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Sydney and Melbourne are no longer leading the house price decline, wit Darwin reporting the steepest capital city fall for September, according to one valuer.

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Police in Darwin searching for driver who allegedly hit female pedestrian at Jingili petrol station

Police are investigating reports that a 4WD was driven at a man and woman at a suburban petrol station on Thursday night, leaving a 30-year-old woman with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Crime scene declared after skeletal remains found near Darwin's Lee Point Beach

A crime scene is in place and forensic specialists are investigating after a bushwalker found skeletal remains near a beach in Darwin's northern suburbs.

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Tourist finds human skull near Darwin

Human skeletal remains have been found by a bushwalking tourist and his dog in Darwin's outskirts where forensic experts are processing the grim discovery.

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ARM Architecture and former director hit by ACCC court action over design tender for Charles Darwin University campus

Australia's consumer watchdog is alleging the architectural firm which won one a major tender for Charles Darwin University's new CBD campus engaged in bid rigging by asking competitors not to bid.

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Juliet Oldroyd, accused of abducting five-year-old Darwin girl Grace Hughes, granted bail for a second time

A woman accused of abducting a five-year-old girl has been granted bail for a second time under the condition she will "effectively stay home".

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Navy team detonates suspected World War II bomb discovered in Darwin Harbour

A team of navy divers detonated the suspected World War II mortar shell, after it was discovered during survey works last week.

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E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather

The first rental electric scooters quietly appeared on the streets of Brisbane in late 2018. Four years later, distinctively coloured e-scooters are seemingly everywhere, with trial schemes popping up in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin and Perth.

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Navy dive team suspends search for suspected WWII bomb in Darwin Harbour

Despite an "extensive search", the specialist team tasked with relocating and removing the possible weapon has been unable to find it.

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Seventeen-year-old charged after woman, 39, killed in alleged hit-and-run in rural Darwin

Authorities describe a hit-and-run crash in Girraween as "another tragic loss of life on NT roads", with the 17-year-old driver allegedly testing positive for alcohol.

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Complex dive operation underway to remove suspected World War II bomb from Darwin Harbour

A specialist navy dive team has commenced an operation to extract a potential unexploded bomb from Darwin Harbour which dates back to the Bombing of Darwin during World War Two.

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Endangered Gouldian finch returns to Lee Point, prompting campaign to stop Defence Housing Australia development

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.

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Man killed in motorcycle crash in Darwin rural area suburb of Bees Creek

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.

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Troy Benning, who assaulted and threatened to kill single mother, has sentence extended in Darwin

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

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Darwin Harbour exclusion zone established after potential unexploded weapon from WWII discovered

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

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'World-class' new Darwin Youth Justice Centre's location next to Holtze prison sparks alarm from co-commissioner Mick Gooda

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.

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Darwin has been hit by war before. What do locals make of a growing military presence in their backyard?

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?

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Premature baby Levi had a 'challenging' start to life, with his mum's breastmilk travelling 4,000km to help him

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.

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Man shot by arrow dies in NT community

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

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Nauiyu elder Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann accepts invitation to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

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.

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Darwin's rising property values attracting investors, putting pressure on Northern Territory renters

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.

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Chief of Navy details Beijing's 'unusual' South China Sea behaviour as Australia prepares for more spy ships off Darwin coast

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".

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Five people injured in explosion and fire at restaurant in Darwin CBD's Austin Lane

The customers suffered "numerous burns" in the incident, which sparked a large-scale response from emergency services.

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Alcohol on coals sparked Darwin 'fireball'

A burst of flame that injured five patrons at a Darwin restaurant appears to have been caused by alcohol spilling onto hot coals.

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East Timor’s Ramos-Horta presses Australia on stalled gas fields

Exploration has stalled due to maritime boundary disputes and whether the gas would be refined in Darwin or East Timor.

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