The Latest Breaking News from NT

NT Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Outback Wrangler’s Matt Wright Over Fatal Helicopter Crash

He has “strenuously” denied any wrongdoing.

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 28, 2022

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

Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has "strenuously" denied any wrongdoing in relation to a helicopter crash that killed Outback Wrangler cast member Chris "Willow" Wilson.

ABC News · Nov 27, 2022

Yuendumu in shock after Walker shooting

A local Yuendumu man has told an NT inquest into the shooting of Kumajaya Walker that people were in shock and angry after the incident in November 2019.

AAP · Nov 27, 2022

Changes to the NT's mandatory sentencing laws pass parliament, prisoner numbers reach new record

Changes to the NT's mandatory sentencing laws have passed through parliament, giving judges two alternative correction orders for some offences.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022

Senator Jacinta Price votes against Territory Rights bill, citing distrust of NT government, concern for children

Jacinta Price has been slammed by politicians on both sides for voting against a bill which would overturn a ban stopping territory governments making laws on euthanasia.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022

University academics send joint letter to NT Chief Minister about ‘poor’ water planning regime

A group of 18 water experts from universities across the country has written to the Northern Territory Chief Minister to express concern about the region’s “poor” water regulations and to urge a halt in new extraction licences.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

NT Ombudsman urges government to install aircon at Alice Springs prison as temperatures top 40C

As the West Australian government announces a $10 million project to cool a notoriously hot prison, the Northern Territory's ombudsman has called for air-conditioning to be urgently installed at an Alice Springs facility.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

'Warrior' cop failed to become 'guardian'

An inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has been told the former soldier turned NT policeman who shot him was undisciplined warrior.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022

Cabcharges misused on 'luxury limousines', unauthorised personal travel, according to internal NT Health email

An all-staff email says widespread Cabcharge misuse has been identified in a recent audit, with "quite a number" of excessive fares racked up in a government department $90 million over its allocated budget.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

NT cop's inquest evidence ruling in weeks

An NT policeman is expected to know within two weeks if he'll be forced to answer a coroner's questions about the night he shot dead an Indigenous teenager.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022