Calls for free blood tests for pregnant women after bub’s death
A loving and doting Territory mother was unable to be by her baby boy’s side in his dying days due to ‘fanciful’ and unfair reports by a bureaucratic government agency.
Closing The Gap
‘Overwhelming pressure’: 2598 Territorians to spend New Years in a cell
The prison boss overseeing one of the most incarcerated places per capita on the planet has warned the Northern Territory is headed for a ‘tough New Year’ as a grim new record is broken.
NT Prison boss says compassion ‘quashed’ for terminally ill man
The Darwin prison manager has candidly told the Territory coroner, ‘I believe we’ve lost sight of the humanity aspect when we’re dealing with prisoners in most circumstances’.
Inquest into Top End toddler’s death
A Territory toddler who died in Palmerston Hospital after suffering flu-like symptoms will be subject to a mandatory death in care inquest.
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Aussie rock legend calls out plans for Kakadu
An Australian rock legend has claimed “people will be ready to rally from every corner of the nation” if a uranium licence is extended in Kakadu National Park.
Report reveals some Top End voters disillusioned with pollies
A grassroots organisation has launched their report into political sentiments in some of the Territory’s safest seats.
Radioactive battle lines drawn over NT mine proposal
Territorians are fighting to expand Kakadu National Park to stop another radiactive scar from being carved into Country.
NT cops locking up victims of abuse
‘The world around her is slowly disappearing’: Domestic violence advocates describe how Territory women are being trapped in a world of abuse, with police often adding to the danger.
NT Treaty process not ‘mucking around’
The Attorney-General has recommitted NT to a Treaty pathway following last year’s Voice failure. ‘We don’t need the rest of the country’s permission to do what we need to do.’
No charges laid against alleged Don Dale rioters
Police are yet to charge anyone five days after 14 young people allegedly lit fires and climbed onto the roof of Don Dale.
$1M cash splash for Aboriginal tourism experiences
Only half of the visitors arriving in the Territory for an Indigenous cultural experience ever end up booking a tour. Here’s how a $1m grant program is hoping to boost our local tourism businesses.
Echoes of NT Intervention slammed as ‘draconian’ and ‘racist’
Territorians alarmed by the revival of Intervention-Era politics have slammed calls for military and federal police to be rolled out on the streets, punitive income management and leaders who said remote communities had a “culture of not working”.
$20m to help Territorians on the brink of homelessness
A Darwin mum who spent three months in homelessness with her four children has described her relief after being given the keys to her new home. See how a $20m investment has helped her and 42 other Top End families.
‘Appalling’: Slain teens family goes unrepresented at his inquest
The court heard ‘no one had a bigger interest’ in the inquest into the 15-year-old’s death than his family but they were denied the opportunity to call witnesses or make submissions.
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