St Vincent De Paul’s NT CEO Rob Lutter says they’ve applied for an extension to the lease of the Coconut Grove site to September 2029 for its Ozanam House services, with government land not expected to be allocated until early next year for a permanent site

Coconut Grove business owner and resident Therese says there’s been an increase in violence and public drinking since St Vinnies relocated its homelessness services to the area and she has raised concerns about its application to extend the lease to 2029

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says the NT has jumped from eight to fourth place in the latest CommSec State of the States report, attributing it to the CLP’s rebuilding the economy measures including lifting the payroll tax free threshold and its home buyer scheme

Environment Centre NT Executive Director Kirsty Howey says there are a lot of questions for Inpex and environmental regulators to answer after revelations of an oil spill at its Darwin facility and significant under-reporting of toxic emissions

The Week That Was - 24th October 2025

Who Gives a Crap CEO and co-founder Simon Griffiths says he started making toilet paper after learning 2.4 billion people didn’t have access to good sanitation, prompting him to give 50 per cent of profits to people in need and will share the idea of “doing good is good for business” with Territorians during October Business Month

Casuarina FC Team Manager Brodie Mitchell and two young players are heading to Spain to compete in an International Development Academy tournament next year, with the U15’s mixed squad making history as the first Aussie team to ever take part

Tennant Creek Acting Station Officer, Matthew Morrison says crews worked tirelessly to control a large fire behind Battery Hill that broke out on Tuesday night, threatening Juno Horse Centre and Barkly Workers Camp in extreme fire conditions

Salvatore’s owner Sean Johnston says the Smith Street project was supposed to be complete four months ago, with a number of car parks lost for rock artwork, which is taking quite a toll on his business including loss of trade in the dry season

Palmerston resident Robbie says she’s fed up reporting concerns about public housing including infrastructure damage, things being thrown into their yard, and chooks roaming inside the house, with no consequence or action being taken against bad tenants

Domain Senior Economist Dr Joel Bowman says Darwin house prices have increased 5.3 per cent to reach $657,000, the highest level in over a decade, with unit prices jumping 6.5 per cent in the September quarter, with the growth due to rate cuts, low supply and rising consumer confidence

Minerals Council of the NT Executive Director Catherine Tilmouth says it’s a huge deal that the NT’s Arafura Project has secured funding under Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese’s critical minerals deal, with the NT project set to support 350 jobs when operational

Opposition Leader Selena Uibo says Labor supports the CLP’s big energy reforms and is keen to see stability of the network, more renewables connected, and new technologies included in the energy mix but is concerned there could be power price increases

East Arnhem Regional Councillor Cyril Bukulatjpi and CEO Dale Keehne have called for an urgent review after the Council was deemed ineligible to implement the Federal Government’s Remote Employment Service program, being told they are not Aboriginal enough to participate

Acting Commander Shaun Gill says police are still investigating a brutal attack on security guards in Parap involving up to 20 people armed with sticks and bottles, adding that there have now been 1,597 purchases of OC spray, with 26 prohibited persons identified

Master Builders NT CEO Sallyann Innes says there have been almost 300 new builds under the NT’s home owner grants scheme, with building times dropping by 2.3 per cent on last year

Former Independent Member for Nelson Gerry Wood says there should be more transparency and accountability when it comes to MLA travel, especially when the NT is in huge amounts of debt after revelations backbenchers racked up thousands of dollars in travel as assistant ministers

Minister for Mines and Energy Gerard Maley says the government’s major energy reforms will create an independent system controller that is separate to Power and Water and established a new governance arrangement for the procurement of electricity assets

NT COGSO President Ruth Mirams acknowledges progress made to improve school attendance across the NT but says the numbers are still disappointing and she’s called for more support in the classroom for when disengaged kids return to school

Acting Sergeant Rebekah Styles says a three-day high-visibility operation in Katherine last week saw 16 youths arrested and charged with 40 offences, including for an alleged car theft and joy ride to Tennant Creek