The Latest Breaking News from NT

Minister's decision to re-grant a water licence on Singleton Station was 'rational', court told

A Northern Territory minister showed "intelligible justification" when she re-granted a record-breaking water licence in 2021 amid local opposition, the Supreme Court is told.

ABC News · Sep 9, 2022

NT Police considered further unrelated charges against Zachary Rolfe, days before shooting inquest

A coronial inquest into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker is told police considered referring Constable Zachary Rolfe to prosecutors last week over a separate matter.

ABC News · Sep 9, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: coroner may have to disqualify herself, Zachary Rolfe’s lawyers say

Court hears coroner was granted access to unredacted police report that would only be included into evidence in redacted form

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2022

Major air force exercise winds up in NT

A three-week military air training exercise involving around 100 aircraft and 17 nations including Australia is winding up in the Northern Territory.

AAP · Sep 7, 2022

NT Labor members at odds with government after call to ban fracking in Beetaloo Basin

Northern Territory party conference passes string of motions urging a ban on fracking and an end to gas industry subsidies

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker’s family feared another police shooting following his death, inquest told

Cousin of NT man shot dead during arrest says she livestreamed as family gathered outside police station out of fear of media, police

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker spent long stretches in troubled Don Dale detention centre, inquest hears

Coroner told Walker detained at a time when an NT inquiry was ‘extremely critical’ of the treatment of vulnerable children in custody

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2022

Northern Territory's lucrative mango industry 1,000 workers short as fruit-picking season begins

There are concerns some of this year's Northern Territory mango harvest may never make it to the supermarket, as producers across the Northern Territory grapple with significant worker shortages.

ABC News · Sep 6, 2022

Claims of an antiracism ‘cult’ are an excuse for the settler justice system to ignore its failures

An NT judge says the system is doing a terrible job of protecting Indigenous communities. So maybe it’s time to try something different

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2022

Walker inquest told of NT police deception

Northern Territory police deceived Kumanjayi Walker's community about his death because they were fearful of the repercussions, an inquest has been told.

AAP · Sep 5, 2022