The Latest Breaking News from NT

UN committee report slams Australia's 'inhuman' prisons

Prisons and detention centres in Australia have been described as inhuman and degrading by a UN report that claims some cases may amount to torture.

AAP · Dec 21, 2023

UN anti-torture watchdog urges Australia to reduce ‘extraordinary’ number of prisoners on remand

Report also calls for spit hoods to be banned and strip searches to be limited after UN visit last year

The Guardian - AU · Dec 21, 2023

Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia's drylands

As the semi-arid Pilliga Scrub burns in New South Wales, many of us are thinking about fire once again. It’s an El Niño summer in the hottest year on record. And there’s a remarkable amount of grass drying out and ready to burn.

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2023

Tiwi Islanders call on NAB to stop investing in Santos

Tiwi Islanders want National Australia Bank to stop funding gas company Santos, which is trying to build the Barossa project off the NT coast.

AAP · Dec 15, 2023

Oscar-worthy performance at New Lambton

Letters to the Editor: Students, staff applauded for smashing show

Newcastle Herald · Dec 14, 2023

Fearless Indigenous leader remembered at state funeral

The legacy of renowned Indigenous leader and Northern Territory Australian of the year, Dr Bush-Blanasi has been honoured at a state funeral.

AAP · Dec 14, 2023

‘She will make the National Theatre truly feel national’: applause for Indhu Rubasingham appointment

As she is named the National Theatre’s first female director, those who have worked with Rubasingham praise her warmth, rigour and willingness to take risks

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

Mother, son jailed for Stuart Highway fatal hit-and-run

A young man and his mother have been jailed after he fatally struck a pedestrian and she helped load the woman's body into a ute and bury it in bushland.

AAP · Dec 13, 2023

National Theatre appoints Indhu Rubasingham as first female director

She succeeds Rufus Norris, under whose leadership the theatre enjoyed its biggest audiences

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Indhu Rubasingham is the perfect choice for the National Theatre

The NT’s newly announced artistic director was an inspiring leader at the Kiln. She will bring experience, passion, canny ability – and the magnificently unexpected – to her new post

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023