enders have had to make do without telephone and internet connections following stormy weather.
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Welcome to Roper River ore project
SHERWIN Iron has had its $11 billion Roper River iron ore project fast-tracked by the Territory Government.
Rare chance to hit paydirt
A NEW Territory uranium and rare earths mine would be worth more than $3 billion in sales over 20 years, a scoping study has found.
New shops for Palmo
THE Territory's biggest shopping and recreation complex will be built in Palmerston.
Gas boom fires up hotel room takings
GAS boom tourism has taken a bow for the increase in business travellers lifting December quarter figures.
Gina and Twiggy's plan for Top End
AUSTRALIA'S biggest mining entrepreneurs, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and Gina Rinehart, have outlined their blueprints for populating the north, with Mr Forrest urging the federal government to remove capital gains tax on people who build second ho
Moody blues as debt threat hits NT rating
MOODY'S has prepared to downgrade the NT's credit rating, citing the rapidly rising debt.
New mine to open in the Territory
A MINE that could operate for 200 years and be worth tens of billions of dollars is to open in the Territory Outback.
Plug pulled on chief
POWER and Water Corporation boss Andrew Macrides is expected to be dumped within days.
Scheme soldiers on
THE Territory Government will foot the bill to keep the cash for containers scheme alive for a further eight weeks.
Poison spills in river
TOXIC mine water that recently spilled into the Edith River contained 19 times the safe drinking water levels of cadmium, a heavy metal that causes birth defects, new figures have revealed.
Job project employs no indigenous
AN INDIGENOUS investment group that bought a 50 per cent stake in two Darwin hotels in order to secure jobs for Aboriginal people has no indigenous employees on the books.
Microfinance takes off in Timor
MICROFINANCE to East Timor has taken off, and it's helping to grow the economy of the Territory's newest northern neighbour.
Jobs will go after $528m loss
JOBS will be lost at Gove despite the gas deal after Pacific Aluminium made a loss of US$528 million last year, an analyst has said.
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