NT Country Hour podcast 15/06/2010
How could tax changes affect family trusts and farms and a camp draft horse goes missing
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What does the elevation of Julia Gillard to the Lodge mean for regional Australia in areas such as mining, agriculture and women in remote areas, and should Charles Darwin University be involved in...
View ArticleJulia Gillard goes toe to toe with Julia Christensen
Prime Minister Julia Gillard covered everything from asylum seekers to religion to drag queens when she spoke to ABC Breakfast's Julia Christensen in the Darwin studio.
View ArticleThe Northern Territory could become an international nuclear waste dump: Greens
The Greens have launched their election campaign in the Northern Territory and the Greens leader, Bob Brown, joined ABC Breakfast presenter Julia Christensen to talk light-rail, nuclear waste dumps,...
View ArticleGillard and Hale on the campaign trail
Prime Minister Julia Gillard pressed the flesh in Darwin with sitting member Damian Hale on Sunday to try and save the marginal seat of Solomon
View ArticleCLP politician bashed in club
Country Liberals MP Willem Westra Van Holthe has been assaulted by a man at a Katherine nightclub.
View ArticleCountry Liberals adjust uranium stance
Some members of the Country Liberals voiced concerns that their party appears anti-business towards mining during a meeting in Katherine.
View ArticleDialysis debate
An alternative site is put forward for a new dialysis centre planned for Katherine
View ArticleElection mode ignited 11 months out
Territory politics has entered election mode with 11 months still to go, after Opposition Leader Terry Mills hit back at criticism of his leadership from the Chief Minister this week.
View ArticleInpex light shines in state of economy hopes
The Northern Territory Opposition says it is concerned the government's handling of the economy will drive more businesses to shut their doors.
View ArticleGreens push to give territories more sovereignty
The Greens MP pushing for greater sovereignty for the territories says he has no hidden agenda in the legislative changes.
View ArticleSupport for live exports outside Territory, says ALP boss
The secretary of the Northern Territory branch of the Labor Party says he's not surprised the motion to phase out live cattle exports failed at the national conference on the weekend.
View ArticleCountry Liberals president quits in surgical exit
Country Liberals president Sue Fraser-Adams is stepping down from her party role but denies it is because she missed out on pre-selection for the Northern Territory elections in August.
View ArticleMills wants FIFO surgeons for bush hospitals
The Northern Territory Opposition says, if elected, it will fly teams of interstate surgeons to remote areas to perform operations.
View ArticleMills backs Indigenous community independence push
The Country Liberals have signed an agreement with Gulf country community Indigenous leaders promising to support them if they want to establish a breakaway land council or local government council.
View ArticleCLP politician's water licence questioned
The Country Liberal Party's candidate for the Federal Seat of Lingiari has been granted access to 30 per cent of local aquifer water for her Mataranka cattle station, despite previous rulings against...
View ArticleSmoke on water as CLP candidate taps aquifer
A Country Liberals candidate for the Federal election has denied she has been given any favours in a Northern Territory Government decision to approve a water extraction licence for her property. The...
View ArticleNo pressure over Stylo water decision, says NT controller
The Northern Territory's water controller, who approved a controversial irrigation licence for Stylo Station near Mataranka, says he received no political pressure to sign-off on the allocation.
View ArticleCall for MLA to be stood down in fuel card furore
The Northern Territory Opposition has called on Chief Minister Adam Giles to stand down Arnhem MLA Larisa Lee while the Auditor-General investigates her government fuel card use.
View ArticleFOI documents stir smoke on water licence process
Documents obtained by the ABC under freedom of information laws reveal that a government planner's advice was ignored in the granting of a big water licence to a CLP federal election candidate.
View ArticleCandidate accuses Labor of election smear campaign
Federal Country Liberals candidate Tina MacFarlane has accused Labor of launching a smear campaign over the granting of her water license.
View ArticleCalls for Indigenous language tuition in Northern Territory primary schools
Primary school students across the NT should be learning Indigenous languages as part of their curriculum, according to the Greens candidate for the Casuarina by-election.
View ArticleCLP's Katherine branch divided over future of Willem Westra van Holthe
A dispute has broken out in the Katherine branch of the Country Liberals (CLP) over the political fate of local member Willem Westra van Holthe, who quit last month as Northern Territory deputy chief...
View ArticleWillem Westra van Holthe back in CLP fold with promotion to legal affairs...
The former Northern Territory deputy chief minister survives a branch vote of no confidence and is promoted to chairman of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which comes with a pay rise.
View ArticleReturn to Northern Territory ministry for Westra van Holthe if CLP re-elected
Six months on from his resignation from the Northern Territory ministry, Mr Westra van Holthe says he has been promised new portfolios if the CLP is re-elected to government.
View ArticleNorthern Territory member Warren Snowdon to open third electorate office
The federal MP for the sprawling seat of Lingiari will open a third electorate office, this time in Katherine, despite there already being three local ALP offices in the small town and admitting he...
View Article'We might get our pub back': $50 million jetty replacement gives town new hope
The Mandorah Jetty was originally constructed in the late 1960s and was badly damaged during the 1974 Christmas cyclone. Now, after years of patchy repairs and upgrades, the NT Government bites the...
View ArticleNew Territory homebuyer scheme 'most generous' in nation, Michael Gunner says
First home buyers will get up to $50,000 as part of a new scheme that NT Government hopes will boost the ailing construction industry, but it comes as new figures show another government incentive...
View ArticleFormer Northern Territory leaders call for fresh blood to replace retiring...
Ex-chief ministers Shane Stone, Marshall Perron and the first elected leader of the self-governed NT Paul Everingham say the Territory should avoid choosing a "recycled defeated candidate" for the role.
View Article'Excuses don't cut it': Figures reveal remote housing shortfall across...
The Northern Territory Government has fallen short of its promised spending on remote Indigenous housing, missing its $110 million yearly target for the first year of the scheme.
View Article'Outrageous, crazy decision': NT's housing war with Scott Morrison, Nigel...
Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner relinquishes the remote housing leases of 44 remote communities back to the Federal Government, the latest move in a heated public spat over a remote housing...
View ArticleFederal election 2019 spreads to NT as Scott Morrison, Bill Shorten race to...
The nation's major parties reveal they are going to give the Northern Territory a serious run on May 18 each aiming to capitalise on the other's perceived weaknesses and failings in the region.
View ArticleElection 2019: Labor loses ground in regional Territory towns on the back of...
Federal voting numbers suggest Michael Gunner's Territory Labor is under real threat of dropping seats to the Country Liberal Party at the 2020 NT election.
View ArticleFracking exploration in NT to begin in 'coming days, if not weeks'
The Northern Territory Government lifts its three-year moratorium on exploration fracking for onshore shale gas in the Beetaloo Basin, and expects engineering works could resume within days.
View ArticleGunner Government's pay freeze plan to fix budget stuck in limbo
A key element of the NT Government's budget repair plan is in limbo, with a union saying it has received legal advice that public service executives cannot be forced to sign pay freeze agreements.
View ArticleParole audit after Darwin shooting exposes flaws in monitoring of criminals
An urgent parole audit ordered by the NT's Chief Minister in the wake of a shooting spree in Darwin earlier this month finds a number of parolees and offenders are not being adequately monitored.
View ArticleThe Country Liberal Party has confirmed seven candidates for the 2020...
A mayor, an electrician and a prison manager will try to help the Country Liberal Party claw back some seats in next year's NT election.
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