The Latest Breaking News from Top End

Gamba grass becomes federal election issue as Labor and Coalition pledge funds to manage weed

National parks rangers welcome election pledges to combat gamba grass in what feels like an uphill battle.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2022

Knights join Mark Hughes Foundation trek to top end to fight brain cancer

More than $420,000 has been raised via participants so far.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 1, 2022

Mark Hughes Foundation trekkers ready to tackle Top End

Having already conquered the dizzying heights of the Mount Everest Base Camp, Mount Kilimanjaro and The Sandakan Death March in Borneo as well as the Kokoda Track, a crew representing the Mark Hughes Foundation is setting off on another gruelling challenge - a trek through the Top End of Australia.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 31, 2022

Residents in a troubled group of Palmerston rental properties were warned to evacuate if a cyclone struck

Residents of a group of defective Top End rentals — intended to house low and middle income-earners — were warned they would need to evacuate their homes if a cyclone warning was issued for Greater Darwin.

ABC News · Jan 22, 2022

Northern Territory introduces building legislation reforms, with 'complex' projects requiring independent approval

Three years after nine Top End buildings were found to be structurally non-compliant, the Northern Territory government has introduced reforms to avoid a similar building bungle happening again.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2022

The return of crocodile rule

Fifty years ago, crocodiles had been shot to near extinction in the Northern Territory. Now the apex predators again dominate the waterways, raising questions about their coexistence with humans.

ABC News · Sep 25, 2021