The Latest Breaking News from NT

A New Report Looks Into How Many Aussie Rentals Are Going For Below $400 The Stats Are Dire

The amount of affordable rentals across Australia has dropped by almost 50%, and it's just as fucked when broken down by city.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 7, 2023

NT government ignored pleas to relocate Pigeon Hole from floodplain, mayor says

Letters show the mayor of a region devastated by floodwaters had warned the Northern Territory government about the dangers of building new homes near a river bank.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Rolfe police unit 'definitely a paramilitary group'

A specialist NT police unit sent to arrest Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker was "definitely a paramilitary group", an inquest has been told.

AAP · Mar 6, 2023

Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Severe flooding is threatening fresh food supplies for people living in Australia's north, with rising floodwaters cutting key road and rail links over the weekend.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Heavy monsoon season drenches northern Australia

Far north Queensland residents are on flood watch as monsoon rains deluge northern parts of the country.

The New Daily · Mar 6, 2023

Firebreaks cleared by concerned landholder as labour shortage bites in extended fire season

An outback landholder maintains fire breaks on Crown land herself amid the NT government's challenges finding contractors to do the work and concerns about "inaction" on buffel grass management.

ABC News · Mar 5, 2023

Evacuees wait to return to flood-hit NT remote communities as transport links severed by rising rivers

Residents of several remote communities say they still do not know when they will be allowed to return home, as flooded transport links cause empty supermarket shelves across the border in Western Australia.

ABC News · Mar 5, 2023

Coronial inquest into death of Kumanjayi Walker resumes in Alice Springs with NT Police deputy commissioner

After a three-month break, the Northern Territory coroner last week resumed the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, with a focus on the territory's police force.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Fast work during flood saves artefacts at Kalkarindji art centre, marking birth of Aboriginal land rights movement

Amid the devastation of the NT's flood zone, quick action by art centre staff saves Aboriginal artefacts that had just been repatriated to their community.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Federal funds to address Indigenous disadvantage must make it to Central Australia, leaders say

Despite a constant flow of money into the territory, Indigenous leaders say life is not improving for remote communities. A critic of the state government says the money is being spent on an "boat ramps, footy games" and an "over-staffed public service".

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023