First remote NDIS trial begins in NT
AUSTRALIA’S only remote community trial of the NDIS has launched in Tennant Creek, where the majority of participants are indigenous.
Northern Territory
Territory Day to go off with a bang
THE pyromaniacs of the NT will be buying up a year’s worth of fireworks on July 1, the only day they can legally be bought, to celebrate self-government.
Woman drops drugs in front of police
A WOMAN who allegedly had more than 100 MDMA pills, methamphetamine and more than $20,000 in cash in her car has been charged by police.
Land Rights Act not an impediment: Peris
BOTH NT Senators Nova Peris and Nigel Scullion deny the Aboriginal Land Rights Act is not preventing indigenous development.
Support for police after baby in van
SUPPORT has flowed for police after photos emerged of a baby being transported in the back of a paddy wagon.
Four hospitalised in NT after taking drug
FOUR people have been hospitalised in Darwin after taking a new drug known as Snapchat, which makes people aggressive and erratic.
Remains of NT croc attack victim found
POLICE believe remains found in a 4.7 metre long crocodile are that of a man who was attacked by a croc in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park.
Minister takes Fugly’s wheel for the Finke
THE NT corrections minister will drive the ugly – nay, Fugly – creation of prisoners in the Finke Desert Race this weekend.
US sailor on trial for Darwin rape
A US sailor will stand trial in Darwin over the rape of a woman in a hotel room last September.
Public homes become private in remote NT
THE NT government is encouraging Aboriginal people in communities that have township leases to buy their public houses and secure their families’ future.
Dead Darwin mum identified as local vet
POLICE say the deaths of a mother and her two children at a suburban Darwin property could be a double murder-suicide or a triple murder.
Three deaths could be murder-suicide: cops
POLICE say the deaths of a mother and her two children at a suburban Darwin property could be a double murder-suicide or a triple murder.
Woman’s cannabis taken from her joint
NORTHERN Territory Police have received a call from a woman reporting that her drugs had been stolen.
Aboriginal kids in care not about race: NT
THE NT attorney-general says claims that foster care is creating a new stolen generation are fanciful and misleading.
Police should be sacked: car crash mother
POLICE shouldn’t think it’s acceptable to leave injured children by the side of the road, the mother of a car crash victim says.
Land Council upset over NT township leases
THE federal government and the Northern Land Council are at odds over 99-year township leases, which the NLC says is essentially a land grab.
Inquiry urged over NT water licenses
CALLS have resumed for an inquiry into the allocation of water licences in the NT amid claims indigenous people are being left out.
Radical overhaul for indigenous schooling
DROPPING bilingual teaching and sending students to board in towns from year 9 are just two recommendations in a new review of indigenous schooling.
Shocking day for NT: Opposition
THE NT treasurer has yet to comment but the territory’s Labor opposition says today’s two budgets are bad news.
The NT must cash in on its good fortune
THE NT’s treasurer says the time is ripe to take advantage of the NT’s strong economic growth and assets.
New pensioners squeezed in NT budget
CHANGES in the Northern Territory budget will mean first-time home buyers and pensioners will struggle, Labor says.
Double budget whammy for NT
NORTHERN Territorians are facing a one-two punch on Tuesday, when the NT and federal budgets are both revealed.
Five injured in stolen car crash
FIVE boys who allegedly stole a utility vehicle in Alice Springs were injured when they crashed while police were following them.
CLP-linked research foundation under fire
THE NT’s chief minister says he will not investigate links between his party and a shadowy organisation that Labor says is a CLP slush fund.
NT wants 2500 more Asian migrants per year
THE NT government is working on a regional migration plan that could see an influx of 2500 workers from the neighbouring Asian region per year.
NT could cash in on Tas poppy industry
THE NT government is pushing through legislation to run a larger-scale poppy growth trial in a bid to expand to the industry.
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