Police link events before fatal bottle shop stabbing NT police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a bottle shop attendant, who also 19, was fatally stabbed in Darwin. AAP · Mar 20, 2023
NSW Resolve poll has narrow lead for Labor five days before election The New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday. I had a preview of both the lower and upper houses last week. The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023
Labor's Manuel Brown says support for a Voice to Parliament in Arafura helped secure by-election win Labor's Manuel Brown made his first public appearance in Darwin following last night's Arafura by-election victory. ABC News · Mar 19, 2023
Program helps Indigenous student become first in family to graduate high school A program supporting Indigenous women on their education journeys is having tremendous results in regional NSW. ABC News · Mar 19, 2023
'Let's get to work': Labor claims vast NT seat Labor's Manuel Brown has secured victory in the Northern Territory seat of Arafura, which covers remote areas like Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands. AAP · Mar 19, 2023
Remote NT communities face ongoing struggle with food supply due to flooding-induced isolation The managers of the only store in the community of Alpurrurulam say their stocks, supposed to get them through the wet season, are dwindling while the road is still cut off due to flooding. ABC News · Mar 18, 2023
NT political parties highlight key issues in Arafura by-election, on last day of polling With polls in the Arafura by-election set to close at 6pm tonight, infrastructure and healthcare access emerge as key issues in the race. ABC News · Mar 18, 2023
New 60-bed aged care facility in the NT will not meet growing demand, advocates say The Northern Territory is set to get 60 new aged-care beds, but advocates say it will not meet the growing demand. ABC News · Mar 17, 2023
Remote voters head to polls after MP's sudden death Voters are heading to the polls on the last day of a by-election in the Northern Territory electorate of Arafura following the sudden death of the incumbent. AAP · Mar 17, 2023
Top videos: Oscars triumphs, cricket fail, a bear out there, and some wonder of nature In this week's top videos, watch the hilarious cricket fielding fail caught on a live stream, and now going viral on the internet. The New Daily · Mar 17, 2023
Arnhem Land rangers seeing higher prices for crocodile eggs, as slinging ban tightens supply Indigenous rangers in the Northern Territory are earning more for saltwater crocodile eggs this year, as a ban on a common method for egg collection tightens supply. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
Euthanasia advocates blast Territory Labor government over inaction on a vote before next NT election Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of Australia. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
Northern Territory government could be first buyer of Beetaloo gas, as Blacktip supply issues bite A gas company looking to develop the Beetaloo Basin says the Northern Territory government could be one of its first customers for fracked gas. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
High Court to decide if Santa Teresa public housing tenants can sue Northern Territory government for disappointment and distress Two Northern Territory public housing tenants will have their case heard in Australia's top court today, asking it to overturn a ruling that they are not entitled to compensation for the impact of a lack of property repairs. ABC News · Mar 15, 2023
ABC News · Mar 15, 2023 Better data will help reduce domestic and sexual violence, inaugural commissioner says Australia's first Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner visits Alice Springs to meet frontline workers, acknowledging that better data is needed to set successful targets for the reduction of domestic violence.
ABC News · Mar 14, 2023 CLP members back 'school farms' policy idea for troubled young people as 'last chance opportunity' to avoid youth detention Rank-and-file members of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party have passed a motion that would see children sent to farms to operate machinery and assist in the operation of a slaughterhouse as an alternative to youth detention.
ABC News · Mar 14, 2023 Darwin council issues fines to rough sleepers, says it's under 'significant pressure' from backbenchers to increase fines The Darwin council says it has issued a number of fines to people sleeping rough in public places amid "significant pressure" from a number of NT government Legislative Assembly members.
ABC News · Mar 14, 2023 Fishing industry warns snap lockout of key Northern Territory waters could affect restaurant plates around Australia The fishing industry says restaurants and fish markets around the country are scrambling to secure orders of barramundi, mud crab and threadfin salmon after a snap decision by traditional owners closed key Northern Territory waters.
ABC News · Mar 13, 2023 Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price denies party split over Indigenous Voice to Parliament after Lawson Broad's resignation The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.
ABC News · Mar 13, 2023 NT WorkSafe drop industrial manslaughter charge against Darwin construction company Kalidonis NT The charge was laid by NT WorkSafe last year after the death of a worker in a remote town when a chain allegedly recoiled into him during a towing operation.
ABC News · Mar 13, 2023 Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad quits over party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad says he was "strongly opposed" to the recent announcement that the party's rank-and-file members had voted to back the 'No' campaign in the upcoming referendum.
ABC News · Mar 12, 2023 Recreational fishing survey shows sector is worth $270 million to the NT economy, as government plans to boost industry A survey by the federal government shows recreational fishing contributed $270 million to the Northern Territory economy in 2018-2019.
ABC News · Mar 12, 2023 Residents living in defective Palmerston houses that wouldn't withstand a cyclone accuse NT government of putting lives at risk The occupants of a group of issue-plagued Palmerston homes are accusing the NT government of putting their lives and those of people in the surrounding area in danger by not acting on identified risks.
AAP · Mar 12, 2023 Weather warning as record-breaking floods continue Historic flooding in northwest Queensland is likely to continue with more rain forecast, after almost 100 residents were evacuated from one town.
ABC News · Mar 12, 2023 NT Police charge two men for allegedly lighting bushfire in Djukbinj National Park Authorities say the blaze at Djukbinj National Park was lit during a fire danger period, and burned through more than 150 square kilometres of land over 11 days.