The Latest Breaking News from NT

Bacchae review – Indhu Rubasingham launches National Theatre tenure with new-gen rap tragedy

This eccentric take on Euripedes by Nima Taleghani is a striking yet often frustrating opening statement

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

Top law officer under pressure over hit-run driver link

An attorney-general has failed to declare a conflict of interest before commenting on the case of her sister's stepson, who fatally struck a man with his car.

AAP · Sep 23, 2025

Calm urged as prosecutors mull death in custody brief

The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody has expressed frustration over a months-long investigation into the incident amid calls for calm.

AAP · Sep 22, 2025

‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence

Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2025

Liberals dust off and look to move on from Price saga

A senior Liberal is calling for the party to move on and focus on key issues for voters after a damaging saga that began with a colleague's migration comments.

AAP · Sep 10, 2025

Senator sacked from shadow cabinet over migrant remarks

Firebrand senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been dumped from the coalition frontbench after refusing to apologise for comments about Indian migrants.

AAP · Sep 10, 2025

Right-leaning MPs rally around Nampijinpa Price as she resists calls to apologise to Indian Australians

But Liberals say party has ‘degenerated into open warfare’ over the issue and accuse NT senator of pushing her own agenda

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025

Don Dale detainee isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds

Children’s commissioner says young Indigenous person kept in isolation for 12 hours longer than permitted under NT youth justice laws because they refused to move cell blocks

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2025

Senator's remarks on Indian migrants 'electoral poison'

A firebrand senator's controversial comments about Indian migration are hurtful and will make it harder for the Liberals to win votes, an expert says.

AAP · Sep 4, 2025

Coalition in damage control over migration claim

The opposition has gone into damage control after a senator doubled down on claims Labor was taking in Indian migrants to shore up their supporter base.

AAP · Sep 4, 2025