The Latest Breaking News from NT

Cost of living measures 'responsible': PM

As the government announced a $60 million tourism investment, Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised the upcoming federal budget would be responsible.

AAP · Mar 21, 2022

Skilled migration rules relaxed for NT

The Commonwealth has relaxed migration rules to help Northern Territory employers fill critical skilled worker shortages.

AAP · Mar 21, 2022

NT cattle station owners take on fight against gas company Sweetpea Petroleum over Beetaloo Basin fracking concerns

A legal fight is brewing between cattle producers opposed to fracking and a mining company that is looking to explore for gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

Wet season failing across northern Australia's cattle country

As much of the east coast struggles to recover from floods, time is running out for northern Australia's cattle industry to get some much-needed monsoonal rain.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Police interactions with Aboriginal people are scarred by Australia’s violent frontier history

If First Nations families fear and distrust the police, the reasons can be found in the past as well as the present

The Guardian - AU · Mar 18, 2022

Out of sight

The pandemic has exposed generations of neglect in the funding of remote housing for Aboriginal Australians. In the Northern Territory, families still hold on to hope their children will see a better future.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Zachary Rolfe said his police unit had 'no rules' and did 'cowboy stuff' prior to fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

The NT Supreme Court lifts a non-publication order on text messages that show Constable Zachary Rolfe described his job as "cowboy stuff with no rules" several months before the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Man fatally shot near Katherine identified

Northern Territory Police have identified an alleged intruder who was fatally shot by another man at a home near Katherine on Thursday.

AAP · Mar 18, 2022

The Loop: New DV support funding, Zelenskyy addresses German parliament, Bono's poem about Ukraine and what's the best wake-up alarm?

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ABC News · Mar 17, 2022

More support for aviation critical: report

A parliamentary committee has recommended the federal government provide ongoing support to the aviation industry as it recovers from the impacts of COVID-19.

AAP · Mar 17, 2022