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Bitter Springs, set amongst palms and tropical woodlands in Elsey National Park.

The balmy Aussie town with something better than beaches

I wouldn’t be surprised if Katherine, a township 320 kilometres south-east of Darwin, has the highest rate of pool-noodle ownership in the country.

  • Julia D'Orazio

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Each letter had to get past prison authorities, who would stamp it with a single word in red ink: Vetted.

Pen pals: One’s in prison, the other is with his daughter in hospital

A young Indigenous man serving a controversial life sentence corresponded for years with a Sydney journalist – then came an unexpected twist.

  • Dan Box
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner on Thursday night. 

Northern Territory records first case of COVID-19 community transmission

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner held a late-night press conference to announce the first case of COVID-19 community transmission and a lockdown for Katherine.

  • Sarah McPhee
A COVID-19 testing site at the Wurli-Wurlinjang Aboriginal Health Service in Katherine, NT.

Indigenous vaccination rates lag despite priority status assurance

Vaccine rollout to Aboriginal people lags mainstream Australia despite priority status, amid call for Indigenous sport stars to front education campaign.

  • Cameron Gooley
Cars line up for testing at the Katherine Hospital.

Fears for ‘very serious’ situation in NT as Darwin enters lockdown

The NT’s peak Aboriginal medical body is urging Indigenous people to get vaccinated as the Territory records a new case of COVID-19.

  • Cameron Gooley
Burning oil tanks following Japanese raid on Darwin, early in 1942.

From the Archives, 1942: Air war intensifies over Northern Australia

In March 1942, a communique from Australia’s war-time PM, John Curtin, revealed an intensifying air war over the cities and towns of Northern Australia, with Japanese raids on Broome, Darwin, Derby and Katherine.

  • Staff Writers
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Aviation rescue and firefighting training exercises involving toxic foam in 1998.

Federal government settles years-long PFAS contamination class actions

An 'in-principal' agreement has been reached between the Defence Department and residents of three towns in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

  • Matt Dennien
Elders Naomi Wilfred and May August on Alawa country in the NT.

Fractured future: Water fears as drilling for gas begins in the NT

Giant coal projects like the Adani mine have dominated the climate change debate, but plans for fracking in the Northern Territory can no longer be ignored.

  • Miki Perkins
Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth: The offending frog, looking perfectly innocent.

Hazards of nature: a bog frog in the throat and a man-eating camera thief

IMAX documentary maker Nick Robinson has discovered that filming in the Top End is not for the faint-hearted.

  • Karl Quinn
How we bagged a monster: NT ranger tells of 10-year croc hunt

How we bagged a monster: NT ranger tells of 10-year croc hunt

“We put traps in, conducted numerous spotlight checks over the years … he was was just much smarter than us."

  • Roxanne Fitzgerald

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