The Latest Breaking News from Darwin

Triple Eight modifies controversial cool box

Driver cooling will be a focus for the second time this season in Darwin this weekend with ambient temperatures set to sit in the mid-30s.

Motorsport · Jun 15, 2023

Driver cooling changes for Darwin Supercars

The trek to the Top End will bring driver cooling back into focus for the second time this season, and first since the Newcastle 500 back in March.

Motorsport · Jun 13, 2023

Coulthard Porsche deal confirmed

As first reported by Motorsport.com, the 2005 Carrera Cup champion will return to the one-make series in Darwin this weekend.

Motorsport · Jun 12, 2023

Brit backpacker loses arm after it is crushed in gruesome accident on gap year

Henry Dunn, 23, suffered a horrific injury to his left arm, which led doctors to amputate the limb below the elbow, after working on a farm at the Larrimah Station, five hours south east of Darwin, while backpacking across Australia

Daily Mirror · Jun 5, 2023

Manhunt underway for inmates Jamie Lauder and Justin Roberts after alleged escape from Darwin Correctional Centre

Police alleged Jamie Lauder, 20, and Justin Roberts, 23, escaped from the low-security compound of the Darwin Correctional Facility in Holtze on Saturday night.

ABC News · Jun 5, 2023

Northern Territory tourism indicators down despite high hopes for 2023

This was supposed to be the year tourism across the Northern Territory bounced back, but weeks into what should be the peak of the season, David Woodrow is cutting his Darwin Harbour sunset cruises.

ABC News · Jun 4, 2023

Direct flight route to Australia's north returning for Canberra

The 'seasonal route' will be available next week.

The Canberra Times · Jun 1, 2023

Friday essay: Private Leo, my imaginary father

My mother fell in love with my father, Leo, at a Melbourne suburban dance hall in 1946. He was 26, handsome, athletic, smart, a newly minted war veteran, and his grin was infectious. They were a dazzling couple, as their later wedding photos show. Many decades on my mother liked…

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023

Police actions 'reasonable' during police pursuit resulting in fatal crash in Darwin, officer says

The Northern Territory coroner is examining the actions of police during a pursuit that resulted in the fatal crash that killed a woman in Darwin’s northern suburbs in 2021.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Boy stung by box jellyfish at Darwin's Casuarina Beach, prompting dry season warning

Lifesavers warn residents and visitors in the Northern Territory to take precautions against box jellyfish this dry season after a child is stung at a popular Darwin beach.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023