SA premier wants 'certainty' beyond a one-year Gather Round deal
The South Australian Premier is pushing for the state to be awarded a long-term contract for Gather Round, but says it could take weeks before a deal into the future of the footy festival is struck.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/push-for-longer-term-deal-for-gather-round/106540834
#AFL #TourismandLeisureIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Sport #HospitalityIndustry
'A worker is going to be stabbed': Union airs hospital safety concerns
By Jane Bardon
NT Health has rejected calls for a security review at Royal Darwin Hospital's busy emergency department amid threats against staff, with staff concerned "a worker is going to be stabbed".
#PublicHealth #Safety #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Unions #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentFunding #SocialProblems #JaneBardon
Water storage feud heats up as frustrated farmers take on corporate giants
By Frazer Pearce and Jasmine Hines
Central Queensland irrigators are demanding a "fair go" from two mega water users that are pumping from a ratepayer-owned storage without paying anything for its multimillion-dollar costs.
#WaterResources #WaterSupply #IrrigatedFarming #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #RegionalCommunities #Farmers #FrazerPearce #JasmineHines
Outback tensions rise as national parks expansion reshapes communities
By Bill Ormonde
Hailed as a win for the environment, $200 million has been spent purchasing new national parks in outback NSW — but not everyone is celebrating.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/parks-and-the-people-outback-nsw-national-parks/106373598
#NationalParks #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LivestockFarming #AgriculturalPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Farmers #BillOrmonde
Darwin midwife's $1.1 million government contract under review
By Roxanne Fitzgerald
Darwin midwife Claire Marks was under investigation by the nursing and midwifery watchdog when she was handed a $1.1 million contract by the NT government, which is now reviewing the matter, as doctors continue to raise concerns, and the service brings on new staff.
#BusinessandIndustryRegulation #PublicHealth #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentFunding #Work #PregnancyandChildbirth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #RoxanneFitzgerald
Darwin midwife Claire Marks was under investigation by the nursing and midwifery watchdog when she was handed a $1.1 million contract by the NT government, which is now reviewing the matter, as doctors continue to raise concerns, and the service brings on new staff.
New data on crime in Queensland shows drop in offences per capita
By Jack McKay
The government has pointed to the figures to claim the state is turning the tide on youth crime, while the opposition says Queenslanders are telling them they don't feel safer.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/queensland-crime-data-victim-offence-numbers/106538088
'Pathetically inadequate': Anger as Kangaroo Island ferries delayed again
By Isabella Kelly
Two new SeaLink ferries for Kangaroo Island, which were initially expected to begin service in early 2025, then pushed back to June this year, have been delayed for a second time.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/new-kangaroo-island-ferries-delayed-again-sealink/106537470
#MarineTransportIndustry #TravelandTourism #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #IsabellaKelly
No children faced court on new 'adult crime, adult time' offences in past 11 years
By Jack McKay
Twelve new offences are set to be added to the government's adult crime, adult time legislation, including offences that no children have faced court on in the past 11 years.
Gambling reforms bill slammed as 'kneejerk' response to Four Corners
By Jack Hislop
The Northern Territory government has introduced legislation intended to reform Australia's de facto online gambling regulator, but it's been criticised as a "damage-control exercise".
#Gambling #Laws #StateandTerritoryGovernment #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #RegulatoryAuthorities #JackHislop
A luxury beef giant's cattle died of thirst. Regulators were told later
By Liam Walsh
The lack of investigation into deaths at the $700 million beef business has been described as "completely unacceptable" by a legal expert who argued industry had captured government regulators.
#BeefCattleFarming #LivestockFarming #LivestockHealthandWelfare #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LiamWalsh
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