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'Third world conditions' in packed Top End watch houses

Overcrowding in Northern Territory prisons and watch houses has led to "third world conditions" and a denial of human rights, legal advocates say.

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Chances of locating Peter Falconio’s body remain ‘high’ despite passage of time, search expert says

Exclusive: Backpacker’s killer died without revealing location, but reports from 2007 and 2008 identified five likely disposal sites

The Guardian - AU

Australian outback killer Bradley Murdoch never revealed where Peter Falconio’s body was. Now he’s taken his secret to the grave

Northern Territory authorities tried ‘all manner of things’ to elicit a confession from the backpacker murderer but never succeeded

The Guardian - AU

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Peter Falconio’s killer did not disclose location of body before dying – police

‘Outback killer’ Bradley John Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Peter Falconio and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint

Evening Standard

For the remote community of Yuendumu, there’s no justice until its people stop dying

Kumanjayi Walker’s family says the coroner ‘told the truth’ about racism in the Northern Territory – and the solution is to let the community govern itself

The Guardian - AU

How do coronial inquests work? Here’s what they can and can’t do

Northern Territory Coroner Elizabeth Armitage’s inquest findings into the death of Kumanjayi Walker have sparked conversations across Australia.

The Conversation

Officer who shot Australian Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker was racist, inquest finds

Coroner finds systemic racism within Northern Territory police and says it may have influenced officer’s actions during fatal 2019 shooting

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Australian inquiry says racism behind police shooting of Indigenous teen

Coroner’s finding comes five years after acquitted policeman Zachary Rolfe fatally shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.

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Coronial Inquest Finds NT Cop Zachary Rolfe Who Shot Kumanjayi Walker Was Racist

The final report of an inquest into the police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker have been handed down by the Northern Territory coroner.

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‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

The Guardian - AU

Australian police offer $500,000 reward in bid to find murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains

Falconio was killed while travelling in the Northern Territory with his girlfriend Joanne Lees in 2001 but his body has never been found

The Guardian - AU

Australia wants more foreign investment. That’s why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position

The Australian origins of Santos have made an indelible mark on the company’s very name. The energy giant was first incorporated in 1954 under the acronym for “South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search”. It was publicly listed on the Adelaide Stock Exchange that same year.

The Conversation

Indigenous man dies in police custody in Northern Territory

Death in custody at Darwin hospital announced as hundreds turn out in protest over death of another Aboriginal man in Alice Springs last month

The Guardian - AU

The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain

The Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory contains an extensive, awe-inspiring expanse of tropical savanna landscapes. It includes well-known and much-loved regions such as Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land and Nitmiluk Gorge.

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Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody

Kumanjayi White’s death at Alice Springs supermarket raises painful memories for Warlpiri community.

The Conversation

As the NRL edges into Darwin, does the AFL need to be more proactive in the NT?

The Northern Territory government recently announced the Dolphins, the NRL’s newest team that entered the league in 2023, would play a home game at TIO Stadium in Darwin every year from 2026 to 2028.

The Guardian - AU

Image emerges of Jacinta Price wearing Maga cap – one day after she says Coalition will ‘make Australia great again’

Exclusive: Guardian Australia obtains social media photo of Northern Territory senator in a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat – as Nationals leader David Littleproud insists her use of slogan was ‘slip of the tongue’

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One of Australia’s oldest cold cases: why after 90 years a family is still waiting for justice

Northern Territory coronial findings into the 1934 disappearance of Dhäkiyarr Wirrpanda have opened old wounds

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‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both committed to stripping a Chinese company, Landbridge, of the lease to operate Darwin Port. Landbridge paid A$506 million for the 99-year lease from the Northern Territory government in October 2015.

AAP

Explosion in croc numbers triggers feral feast fallout

A switch in diet from fish to pork for the Northern Territory's massive crocodile population is having a big environmental impact, researchers say.

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago

Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterways

AAP

Warning 'discriminatory' changes target Aboriginal kids

The Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities.

AAP

'Taking people with you': leader agrees change is hard

After the Northern Territory's CLP government completed its first 100 days on December 2, leader Lia Finocchiaro has admitted change is sometimes hard.

The Guardian - AU

‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

Northern Territory domestic homicide rate seven times the national rate, with systemic failings contributing to deaths, coroner’s report finds

The Guardian - AU

‘This is our horror’: the grim stories driving the Northern Territory’s reckoning with domestic violence

Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal – a landmark inquiry is looking at what went wrong

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