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The corporate regulator is investigating Melbourne investment firm Caason Group and its founder Craig Astill.

Cattle, cars and missing gold bars: How a life of luxury collapsed into bankruptcy

Craig Astill enjoyed all the trappings of success built over decades. Now the Melbourne-based investor faces serious questions over debts of more than $10 million and alleged misconduct.

  • Carla Jaeger

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Mourners walk through the aisles of the Coles.

‘It’s gotta stop’: Mourners’ plea at vigil for Indigenous man who died in custody

Hundreds converged on the Coles supermarket in Alice Springs where Kumanjayi White died on Tuesday as police rejected calls for an external investigation.

  • Grant McArthur and Hannah Hammoud
Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves, seen here in 2022, said his family has been left in the dark about what happened to his grandson, who died in custody this week.

Grieving grandfather demands answers after death in custody of disabled Indigenous man

The devastated grandfather of an Alice Springs man who died in police custody is desperate for “answers and justice” over the tragedy.

  • Grant McArthur
The Alice Springs town centre.

Indigenous Alice Springs man who died in police custody was ‘on the ground for a number of minutes’

NT Police Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst said police had drawn fresh conclusions after reviewing CCTV and body-worn camera footage from security guards.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Alexander Darling
Crowds enjoy Grounded featuring the work of Margaret Bloomfield.

Troubled Alice Springs bouncing back with milestone festival

This year’s 10th anniversary of Parrtjima is a positive step forward for Alice Springs in the face of recent damaging headlines.

  • Julietta Jameson
A snuggle with one of his adopted kangaroos.

How ‘Kangaroo Dundee’s’ sanctuary inspired a new Australian film

Meet the NT’s original mob boss, a gentle giant whose wildlife rescue work forms the basis of a new movie.

  • Catherine Best
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One of the new Gold Premium cabins.

On board epic Aussie train’s new ‘premium economy’ class

The Ghan’s new “gold premium” class is similar in concept to premium economy on a plane, except you have your own private bathroom.

  • Craig Platt
Miranda Otto as Maxine and Noah Taylor as Robert Senior in Thou Shalt Not Steal.

Miranda Otto, Noah Taylor, a stolen car and the Outback? It must be the ’80s

Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal is a chaotic crime comedy caper that takes us back in time to tell a story about modern Australia.

  • Karl Quinn
Violence in Alice Springs.

What’s happening in Alice Springs?

The Northern Territory government has announced a three-night curfew in the town after recent “civil disturbances”.

  • Ben Cubby
Alistair Thomson went missing on the Larapinta Trail near Alice Springs.

Victorian bushwalker missing in NT outback

Alistair Thomson, 64, started walking alone on the Larapinta Trail about 240 kilometres west of Alice Springs. No one has heard from him for nine days.

  • Lachlan Abbott

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