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The Latest Breaking News from the Northern Territory

Experts predict a shake-up afoot in Territory politics

A "turbulent" period in the Top End has some experts predicting a change in government in the Northern Territory as voters prepare to go to the polls.

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$Conservation group challenges NT fracking project$

Conservation group challenges NT fracking project

The future of the Northern Territory's largest fracking project is on the line as a conservation group challenges ministerial approval for the project.

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Vast native title risks 'speculative', High Court told

An Indigenous land rights case is being brought to "redress past wrongs", a lawyer for the Gumatj Clan has told High Court justices.

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Nobody is happy with the Northern Territory police, including officers. Leanne Liddle hopes to fix that

Arrernte lawyer’s challenge is to restore an organisation reeling from accusations of racism and multiple internal investigations

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War games resume as Italian jet crash recovery starts

Defence and police are working to recover part of an Italian fighter jet that crashed in a remote part of the Northern Territory during military exercises.

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Artefacts returned from US: 'they belong to our people'

Indigenous leaders travelled to the US to repatriate 20 culturally significant artefacts that will be returned to traditional owners in the Northern Territory.

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Pilot ejects to escape crash during military exercise

An Italian fighter pilot is recovering in hospital after his warplane "encountered an unknown issue" and crashed during military exercises in remote Australia.

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Doctors warn DV driving 'traumatised' staff out of jobs

A peak body for emergency doctors is calling on the Northern Territory to make drastic changes to alcohol policy amid worsening rates of domestic violence.

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Crocodile that killed girl, 12, swimming in creek in Australia's Northern Territory is shot dead

The girl's death was the first fatal crocodile attack in the Northern Territory since 2018

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Rangers in Australia shoot dead crocodile that killed girl as she swam in creek

Saltwater crocodiles are considered a totem by many Indigenous Australians

The Independent UK

Alice Springs is under a snap curfew. But where’s the evidence it will actually work to reduce violence?

Since early 2023, the Northern Territory and federal governments have been trialling a range of social control measures in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) to address moral panics in relation to youth crime.

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The latest crocodile attack is tragic – but the Northern Territory doesn’t have a croc problem

Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory.

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12-Year-Old Girl's Remains Found After Crocodile Attack In Australia

Tragic incident in Australia as a 12-year-old girl is taken by a crocodile, highlighting the risks of saltwater crocodiles in the Northern Territory.

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Remains found after reported croc attack on girl

Police have found human remains believed to be a 12-year-old girl who went missing after a suspected crocodile attack in the Northern Territory.

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Fifth case of leprosy reported this year

A case of leprosy has been detected in the Northern Territory for the first time in three years.

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In some parts of Australia, local roads are falling apart. Here’s an easy federal fix

There are local councils in Australia that can’t afford to fix their roads, part of the problem is simply that they aren’t in Australia’s biggest states.

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Free menstrual products for outback communities

Remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory will be given free pads and tampons to help thousands of women and girls access the health products.

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Fears new NT curfew laws will target Indigenous people

Legislation that lets the Northern Territory's police commissioner enact a three-day curfew have passed parliament, sparking fears they could be misused.

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US company awarded ship lift build contract

A United States company has been given the contract to build the ship lift component of a major maritime infrastructure project in the Northern Territory.

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Don Dale detention centre to become adult prison again

The Don Dale detention centre will again house adult prisoners as the Northern Territory government also announces plans for new "therapeutic" women's jails.

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Middle Arm project to realise NT's dreams, says chief

The Northern Territory government has brushed aside concerns about a major manufacturing project, arguing it will help the territory stand on its own two feet.

The Guardian - AU

How do Australian police taskforces get strange names like Tromperie?

In NSW, you can blame a computer which generates names at random, while in the Northern Territory ‘generic categories’ deliver operations named after rivers and battleships

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Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Tropical Cyclone Megan is now a category three system as it moves toward the Northern Territory coast, with the possibility it could intensify to category four.

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Cyclone Megan sparks warning to coastal residents

A second cyclone in as many months has formed off the Northern Territory's coast and is expected to lash the Top End for days.

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