The Latest Breaking News from John Paterson

New public transport dress code signs labelled 'cruel'

New signs barring people wearing "dirty or stained clothing" from a territory's buses have been slammed as discriminatory against already disadvantaged people.

AAP · Jun 26, 2025

Calls for external death-in-custody inquiry 'appalling'

Federal politicians who called for death-in-custody inquiries to be independent of a territory's police force have been blasted by a chief minister.

AAP · Jun 10, 2025

'Inhumane': overcrowded watch house conditions exposed

Two women have described their experiences inside the Alice Springs watch house as hot and overcrowded, with food shortages leaving them "hungry all the time".

AAP · Feb 10, 2025

'There's no help': mother's plea to reform prisons

A young mother has shared how her child changed her life inside a Darwin prison as advocates call for an overhaul of the system.

AAP · Jul 20, 2024

Stunning 3D images show anatomy of 500 million-year-old Cambrian trilobites entombed in volcanic ash

Scientists used 3D imaging to reconstruct the anatomy of Cambrian trilobites discovered buried under layers of volcanic ash.

LiveScience · Jun 28, 2024

A ‘trilobite Pompeii’: perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash

If you’ve ever visited the fossil gallery of a natural history museum — or its gift shop, for that matter — you’ve probably seen the armoured body remains (or exoskeletons) of an extinct group of animals called trilobites. These ancient marine arthropods lived in the world’s oceans from 521 million…

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024

Katherine residents repair damage from youth crime — again — as calls grow for urgent government support

A community-led initiative is helping patch up businesses and homes targeted by youth crime. Some victims say they want to leave the regional NT town altogether.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announces $21m for Aboriginal legal services

Aboriginal legal services struggling to stay afloat amid a nationwide funding crisis have been handed a $21 million lifeline — but the head of one of those services says that is not even close to what is needed.

ABC News · May 19, 2023

Aboriginal legal services push for 'emergency funding' amid large caseloads

A criminal lawyer who is among 10 servicing a town of more than 20,000 people says she has had to juggle up to 70 clients on her own and drive hundreds of kilometres just to see them.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

John Paterson obituary

Other lives: South African journalist who worked on the Rand Daily Mail before joining the Press Association and the Guardian in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023