The Latest Breaking News from Darwin

Security officer Reuben Thurbon says he's been receiving emotional support from his employer and family after he was allegedly hit with a bottle prior to another man's fatal stabbing in Darwin.

The Northern Territory's police commissioner highlights the presumption for bail and targeting violent offenders as priorities of the NT government's review of bail laws and police powers following the stabbing death of a 20-year-old bottle shop worker.

NT police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a bottle shop attendant, who also 19, was fatally stabbed in Darwin.

Police say the 20-year-old man was assaulted with a knife about 9pm Sunday and declared dead at the scene, while another 19-year-old man has been arrested.

Labor's Manuel Brown made his first public appearance in Darwin following last night's Arafura by-election victory.

Authorities say a 12-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after she was attacked by a 2.2-metre saltwater crocodile in a creek south of Darwin.

The Northern Territory coroner has found that staff provided "appropriate" care in the lead up to the 35-year-old woman's death from an "exceedingly rare" heart condition.

The Darwin council says it has issued a number of fines to people sleeping rough in public places amid "significant pressure" from a number of NT government Legislative Assembly members.

The charge was laid by NT WorkSafe last year after the death of a worker in a remote town when a chain allegedly recoiled into him during a towing operation.