The Latest Breaking News from Darwin

Dolphin deaths spark concerns about Darwin Harbour water quality and industry

Two dolphins found dead on NT beaches raise questions about the future of life in Darwin Harbour.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Anika moves towards Kimberley coast as Darwin no longer on cyclone watch

A cyclone bearing down on the northern Kimberley coast is expected to bring destructive wind gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour and make landfall to the north-east of the remote WA community of Kalumburu.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Anika slowly approaches northern Kimberley coast

Tropical Cyclone Anika has formed into a category 1 system and is moving slowly south towards the northern Kimberley coast. A warning zone stretches from Dundee Beach to Mitchell Plateau, including Wadeye, Kalumburu and Wyndham.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

Top End bracing for heavy weather as possible cyclone continues to form off Northern Territory coast

A tropical low in the Timor Sea has moved slightly west overnight, as authorities continue to monitor whether the system will develop into a category two cyclone over the coming days.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Darwin on cyclone watch as low intensifies

Darwin and other Northern Territory communities are on cyclone watch as a tropical low heads towards the coast.

AAP · Feb 24, 2022

Cyclone watch for tropical low off NT/WA coast, chance of category two storm near Darwin

The weather bureau is monitoring a tropical low forming in the Timor Sea, with the chance a category two storm could form west of Darwin in the coming days.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Crocodile tongue, salami and the business of adventurous eating

You wouldn't be alone if you've never tried crocodile, but there's been an increasing demand for meat from the well-known predator.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Northern Territory marks 80th anniversary of bombing of Darwin during WWII

It has been 80 years since bombs dropped by the Japanese devastated Darwin, killing and injuring hundreds and destroying much of the city. Today, thousands gathered to mark one of the darkest days in Australia's wartime history.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2022

Victoria records 20 Covid deaths, NSW 12 and Qld 10 – as it happened

Western Australia premier says he will spend week in hotel quarantine to avoid perceptions he will benefit from timing of border reopening; SA election campaign officially begins. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Feb 18, 2022

Bombing of Darwin survivor Brian Winspear remembers the day WWII came to Australia, 80 years on

From the other side of the world, Australians watched in horror as Nazi Germany marched across Europe. Then, in 1942, WWII came to Darwin, a day Brian Winspear will never forget.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2022