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Will ZwarCouncil Reporter

Will Zwar is the council reporter for the NT News. He brings you the latest in all local matters and the stories directly affecting you – where the newest restaurants, bars and cafes are, where to take your dog for a walk and where all the best hidden gems are. He’s the go to man for developments and getting out and about in Darwin and across the Territory. He also dabbles in the latest fishing stories and enjoys writing a good yarn about anything to do with the outdoors.

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Northern Territory

New Gamba Grass program to protect vulnerable Territorians

The Territory Government has launched a new program to help vulnerable and elderly Territorians tackle gamba grass.

Northern Territory

A notorious corner in Darwin's CBD has claimed another victim as e scooter riders continue to fail to negotiate the curb. The Knuckey St and Smith St corner has been the scene of numerous serious incidents.Picture: Che Chorley

Dangerous intersection can’t be fixed due to underground infrastructure

A notorious CBD corner which has caused numerous e-scooter mishaps cannot be made any safer than it is, due to underground infrastructure. VIDEO OF ONE OF THE LATEST INCIDENTS HERE.

Northern Territory

VOTE NOW: Australia’s fiercest bloody mullet for 2021

THEY’RE like a Top End waterfall — but made of hair instead. The NT News is searching, for the fiercest, the meanest and most offensive to polite society Palmerston neck perm adorning the head of Australia’s greatest hair genius. CHECK OUT OUR 50 FINALISTS here then VOTE for your favourite!

Northern Territory

First Nations people need to take control of remote Indigenous education: Academic

A leading Aboriginal academic says First Nations people need to be put in control of remote Indigenous education, if the Territory hopes to improve the outcomes of Aboriginal students.

Northern Territory

Darwin council are putting $477,000 into refurbishing their disabled parking spaces. Picture GLENN CAMPBELL

Review finds half Darwin accessible CBD park bays require work

Darwin CBD car parking will go under the knife this week, after a Darwin Council review last year found issues with more than half of all on-street accessible parking bays.

Northern Territory

Close up color image depicting a group of people celebrating with a toast. The people cheers their glasses of beer (pints of beer) together in a gesture of celebration, togetherness and happiness. The people are defocused in the background, while focus is on the glasses of beer in the foreground. Room for copy space.

NT hospitality reps back tourism plea for national COVID lockdown strategy

A national strategy to deal with lockdowns and coronavirus assistance is needed to support Australia’s hospitality industry, the Australian Hoteliers Association and Hospitality NT says.

Northern Territory

Emily Ralphs (L) and Ena Baker at the Summersalt festival in the Botanical Gardens Ampitheatre.Picture Glenn Campbell

Darwin revellers head over heels for SummerSalt live music festival

TERRITORIANS enjoyed a very Good Friday, rocking out at the Darwin Amphitheatre as revellers here were once again the envy of the nation as they turned out in droves for the SummerSalt music festival

Northern Territory

The Beach Club at the Waterfront has closed down after a directive from the Liquor Licensing Commission put an end to the outdoor wine and dine experience. Picture: Che Chorley

Halted pandemic powers spell end for popular Waterfront Beach Club

Darwin Waterfront Corporation and government officials are in discussions to reinstate the hugely popular Beach Club initiative, which tourists and locals flocked to during a year soured by the pandemic.

Northern Territory

Pubs and clubs poised for a very Good Friday — for a change

BUSINESSES are enjoying serving drinks to patrons today — as opposed to in previous years — after some successful lobbying from Hospitality NT

Northern Territory

The remote community of Kalkarindji, otherwise known as Kalkaringi is 480km from Katherine and an eight hour drive from Darwin.

Four charged in relation to alleged ‘violent riot’

Update: Police have charged a fourth person relating to a ‘violent riot’ in which fireworks were allegedly fired directly at locals in the remote Kalkarindji community.

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