Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Alice Springs

Juror discharged a week into murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe

Trial also hears from two other officers who were deployed from Alice Springs on the day of the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

The Guardian - AU

Rolfe did not follow top cop's arrest plan

The young police officer accused of murdering Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker did not follow the arrest plan approved by his senior commander.

AAP

Murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe finishes first week of evidence over fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

More than two years after the Northern Territory police officer was charged over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker, the prosecution and defence have each begun to make their case.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The NT has recorded two COVID-19 deaths in Alice Springs, as hospital numbers fall slightly

A woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s are been confirmed as the latest deaths related to COVID-19 in the Northern Territory.

ABC News

Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker shot dead by officer minutes after safe arrest plan briefing, court hears

NT constable’s murder trial hears that family urged Walker to hand himself in after he earlier threatened officers with an axe

The Guardian - AU

Murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker begins today

Constable Zachary Rolfe has pleaded not guilty to three charges laid after the 2019 shooting of teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu. A jury is set to be selected this morning to hear three weeks of evidence.

ABC News

As COVID-19 enters aged care homes in the NT, concerns are growing for the wellbeing of residents inside

Last week, the Northern Territory reported its first death of an aged care resident related to COVID-19. A leading advocate for elderly Territorians fears it won't be the last.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Zachary Rolfe murder trial: what the case is about and what to expect when it begins

The police officer is charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker in a remote community north-west of Alice Springs

The Guardian - AU

Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker's death, Yuendumu's grief and the constable charged with murder

More than two years after Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker died in custody after a police shooting in Yuendumu, a murder trial will be closely watched by people everywhere from the nation's red centre all the way to its coastlines.

ABC News

Flood-hit NT communities taking desperate measures to restore food supplies

Sustained, soaking rainfalls across Central Australia this week set dry rivers and creeks flowing and greened the red country. But the heavy rain also wreaked havoc, stalling services to remote communities and leaving flood damage in its wake.

ABC News

Unvaccinated aged care resident becomes NT's fourth COVID-19 death — and its second this week

The Northern Territory has reported its fourth death from COVID-19, as the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals leaps to 141.

ABC News

Australian Defence Force prepares to drop food supplies into Coober Pedy isolated by floodwaters

The Australian Defence Force is being called in to deliver food to communities isolated by flood waters in South Australia's far north.

ABC News

NT brings in outdoor mask mandate, as Territory COVID-19 hospital admissions rise to new peak of 111

There are now 111 people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals, including five in intensive care, as Health Minister Natasha Fyles announces a seven-day outdoor mask mandate amid a growing number of cases.

ABC News

NT Police Commissioner not ruling out emergency response to food shortages

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says that if the territory is cut off from Queensland, as well as SA, due to flooding, then an emergency response could bring in essentials.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

NT COVID-19 hospitalisations jump to record high as 492 cases are recorded

The number of people in Territory hospitals with COVID-19 increases by 12 as the NT records 492 new cases.

ABC News

Outback KFC forced to close after running out of chicken

Flooding and road closures in South Australia's far north cause havoc for an Alice Springs fast-food chicken chain that cannot get poultry deliveries and is forced to close on Australia Day.

ABC News

Aboriginal Congress calls for 'complete lockdown' of Central Australia. Health Minister Natasha Fyles disagrees

Central Australia's peak Aboriginal health body has warned "a Tsunami of COVID cases is coming" to the region and has called for a "complete lockdown" of the area. NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says current health advice does not recommend such a move.

AAP

AUSMAT heads to remote NT community

An Australian Medical Assistance Team and the military have been sent to a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community to combat a COVID-19 outbreak.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Lockout extended in Alice Springs, Amoonguna, Yuendumu and Yuelumu as the NT records 314 new cases

A lockout has been extended in Alice Springs, and the remote communities of Amoonguna, Yuendumu and Yuelamu for a further seven days, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says.

The Guardian - AU

NT Aboriginal community demands answers after residents sent home from quarantine test positive for Covid

Yuendumu community ‘very angry’ after close contacts flown home ‘unexpectedly’ from Alice Springs

ABC News

Brother of missing Perth woman wants accountability for missing, murdered Indigenous women

Perth man Eric Hayward moved to Alice Springs to look for his missing sister, Rebecca Hayward, saying police "gave up far too easy".

ABC News

NT parents, childcare centers navigate COVID-19 uncertainty, call for free RAT kits

Cases in the NT have been steadily growing since borders opened in December. Some parents have been keeping their kids home from childcare amid the surge, as centres call for subsidised RAT kits to limit potential spread.

Daily Mirror

Children 'banned' from asking Prince Charles personal question during school visit

When Prince Charles and Princess Diana embarked on a tour of Australia in 1983, they met with schoolchildren in Alice Springs, who were under strict instructions not to ask them about one specific thing

AAP

COVID reaches more remote NT communities

The Northern Territory has detected 625 new COVID-19 cases as the virus spreads to more remote Indigenous communities in central Australia and the Top End.

ABC News

NT records 625 COVID-19 cases, a record total, as hospital admissions rise to 43

The Northern Territory has recorded more than 600 new COVID-19 cases for the first time. There are now 43 people in hospital with the virus, a jump on 39 yesterday.

1 … 21 22 23 24

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian Defence Force

129 stories

IRT

27 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.