Property council warns against new building in Darwin and other top stories.

• Property council warns against new building in Darwin

  

  Property council warns against new building in Darwin's city centre By Sally Brooks Posted April 07, 2016 12:32:36 The Property Council of Australia is warning the Northern Territory Government against building a huge office to accommodate hundreds of Health Department staff in Darwin.The Government wants to bring 800 of the department's administration staff, currently working in three different buildings, under one roof in the centre of Darwin or Palmerston.It ..

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• Scullion wants full report into Darwin hospital's treatment of Gurrumul

  

  As the war of words over the hospital treatment of Aboriginal singer Gurrumul continues, the federal indigenous affairs minister has distanced himself from allegations that the incident was a publicity stunt. Northern Territory Health Minister John Elferink has accused Gurrumul's management of using the artist's health crisis as publicity for a new album, after manager Mark Grose said staff at Royal Darwin Hospital were either incompetent or racially profiled the singer when he waited almost 15..

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• Extreme heat on the way

  

  Brooke Wauchope, 10, feeling the heat while watching a Dinah Beach Yatch Association boat race on Darwin Harbour from Stokes Hill Wharf. Picture: Elise DerwinEXTREME weather conditions are expected to continue across the Territory, with high tides and heatwave conditions predicted for the end of the week. Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Angeline Prasad said for the next seven days, the BoM was expecting heatwave conditions.“We’ve been seeing temperatures way above average,” she said. “It..

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• Rents fall for the first time in two decades

  

  Rents fall for the first time in two decades Updated April 07, 2016 14:08:57 Capital city rental prices have fallen 0.2 per cent over the past 12 months, in a worrying sign for a property market bloated with investors. Key points:Rents have dropped 15.6 per cent in Darwin and 12.8 per cent in Perth from peak levelsMelbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Hobart recorded modest annual rental growthReal estate advertiser Domain says it expects "upward pressure" on rents in most c..

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• Australia's young universities crowd world rankings

  

  by Tim Dodd Australia has more highly ranked, up-and-coming universities than almost any country in the world, the latest university rankings from Times Higher Education show.The latest rankings, which lists the top 150 universities less than than 50 years old, includes 19 Australia universities, exceeded only by Britain with 25.Australia's top university less than than 50 is the 28-year-old University of Technology, Sydney (21st in the world), followed by the Queen..

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