The Latest Breaking News from NT

Disabled boy in care denied family contact: coroner

Failures by officials to adequately advocate and coordinate a young Indigenous boy's access to his family have triggered coronial recommendations.

AAP · Sep 4

Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned

Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4

Resource firms hit the gas on controversial project

Gas explorers and pipeline layers have enthusiastically outlined the vast potential of the controversial Beetaloo gas field at a resources conference.

AAP · Sep 3

Fracking protests prompt police presence at conference

Protesters plan to target a resources conference, prompting a strong police presence, after gas from a controversial fracking project was switched on.

AAP · Aug 31

Total support for right-wing parties rises in Newspoll before Secret Harbour byelection

Both the Newspoll and Redbridge polls were entirely conducted before Saturday’s Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection, in which One Nation had a big win over Labor. In Newspoll, the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition was up two points to 49%.

The Conversation · Aug 30

Search for sea-crash pilot and plane scaled back

Aerial searches for a missing pilot and his plane that crashed off remote islands have been suspended as divers continue to scan the suspected crash zone.

AAP · Aug 28

No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions

Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewables

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28

The Northern Territory has just voted to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here’s how it will work

Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in the Northern Territory, after its parliament passed new legislation on Thursday via a conscience vote. All but one member (who abstained) voted to pass the bill.

The Conversation · Aug 27

Hanson tells star One Nation candidate to stop speaking Japanese – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 27

Assisted-dying laws now nationwide but gag under fire

Voluntary assisted dying laws are now in place nationwide but a gag clause preventing doctors from raising end-of-life choice is under fire.

AAP · Aug 27