November 2024
- Exclusive
- Ports
Darwin Port’s Chinese owner scrambles to stave off forced sale
The possibility Darwin Port could be taken back was welcomed by Coalition MPs who believe the key asset should never have been sold to the Chinese.
- Ronald Mizen and Jenny Wiggins
October 2024
The perfect martini begins at the Top End
Embrace the outback spirit to become a distiller for a day, with no guarantee of success.
- Rohan Sullivan
April 2024
- Exclusive
- Rural property
Huge mango farming operation in NT for sale by receivers
Receivers are hoping to recoup almost $10m owed to NAB through the sale of the Cheeky Farms aggregation of mango plantations.
- Larry Schlesinger and Lucas Baird
February 2024
A fight over a bauxite mine may launch a new era for land rights
The High Court will decide the third great native title case this year, a decision that may overturn every land title in the Northern Territory for 67 years.
- Michael Pelly
November 2023
‘Wake-up call’ for offshore gas companies in Indigenous heritage row
Indigenous groups are achieving legal victories over new offshore gas developments, creating delays the gas industry didn’t see coming.
- Elouise Fowler
August 2023
NT chief at odds with Albanese over live animal export ban
Natasha Fyles says live animal exports provide economic opportunities as well as a source of food for Australia’s neighbours.
- Andrew Tillett
July 2023
Core Lithium short sellers hit jackpot on volume delays
Shares in Core Lithium have slumped to a 17-month low after the company revealed lithium volumes in 2025 may be barely half analyst expectations
- Peter Ker
June 2023
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
Darwin Port’s Chinese owner confident it will pass security review
The Albanese government has been handed the findings of a fresh review into security concerns over the Chinese owner of Darwin Port.
- Andrew Tillett
Why anticipation is running high for the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
Twenty-two years ago at the annual event, acclaimed artist Dorothy Napangardi took home the Telstra Art Award. This year her daughter is hoping to do the same.
- Madeline Hayman-Reber
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
Lengthy Darwin Port review frustrates China amid thawing ties
The Albanese government has received a long-awaited review into a Chinese company’s lease of Darwin Port, a deal criticised on security grounds.
- Andrew Tillett
November 2022
Cocktail hour in Darwin: Revisit the roaring ’30s in the tropics
Four little-known heritage homes managed by the National Trust provide a window into architectural attempts to civilise the Top End.
- Fiona Carruthers
June 2022
Albanese promises fresh review to kick Chinese firm out of Darwin Port
The Prime Minister has been long-time critic on national security grounds of the deal to lease prized asset to a Chinese company.
- Andrew Tillett
March 2022
New Darwin port floated to check Chinese control of key asset
A $1.5 billion funding package for a new port could be used by the military, as Defence chiefs voice concern over the Solomons Island-China security pact.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2021
Getting sacked for calling boss ‘a wanker’ ruled unfair
Sniping at your boss behind his back and calling him “a wanker” under your breath at a Microsoft Teams meeting is not serious enough to warrant immediate dismissal, Fair Work has found.
- David Marin-Guzman
October 2021
A tale of two territories: NT rollout lags the nation as ACT surges
The two territories find themselves on opposite ends of the nation’s vaccination leaderboard.
- Michael Read
September 2021
Government weighs risks if Darwin Port lease is cancelled
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is waiting for the Defence Department’s review into a Chinese company’s ownership of the port as split views emerge.
- Andrew Tillett
August 2021
Non-stop Perth-to-London flights at risk
Qantas may strip Perth of its coveted status as the only place travellers can fly from Australia non-stop to London.
- Lucas Baird and Hannah Wootton
July 2021
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- Australia's China challenge
Port of Darwin’s Chinese owner suffers double blow
Landbridge has had land in Darwin earmarked for a hotel reclaimed by the government, while Panamanian authorities have torn up a lease on a separate port.
- Andrew Tillett
June 2021
Darwin locks down after Brisbane hotel bungle
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s 48-hour lockdown of Darwin and surrounding regions was caused by Queensland ordering a mine worker into hotel quarantine.
- Ronald Mizen
May 2021
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
Port of Darwin boss rejects China risk
The Australian head of the Chinese firm leasing the transport hub has lashed the deal’s critics, saying security officials have never formally raised concerns.
- Andrew Tillett