The Latest Breaking News from NT

Alice Springs takeaway alcohol restrictions extended

Alcohol restrictions are being extended in Alice Springs with no end date set as figures show a reduction in hospitalisations and domestic violence incidents.

AAP · Jul 20, 2023

Mavs’ Maxi Kleber opts out of World Cup after misguided criticism from Dennis Schroder

DALLAS — Anyone who has even loosely followed Maxi Kleber’s six-year Mavericks career knows he’s a model teammate, as well a close friend of Dwight Powell, Josh Green and ex-Maverick Jalen Brunson.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and 'salties' do not need culling

Last week, a 67-year-old man was bitten on the arm by a saltwater crocodile at a waterhole in the Northern Territory’s Top End. Predictably, the incident has prompted debate over whether a crocodile cull is needed.

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2023

Afternoon Update: robodebt report recommends prosecutions; another Sydney shooting; and Amazon deforestation drops 34%

Royal commission particularly scathing of Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert and the top public servant in charge of the scheme

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Australian energy ministers to consider renaming natural gas to ‘fossil gas’ in law

Meeting to discuss updating national gas law to reflect fuel’s environmental impact as well as overhauling hydrogen strategy

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023

This Morning viewers wonder if they've moved country as Holly Willoughby and Craig Doyle 'replaced' seconds into show

The ITV show was back on air but viewers issued complained as they were left a little taken aback after the opening titles rolled

Manchester Evening News · Jul 4, 2023

NT's mobile phone efforts face further delays

National Telecom's (NT) attempt to develop a mobile phone service on its 700-megahertz spectrum remains stuck in a rut.

Bangkok Post · Jul 2, 2023

It’s time for theatres to stop ghosting the playwrights they have commissioned

Dramatists are increasingly being strung along and ignored. We must act now to save the UK’s great playwriting culture

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Budget's multimillion-dollar focus on Canberra's most toxic sites

Three ACT sites exceed the national threshold for PFAS contamination.

The Canberra Times · Jul 1, 2023

Lethal highways: the Indigenous pedestrian deaths that haunt the Northern Territory

Aboriginal people in the NT are 15 times more likely to be killed by a car than pedestrians elsewhere in Australia. And efforts to reduce the toll have come up against widespread acceptance of Territory habits

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023