NT senator Sam McMahon resigns from Country Liberals, risking party’s status Barnaby Joyce downplays defection’s effect on Coalition as McMahon remains vague about future plans The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2022
NT senator quits coalition in blow to PM The resignation of Dr Sam McMahon from the NT Country Liberal Party to sit on the Senate cross bench will make it harder for the Morrison government. AAP · Jan 31, 2022
Lock-in begins for remote NT community A COVID-19 lock-in has begun for a remote NT community where virus cases have grown this month. AAP · Jan 30, 2022
CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2022
Former BRADAAG CEO denies allegations of misusing funds, bullying staff at Tennant Creek rehab service Authorities are investigating the former chief executive of an important Northern Territory alcohol rehabilitation service for allegedly misusing its resources and bullying an employee. She denies the allegations. ABC News · Jan 30, 2022
COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news happening across the country. ABC News · Jan 30, 2022
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 · Jan 30, 2022
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 · Jan 30, 2022
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 · Jan 30, 2022
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 · Jan 30, 2022
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 · Jan 29, 2022
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 · Jan 29, 2022
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 · Jan 29, 2022
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 · Jan 29, 2022
ABC News · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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.
AAP · Jan 28, 2022 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.
ABC News · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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 · Jan 28, 2022 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.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022 At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened This blog is now closed