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Self-serve check-outs How self-serve mum was busted
COURT documents have revealed the extent of Kylie Milner’s self-serve scam, three days after she received a suspended jail sentence.
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Broadband network Rip-off at the heart of the NBN
WE’VE all heard of the “superfast” speeds Aussies can get through the NBN, but some of us will never get what we’re paying for.
Cost-saving ‘needed’ ALP soft-pedals public service job cuts
TREASURER Nicole Manison attempted to soft-pedal impending public service job cuts on Thursday but could not rule them out entirely, as another internal source called Labor’s planned cost-saving measures “deep cuts and stupid cuts”
‘No benefits for decade’ Fracking long wait for gas
THE Federal Government is pleading for urgency on the fracking moratorium as the NT Treasurer said we would not see the benefits of onshore gas for a decade.
‘No problems here’ No need for inquiry, say taxi drivers
THE peak body representing the NT taxi industry says a parliamentary inquiry into its practices was going overboard
Jobs overlap NT Mayor quits after controversy
WEST Arnhem Regional Council Mayor Lother Siebert has ended the controversy around his appointment as the chief executive officer of a community more than 2000km away in Queeensland by stepping down from his Territory position
Highway hell Shortwave radio cut ‘puts truckies at risk’
THE Territory truckie fighting to get the ABC to reinstate its axed short wave radio service to regional and remote Territorians says dangerous flood conditions along the Stuart Highway highlight why the service should be restored
Audit launched Probe into previous NT govt’s contracts
THE Northern Territory government will launch an independent probity audit into lucrative contracts awarded by the previous Country Liberals government
Ballooning deficit Sweeping public service job cuts on way
SWEEPING job cuts across the public service are on the way as the Gunner Government struggles to deal with a ballooning deficit and tens of millions of dollars in recently announced spending commitments, the NT News can reveal
US forces Marines ‘rock solid’ in Darwin under Trump
THE US marine presence in Darwin will not change under the new administration of US President Donald Trump, says an ADF spokesman
Audit launched Probe into previous NT govt’s contracts
THE Northern Territory government will launch an independent probity audit into lucrative contracts awarded by the previous Country Liberals government
Ballooning deficit Sweeping public service job cuts on way
SWEEPING job cuts across the public service are on the way as the Gunner Government struggles to deal with a ballooning deficit and tens of millions of dollars in recently announced spending commitments, the NT News can reveal
US forces Marines ‘rock solid’ in Darwin under Trump
THE US marine presence in Darwin will not change under the new administration of US President Donald Trump, says an ADF spokesman
VIDEO: Free-wheeling Driverless bus makes debut at Wharf Precinct
Jeff Carr yesterday became the first official member of the public to ride the NT’s groundbreaking driverless bus at the Darwin Wharf Precinct
5 times Inpex’s size Massive NT onshore gas find
A GAS field potentially five times the size of Inpex’s Browse Basin — which could create 6300 jobs — has been identified in the Territory
Inquiry ordered ‘Corruption rife in NT taxi industry’: Lambley
CORRUPTION is rife in the Northern Territory’s taxi industry because the Department of Transport has failed to properly regulate it, independent MLA Robyn Lambley says
New Elders boss NT real estate market ‘positive’
THE Territory’s first home buyers scheme will drive confidence in the real estate market, according to Elders’ national head of residential real estate
Shut downs Rain causing havoc for NT industry
THE wet season is playing havoc with Territory industry, forcing the shut down of a gold mine and disrupting the processing of cattle at an abattoir
Progress Coolalinga Central reaches final stages
THE centrepiece of the $400 million real estate and shopping centre development at Coolalinga is almost completed
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Territory’s low unemployment brightest light
A LOW unemployment rate is the brightest light in an otherwise patchy economy, the latest NT Treasury economic review shows
NT real estate market ‘positive’
THE Territory’s first home buyers scheme will drive confidence in the real estate market, according to Elders’ national head of residential real estate
Parking at Royal Darwin Hospital top issue as Parliament resumes for 2017
PARKING improvements at Royal Darwin Hospital will be front and centre as Parliament resumes for the first sitting of 2017
Muirhead set for new shopping centre
MUIRHEAD is set to get a new shopping centre — subject to some minor planning changes — if a proposal to the Darwin Council goes ahead
Bunnings debuts its first ever UK ad
THE music’s the same, as are the aprons, the staff talking about power tools is the same but there is something really odd about it.
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Life changed forever as bombers circled
TAMARA HOWIE As Arthur Wellington put pen to paper in the eve of February 18, 1942, he would have never predicted how life would change for his family the following morning
Pence tells Europe: ‘US has your back’
AFP and staff writers US VICE President Mike Pence has tried to ease Europe’s nerves about Donald Trump, pledging “unwavering” US support for NATO.
Darwin jockey lands knockout Punch
JOSH SPASARO VETERAN Darwin jockey Richie Oakford is a cool customer, but even he admitted he had a “heart-stop moment” at Fannie Bay yesterday
How self-serve mum was busted
COURT documents have revealed the extent of Kylie Milner’s self-serve scam, three days after she received a suspended jail sentence.
Is this the I’m A Celeb intruder?
Nick Bond A ‘WORLD famous style icon’ is set to liven up the I’m A Celeb jungle on Sunday’s episode. We’ve narrowed down the likeliest suspects.
War in a town called Alice
JEFF TAN UNLIKE the Top End, Alice Springs was never bombed or attacked during WWII, but that didn’t stop war affecting daily life