NT’s only power provider turns to east coast gas to keep the lights on
In a move to ease chronic gas shortages, the Northern Territory’s only energy provider has requested the ability…
NT to reinstate use of spit hoods in youth detention, eight years after royal commission sparked ban
The Northern Territory government has flagged it will reinstate the use of spit hoods on young people in youth…
One week in the NT’s Youth Justice Court shows effects of tough bail laws
It’s a Tuesday morning, the time most kids would be in their first class at school. But in…
Australian Army’s new Precision Strike Missile fired at NT’s Mount Bundey during Exercise Talisman Sabre
The Australian Army has test fired its newest long-range missile for the first time, launching the weapon from…
Aboriginal land councils accuse NT government of human rights abuses in overcrowded prisons
The Northern Territory’s four Aboriginal land councils have joined forces to accuse the NT’s Country Liberal Party government…
NT health practitioners facing imminent shortage of life-saving rheumatic heart disease medicine
Northern Territory health clinics face an imminent shortage of a drug crucial to treating rheumatic heart disease. Benzathine…
Federal government under pressure to intervene in NT incarceration ‘crisis’
One of Australia’s largest Aboriginal legal services is calling on the federal government to intervene in what it…
How Bradley Murdoch’s murder of Peter Falconio changed Central Australia forever
Twenty-four years ago, the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and assault of his girlfriend Joanne Lees sent…
Interstate investors swarm NT homes, shutting out local buyers and raising rent prices
Interstate investors are targeting properties across the Northern Territory and buying them up hours before they hit the…
In Australia’s north, Indigenous rangers are battling a spike in illegal foreign fishers
Binoculars in hand, Grace Wunungmurra peers out over a seemingly endless expanse of water, searching for the equivalent…
Darwin’s airport operators hike landing fees to ‘more than double’ anywhere else in Australia
Darwin’s airport has taken on the unenviable title of the most expensive capital city airport in the country,…
Australian Army helicopter damaged in ‘hard landing’ during Talisman Sabre exercise in the NT
An Australian Army helicopter has been damaged during a multinational defence exercise in the Northern Territory, while all…