Jack Hislop

2 days ago | abc.net.au | Matt Garrick |Jack Hislop |Samantha Dick

With net debt to surpass $12 billion this financial year, the Northern Territory government's 2025-26 budget is headlined by record funding for corrections but little for new infrastructure projects. Here are the winners and losers of the Country Liberal Party government's first budget. The Northern Territory is home to some of the sickest patients in the country, with Aboriginal Territorians battling higher rates of chronic diseases and mental health issues than non-Indigenous Australians.

Feb 7, 2025 | abc.net.au | Amy Greenbank |Richard Willingham |Patrick Bell |Jack Hislop

Being chauffeured to wineries and weekend sport on the public purse led to the sudden downfall of a senior NSW minister this week. The ABC set out to discover if there were any other covert ways politicians could have their private travel paid for by the taxpayer, because it hasn't been explicitly prohibited. From chauffeuring pet pooches to a country home to having petrol paid for while on holidays, there were scandals aplenty. Here's what we found about the rules and entitlements where you live.

Dec 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jack Hislop

A Darwin construction company has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and hit with a record fine after admitting to invoicing clients for incomplete work over at least 15 years. The NT's Building Practitioners Board of Inquiry has ordered Kassiou Constructions to pay a fine of $94,200, following an audit by the director of building control into its conduct across five home builds in Greater Darwin between 2021 and 2023.

Dec 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Annabel Bowles |Jack Hislop

The NT government has declared two new 10-year water allocation plans as part of a raft of environment reforms. Groundwater allocation in the Western Davenport region will increase and a controversial plan for Mataranka's Tindal Limestone Aquifer has been finalised. The government will also relax the approvals process for onshore gas projects and has scrapped its own gas emissions policies in favour of a "nationally consistent approach".

Dec 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Matt Garrick |Jack Hislop

A Top End sports club refusing to join a national redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors says it should not be held financially liable for an historic allegation from more than 30 years ago. Darwin Cycling Club (DCC) was last week named by the Department of Social Services as one of 12 Australian institutions which have declined to join the National Redress Scheme.