The Latest Breaking News from Darwin

The Gouldian finch was once found right across northern Australia but it's now thought there are fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. Their return to a coastal corner of Darwin has started a grassroots movement to stop a Defence housing project.

Police say the man believed to be in his 50s died at the scene of the crash, which happened just before 7pm Thursday in Bees Creek.

Troy Benning, who sexually assaulted a stranger after breaking into her home in Darwin, has had his "manifestly inadequate" jail term extended.

The divers were searching for potential weapons and heritage items when they made the underwater discovery.

The NT government says a new facility set to replace Don Dale will take a different approach to youth justice. But one of the people behind a damning Royal Commission into the sector says its location could lead to more 'punitive' treatment.

Fighter jets roar across the skies, US Marines stroll the streets, the port debate rolls on and billions are being spent on military upgrades in Australia's Top End. In this "garrison town", is the defence build-up underway making residents feel more or less safe?

A baby born at just 24 weeks is thriving at Mater Mothers' Hospital in Brisbane after a 4,000-kilometre mercy dash was made across Australia to deliver an emergency supply of his mother's breastmilk.

Northern Territory police are investigating the death of a man who was shot by an arrow in a remote community southwest of Darwin.

In her Aboriginal community of Nauiyu, which sits along a river bank south of Darwin, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann received a phone call she wasn't expecting.

With the cheapest homes of any capital and prices on the up, real estate experts are calling Darwin an "investor's dream". But as competition heats up, the divide in the housing market is growing.

Australian warships are being "routinely" shadowed by Chinese military vessels in contested waters in the South China Sea, in behaviour the new Chief of Navy describes as "unusual".