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Youth Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 (NT) was introduced to parliament by the Gunner Government last Wednesday and was passed on Tuesday night with bipartisan support.
The changes were fast tracked despite calls for a consultation period.
The legislation removes the presumption of bail for first time offenders and automatically revokes bail if conditions are breached.
It is now also more difficult for the courts to divert children from the criminal justice system if they have previously failed to complete a diversionary program.
David Woodroffe of the Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) said the laws create a zero-tolerance environment to youth offending that will put more children behind bars and make them more likely to reoffend.
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NT budget: devil is in detail
Today’s Northern Territory Budget reveals that the Gunner Government has tried to hide budget nasties.
Budget papers expose that the Gunner Government is not providing any money to public sector agencies for a pay rise, that the $1000 ‘taxable bonus’ is coming out of agency budgets, and that the Government is also imposing a 1% ‘efficiency’ savings on NT public service agencies.
With CPI forecast to rise, Gunner’s four year pay freeze will send public sector household budgets into a tailspin. Today’s budget shows that the Government expects wages across the NT to rise by 1.7%, except for their own workforce. (Budget Paper Two Table 1.2)
Today the NT Gunner Government locked in a 0% wage offer in a bargaining meeting. The four-year wage freeze from 2021-22 to 2024-25 would mean staff in.
NT Government signs tourism marketing contract in Europe despite coronavirus travel ban
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DecDecember 2020 at 8:46pm
The Northern Territory is well known for its unique national parks, and rich Indigenous history which normally attract thousands of international visitors.
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The NT Opposition has questioned the debt-laden Gunner Government s decision to sign a new tourism marketing contract in Europe worth almost $400,000 at a time when most international tourists are barred from visiting Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Key points:
Before the pandemic, around 250,000 international tourists came to the NT annually
The NT Government says it is vital to engage with overseas markets, despite current travel bans
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Jabiru Readying For Renewable Energy
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While there’s still much uncertainty about the future of the Northern Territory mining town of Jabiru, it will be one powered by at least 50% renewables.
Situated around 250 kilometres east of Darwin and 300 kilometres north of Katherine, Jabiru was constructed in the early 1980’s to service Energy Resources of Australia’s (ERA’s) Ranger uranium mine located 8 kilometres east of Jabiru. The town and the mine are surrounded by Kakadu National Park.
ERA is ceasing processing of uranium ore at Ranger very early next year, and must complete all decommissioning and rehabilitation works by 2026.