On this weekend edition of the podcast, Chris Walsh, Editor of the NT Independent online newspaper, talks about some of the stories making news in the Territory. This week’s stories are:
1. NT Police Academy: Audit shows police college employed unqualified instructors, failed to meet national standards.
2. Former chief minister Adam Giles linked to company in talks with Landbridge Group for major Darwin energy project
3. Deputy Treaty Commissioner doubts government’s legitimacy to negotiate treaty
4. Darwin Turf Club grandstand scandal: Brett Dixon lobbied Gunner Government for $12M grant without board’s knowledge, records show.
5. Two sisters escape COVID quarantine facility, dobbed in by mother who is then forced into quarantine with them