The Latest Breaking News from NT

Territories given euthanasia voting rights

Parliament has repealed laws preventing the ACT and Northern Territory from legislating on voluntary assisted dying.

AAP · Nov 30, 2022

Ex-NT top doc new territory Administrator

Former Northern Territory chief health officer Hugh Heggie will replace Vicki O'Halloran as the Territory's Administrator.

AAP · Nov 30, 2022

Police hunt Katherine offenders after seven CBD break-ins and dangerous driving spree

Northern Territory Police have condemned an incident in Katherine overnight as "completely unacceptable" after a number of businesses were broken into.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

Northern Territory becomes first Australian jurisdiction to raise minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years

A bill changing the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 is passed in the Northern Territory Parliament, in a move the National Children's Commissioner described as "very welcome as a first step".

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

TV star faces NT court over chopper crash

TV presenter Matt Wright has made his first appearance in a Darwin court over a slew of charges relating to a helicopter crash that killed co-star Chris Wilson.

AAP · Nov 29, 2022

Crocodile wrangler and Netflix star Matt Wright has been charged in relation to a helicopter crash. Here’s what we know

Celebrity crocodile wrangler and reality television star Matt Wright has been bailed after he was arrested in relation to a helicopter crash that killed his close friend Chris 'Willow' Wilson. Here's what we know.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Elder in David Littleproud's electorate rebukes Nationals over opposition to Voice to Parliament

Gunggari elder Lynette Nixon, who lives in western Queensland, joins a chorus of calls for the National Party to review its opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Northern Territory doctor tells Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest it is 'impossible' to raise healthy children in remote communities

The coroner investigating the death of Kumanjayi Walker has been told an understanding of the difficulty raising healthy children in the poverty of remote communities is "missing across every profession in the NT".

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright charged in relation to helicopter crash which killed Chris 'Willow' Wilson

The television star faces seven charges, including attempting to pervert the course of justice and destruction of evidence, related to a fatal helicopter crash in February.

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022

Northern Territory set to become first Australian jurisdiction to raise age of criminal responsibility. Here's what that means

The Northern Territory is set to become the first jurisdiction in Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years of age. So what does it mean, and do experts think it will make a difference?

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022