The Latest Breaking News from NT

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Greens senator says sailors’ involvement makes Australia ‘clearly, unambiguously, part of an illegal war’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6

Racism inquiry urged to produce 'results, not rhetoric'

A parliamentary inquiry to address racism must drive action, not diagnose the already well-known problems facing First Nations people, advocates say.

AAP · Mar 4

Administrator defends posts as 'pastoral world' talk

A federal minister has raised concerns a territory assembly has been barred from debating the controversial appointment of a new administrator.

AAP · Mar 2

New NT administrator apologises for ‘racist’ posts as MPs plan to boycott swearing-in ceremony

Aboriginal leader says David Connolly won’t be welcome in communities amid calls for prime minister to scrap appointment

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26

Record flooding to wash over outback natural wonder

Weeks of monsoon rain and flooding across central Australia could lead to record flooding at one of the country's natural wonders.

AAP · Feb 25

Plea to PM amid territory administrator backlash

The backlash over a territory administrator's controversial appointment has ramped up before his swearing in ceremony, with the prime minister asked to step in.

AAP · Feb 25

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24

Rail link cut, shelves stripped as floods swamp outback

Flooding has cut a major rail line, inundated roads and triggered rescues but parts of the country are welcoming potentially drought-breaking rain.

AAP · Feb 23

Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert

On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.

The Conversation · Feb 23

‘Humid and unstable airmass’ to bring rain, flooding and thunderstorms across Australia’s east coast

Life-threatening flash flooding warned for central Queensland and NT as long-awaited rain brings landslide threat to bushfire-affected Victoria

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22