Man arrested after remote NT assault death NT police have arrested an 18-year-old man after another man, 19, died following an assault with a weapon in the Alice Springs region. AAP · Jan 23, 2022
NT COVID-19 hospitalisations drop to 61 as lockdowns and lockouts remain in several communities Lockdowns and lockouts remain in several communities across the Northern Territory. ABC News · Jan 23, 2022
COVID updates: Millions of RAT kits sent to schools as NSW and Victoria reveal education plans — as it happened Students and teachers in NSW and Victoria will have access to weekly rapid antigen tests, with those states planning to do away with school closures when classes resume. Our coronavirus updates — as it happened ABC News · Jan 22, 2022
After the gold rush; before Tiananmen: how Chinese-Australians put down deep roots in the regions As the lunar new year approaches, amid the shots of dancing dragons in metropolitan Chinatowns, the contribution of Chinese-Australians to rural and regional areas can be lost The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2022
Lockout extended in Alice Springs, Amoonguna, Yuendumu and Yuelumu as the NT records 314 new cases A lockout has been extended in Alice Springs, and the remote communities of Amoonguna, Yuendumu and Yuelamu for a further seven days, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says. ABC News · Jan 22, 2022
Protesters rally in Darwin against Santos Protesters have rallied in Darwin to voice their concerns about Santos gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin and the company's Barossa offshore gas project. AAP · Jan 22, 2022
NT parents, education union and schools prepare for 2022 school year amid COVID As Darwin mother Elizabeth Adamson prepares to send her son Jake to school in the midst of the Northern Territory's Omicron wave, she knows there will be significant challenges ahead. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
WA border closures leave Ebony Anderson and Eurwyn Jones stuck in Darwin It was supposed to be the start of a new chapter, but instead of joining their belongings in Western Australia, Ebony Anderson and Eurwyn Jones have been left stranded in Darwin. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
New research sheds light on diversity, need for protection of seagrass beds in dugong hotspot off NT coast Northern Australia's dugongs are totally reliant on its seagrass beds for food, but like the Great Barrier Reef they're already showing significant signs of climate change stress. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
All the coronavirus news you need from around Australia — as it happened Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news from Saturday, January 22, 2022 — as it happened ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Australian of the Year Local Heroes for 2022 are people who keep Australia together They volunteer, start social enterprises, work with those in need and create supportive connections across Australia. Meet the nominees for the Australian of the Year Local Hero category. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
New COVID-19 rules will apply to NT government schools in term one. Here's what you need to know The Northern Territory government has introduced a suite of new COVID-19 rules that will apply to public schools across the Territory from term one. Here's what you need to know. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Rising COVID Cases In An NT Indigenous Community Are Being Blamed On A Mass Quarantine Breach A COVID-19 outbreak in a remote central Australian Indigenous community is being blamed on a government hotel quarantine breach. Pedestrian.tv · Jan 21, 2022
NT back to school plan, 432 COVID-19 cases Chief Minister Michael Gunner has rolled out the Northern Territory's back to school plan as 432 new COVID-19 cases are detected. AAP · Jan 21, 2022
The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2022 NT Aboriginal community demands answers after residents sent home from quarantine test positive for Covid Yuendumu community ‘very angry’ after close contacts flown home ‘unexpectedly’ from Alice Springs
ABC News · Jan 21, 2022 NT COVID-19 hospital admissions jump to 62 as five cases are found on Tiwi Islands Hospitalisations rise for the eighth straight day in the Northern Territory, as the NT records another 432 cases of coronavirus.
AAP · Jan 21, 2022 NT prison escapees captured after six days Three Northern Territory prison escapees have been captured after escaping from an outback work camp six days ago.
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 NT parents, childcare centers navigate COVID-19 uncertainty, call for free RAT kits Cases in the NT have been steadily growing since borders opened in December. Some parents have been keeping their kids home from childcare amid the surge, as centres call for subsidised RAT kits to limit potential spread.
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 NT Police arrest two of three escaped prisoners from Barkly Work Camp After five days on the run, two men who cut their electronic ankle bracelets and escaped a Tennant Creek work camp have been arrested by NT Police. A third prisoner is still on the run.
AAP · Jan 20, 2022 NT remote COVID clusters grow, 459 cases The Northern Territory has recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases as the virus continues to spread through remote Indigenous communities.
AAP · Jan 20, 2022 Virtually explore wrecked WWII sub off NT The tragic secrets of a wrecked Japanese submarine that sank with 80 crew aboard during a WWII battle near Darwin can now be discovered using virtual reality.
AAP · Jan 20, 2022 New virus threat to NT cop's murder trial Less than three weeks from a Northern Territory policeman's murder trial, a Darwin court does not have a plan to protect the jury from COVID-19.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 19, 2022 60 Covid deaths nationally as PM says rapid antigen tests not being stockpiled – as it happened This blog is now closed
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 The NT's CHO, Hugh Heggie, says modelling suggests current COVID-19 outbreak may peak in February The Northern Territory's Chief Health Officer says the peak of its current COVID-19 outbreak may be here in just two weeks, urging people, until then, to socialise in small groups and take care when travelling.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 COVID updates: Seven-day isolation period for positive cases to remain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will not change the isolation period for positive COVID-19 cases, but the issue will remain under constant review.