Ex-NT police boss McRoberts to be probed
FORMER NT police commissioner John McRoberts will be investigated following recommendations from a report by the Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner.
Northern Territory
NT indigenous activist Tilmouth dies
PROMINENT Northern Territory indigenous activist Leigh Bruce “Tracker” Tilmouth has died in Darwin aged 62.
Fracking to go ahead in NT
A NEW report says there’s no reason there can’t be fracking in the Northern Territory, as long as the inadequate regulatory framework is tightened.
Cyclone Lam repairs to cost over $100m
THE total bill for repairs to damage wrought by Cyclone Lam in four remote indigenous communities will be “well over $100 million”, says the NT chief.
NT state of emergency extended after Lam
THE NT government has extended by another three days the state of emergency covering remote communities hit hardest by Cyclone Lam.
NT government defeats no confidence motion
AFTER a six and a half hour debate, the NT government has crushed a vote of no confidence but it’s clear Chief Minister Adam Giles still lacks support.
What they said in NT no confidence vote
A DUMPED Country Liberals frontbencher has called on the Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles to resign during a no confidence motion.
Cyclone Lam biggest ever, NT locals agree
CYCLONE Lam is the biggest storm they’ve ever seen, say the residents of Galiwinku as they begin cleaning up its mess.
State of emergency to help in Lam clean-up
REMOTE indigenous communities have survived Cyclone Lam with a “remarkable” record of no deaths or major injuries, police say.
Recovery to begin after Cyclone Lam
RECOVERY teams will on Saturday begin flying into remote communities lashed by Cyclone Lam to assess the damage and begin repairs.
Cyclone Lam to hit land by 4am
CYCLONE Lam is expected to be a category 4 storm when it crosses the Top End coast in the early hours of Friday.
NT town evacuated as cyclone looms
NT Emergency Services decided the small community of Warruwi should be evacuated before Cyclone Lam struck.
73rd anniversary of Darwin bombing marked
IT has been 73 years since the Japanese began bombing northern Australia, beginning with a raid that killed about 250 people and levelled Darwin.
Damning report on NT juvenile detention
THE NT government has promised to take on all 16 recommendations contained in a highly critical review of the territory’s juvenile detention system.
Surfers hope cyclone will keep crocs away
TROPICAL Cyclone Lam has intensified to a Category 3 storm as it bears down on Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory.
More heads roll in NT government
CHIEF Minister Adam Giles seems to be cleaning house of his opponents as more sackings have been announced in the NT following the failed leadership coup.
Shelters to be used as cyclone nears NT
EMERGENCY services will move vulnerable people into shelters in communities along the top end expected to be hit by Cyclone Lam later this week.
Cyclone watch for Arnhem Land, Cape York
THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a cyclone ‘watch’ for communities in Arnhem Land and Cape York as a tropical low moves across the Gulf of Carpentaria.
$10,000 worth of cannabis seized in NT
NT police have seized $10,000 worth of cannabis hidden in an iced coffee container and have arrested a woman on drug trafficking charges.
NT chief ‘a coward and a liar’: Dastyari
AS a Senate economics committee travels to Darwin to hear about public asset sales, its chair has called the NT leader a coward and a liar.
Three charged over Darwin man’s death
A MAN has been charged with murder and two others were charged with aggravated assault after a man died following an altercation in Darwin.
Three arrested over man’s death in NT
TWO men and a woman have been arrested over the suspicious death of a man in the Northern Territory.
NT govt draws line in sand over infighting
ADAM Giles’ 10th cabinet in two years has been sworn in, as the NT government insists its instability is in the past.
NT chief becomes indigenous minister
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles says he is passionate about indigenous affairs, reinstating the portfolio two years after he scrapped it.
NT hit-run witness says she was threatened
A WITNESS has told the NT’s coroner that she was threatened into keeping silent by bikies over a fatal hit-run.
NT A-G denies implicating chief in scandal
FAILED NT political mutineer John Elferink has denied he is the senior parliamentary figure accused of working with police to destabilise his leader.
Body found after Katherine bridge fall
THE body of a man who fell off the Katherine Bridge on Monday night has been found by police.
Adam Giles remains NT leader
AFTER a turbulent day in NT politics Adam Giles has retained leadership, foiling a midnight coup by Willem Westra van Holthe, who is now his deputy.
NT facing constitutional crisis
AS the NT leadership stand-off continues, legal experts are examining the powers the Territory’s Administrator has to force a resolution.
Snowdon calls for immediate NT election
FEDERAL Labor MP Warren Snowdon says a Northern Territory election should be called immediately after its chief minister was rolled by colleagues.
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