The Latest Breaking News from NT

The heatwave that scorched Northern Australia over the weekend was almost unbearable for people living in Tennant Creek's tin shed Indigenous housing, where residents are calling on the NT and federal governments to speed up building new public houses.

More than 60,000 people quarantined at Howard Springs during the height of the pandemic. But the Defence Department is now considering using the facility to house thousands of military personnel during training exercises.

Thailand's satellite-related economy is expected to reach an important milestone next year with two major developments -- the auction of rights to use satellite orbital slots, scheduled for Jan 8, and a push by the telecom regulator to amend the rules governing landing rights licences for foreign satellite operators, paving…

Tourists already fork out money for flights, accommodation, camping and walks. From next year they'll also have to pay to visit some of the NT's most famous national parks and swimming spots.

Make sure you know when your Christmas goodies need to be in the post to arrive on time.

With some of the highest rents in Australia, a vacancy rate under one per cent and little to no new housing on the horizon, some renters in Darwin are being pushed to the brink — and property experts say there's little relief in sight.

The situation has prompted some to claim that motorists are being "held to ransom", but fuel companies say critics don't see the bigger picture.

The chief executive of an Indigenous health service has told a federal inquiry she supports the return of liquor bans in the NT and that Aboriginal families "have the right to conduct their lives free of alcohol-fuelled violence."

One police officer has been injured and others were forced to flee after a mob of people attacked them with rocks in the remote community of Wadeye overnight.

NT police have charged a man who allegedly fled naked from a Palmerston home after he attempted to sexually assault a child.

The Northern Land Council will allow recreational fishers to continue to access remote Aboriginal waters under a new permit system set to take effect from next month, however some popular fishing areas will remain off limits for now.