Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from NT

Utopia region in remote NT battles COVID-19 amid floods, no phone service

The chief executives of two outback Central Australian clinics say they are in an "absolutely dire" situation as Indigenous communities battle COVID-19 with dwindling supplies, skeleton staff, flooded roads and no phone service.

ABC News

Rapid test concern as schools return

As school students return for the start of the year, a new survey has shown nearly one in three parents won't follow rapid testing requirements.

AAP

NT scraps rapid antigen test requirement for arrivals, as COVID-19 hospital admissions rise to 121

Interstate and international arrivals to the NT will no longer need to do three rapid antigen tests within a week of entry, in a major change to COVID-19 testing rules.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Joyce plays down loss of NT senator

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has played down the impact of losing an NT senator from his Nationals partyroom so close to an election.

AAP

Australian Defence Force prepares to drop food supplies into Coober Pedy isolated by floodwaters

The Australian Defence Force is being called in to deliver food to communities isolated by flood waters in South Australia's far north.

ABC News

NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

The latest information about the coronavirus pandemic from across Australia and the globe — as it happened.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

NT brings in outdoor mask mandate, as Territory COVID-19 hospital admissions rise to new peak of 111

There are now 111 people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals, including five in intensive care, as Health Minister Natasha Fyles announces a seven-day outdoor mask mandate amid a growing number of cases.

ABC News

Gina Rinehart offloads three more cattle properties, including some S Kidman and Co holdings

The total amount of land that's been sold is roughly the same size as the nation of Bhutan, and includes some of the S Kidman and Co holdings she bought in a joint venture in 2016.

ABC News

Coalition senator Sam McMahon resigns from CLP, set to sit on crossbench

Northern Territory senator Sam McMahon has resigned from the Country Liberal Party, a spokesman confirms. The Morrison Coalition government will lose a sitting senator to the crossbench.

ABC News

Family of First Nations advocate Rosalie Kunoth-Monks remember a 'strong, loving' changemaker

Family members honour the proud Arrernte Anmatjere woman, who gave people "strength of heart and spirit" through her advocacy for Indigenous rights — and made history when she starred in the 1955 classic film Jedda.

ABC News

NT Police Commissioner not ruling out emergency response to food shortages

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says that if the territory is cut off from Queensland, as well as SA, due to flooding, then an emergency response could bring in essentials.

ABC News

Supplies cut as SA braces for more floods

South Australian authorities are bracing for more floods across the state's north after recent heavy rains cut road and rail lines to WA and the NT.

AAP

NT Aboriginal groups accuse government of 'significant failure' managing COVID outbreak

The NT's peak Aboriginal health groups send a scathing letter to Chief Minister Michael Gunner accusing the government of "significant failure" managing the territory's COVID-19 outbreak and calling for more action.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

NT COVID-19 hospital patient numbers leap to a new record of 105, as booster vaccine mandate announced

There are now 105 people with COVID-19 in hospital in the Northern Territory, up from 95 on Thursday, as the NT government announces more than 1,000 new cases of the virus.

The Guardian - AU

It took three years but the SMH and the Age finally got their revenge on Clementine Ford – kind of

Nine spikes a story on Ford at the 11th hour after a ‘breakdown in communication’. Plus: the AFR says Covid is good for the wealthy

ABC News

Coles introduces new purchase limits in NT supermarkets after flooding in South Australia

Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.

AAP

Push for more Indigenous COVID protections

Indigenous groups have called for a lockdown of Central Australia to protect Aboriginal communities from rising COVID-19 infections.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

This blog is now closed

ABC News

Nine out of 10 COVID patients in NT hospitals are Aboriginal people. Experts are concerned, but not surprised

Nine out of 10 of the patients with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals are Aboriginal people, a rate which health experts say is "concerning" but, unfortunately, not a total surprise.

ABC News

Renal dialysis patients call for a COVID-free NT facility, as some skip treatment to avoid infection

NT dialysis patients say some people are skipping their treatment instead of attending clinics which are also hosting COVID-19 positive renal patients. They're calling for a COVID-free facility to minimise risk.

ABC News

COVID updates: Police investigating alleged illegal importation of rapid antigen tests — as it happened

The Therapeutic Goods Administration says it has found false documentation that suggested a NSW company was not required to list its imported rapid antigen tests on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Covid ‘out of control’ in central Australia, rising petrol prices, brutal killer whales

Friday: Aboriginal organisations accuse the NT government of failing to carry out emergency plans over outbreak. Plus: recordings show orcas hunting blue whales

The Guardian - AU

‘Catastrophic failure’: Covid out of control in the NT, say Aboriginal groups

Territory government accused of failing to implement preprepared plans and urged to lock down central Australia

AAP

Australia records deadliest pandemic day

There were 98 COVID-19 deaths across the country on Friday, a new one-day record since the pandemic began.

1 … 118 119 120 121

People

Annastacia Palaszczuk

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Sydney Morning Herald

246 stories

Australian Defence Force

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.