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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

City of Darwin announces it will close its doors to the public at 5PM TodayPicture GLENN CAMPBELL

Council staff to stay on full pay despite reduced rosters

NON-essential Darwin council workers will continue to be paid while on reduced workloads as council adapts to the impact of coronavirus

Northern Territory

Health Minister Natasha Fyles updates media regarding overnight cases of coronavirus. Picture: Che Chorley

Has coronavirus breached a remote community?

HEALTH Health Minister Natasha Fyles today couldn’t confirm whether two of the NT’s new coronavirus cases lived or worked in a remote community, after five more people tested positive in the Territory overnight

Northern Territory

Education minister Selena Uibo explains no child will be turned away from school in the final week of term one. Picture: NATASHA EMECK

Schools stay open but kids to be told ‘stay home’

TERRITORY students will only be allowed at school in the final week of term one if no other arrangements can be made, while teachers undergo preparations for term two

Northern Territory

BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL - MARCH 24: Observation of the gel that assesses the purity of the antigens produced in the laboratory on March 24, 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Ministry of Health convened The Technological Vaccine Center of the Federal University of Minas Gerais laboratory to conduct research on the coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to diagnose, test and develop a vaccine. According to the Ministry of Health, as of Tuesday, March 24, Brazil has 1.891 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and at least 34 recorded deceases. (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

Latest NT coronavirus couple returned from New York

A DARWIN couple in their 70s has become the seventh and eighth Territorians to test for coronavirus after returning from a trip to New York. In other virus developments, the NT’s prisons have been locked down

Northern Territory

Strict new rules to kick in for NT arrivals as border closes

Visitors to the NT won’t be able to buy a coffee or exit their self isolation for 14 days after crossing the border under new rules to come into effect at 4pm.

Northern Territory

Covid 19, Pandemic Clinic at full operation at the Peter McAuley Centre, Berrimah. Picture Katrina Bridgeford.

Meet the NT operations team on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic

At the Emergency Operations Centre in Berrimah, the Territory’s top operational managers are helping NT authorities respond to the evolving coronavirus pandemic.

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