This previous week 9 Information cancelled its Darwin bulletin, citing “adjustments with a purpose to offset the declining free-to-air promoting market,” solely retaining an area reporter and digicam operator.

On Thursday Lia Finocchiaro, Chief Minister, Northern Territory informed ABC Radio, she had requested 9 CEO Matt Stanton to rethink its transfer.

“This would be the first press convention for the reason that stunning information final night time that Channel 9 is packing up and abandoning the Territory, and I feel it’s a extremely unhappy day for the Territory, the place we are able to not have entry to native information on one other platform. It’s necessary for scrutiny of presidency. It’s necessary for folks getting data. It’s necessary for ensuring we’ve bought native folks telling native tales, and it’s simply not adequate.”

Since Wednesday 9’s Darwin viewers obtain a Brisbane bulletin instead.