AFL NT Chair Sean Bowden says the Gold Coast SUNS will play two games in Darwin next year, which have been timed to coincide with Bass in the Grass, adding that the Melbourne Football Club will play in Alice Springs

Empire Energy Chief Executive Alex Underwood says drilling has begun on as part of the Carpentaria pilot project which has been given the green light to move into production, with gas to flow into the pipeline next year

City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders says an event permit is required to hold a protest and an application by survivors planning to boycott the Council’s Cyclone Tracy events has been rejected as the requirements haven’t been met