Nathan preparing for third landfall
FOR the third time in two weeks Cyclone Nathan will cross the northern Australian coast, moving towards Goulburn Island, whose residents have already fled.
Northern Territory
NT workers swap Cyclone Lam for Pam
A GROUP of NT workers are headed to Vanuatu to help with the response to Cyclone Pam, as the Top End still recovers from Cyclone Lam.
Fed funding for NT road black spots
MORE than $2 million will be spent on NT road projects, five in Darwin and Palmerston and four in remote indigenous communities.
Man arrested after Darwin hit and run
A MAN has been arrested after a Darwin man was killed in a hit-and-run at Mindil Beach.
Activist Tracker Tilmouth remembered
LEIGH Bruce ‘Tracker’ Tilmouth, one of Australia’s most legendary indigenous leaders has been farewelled at a state funeral.
Tony Abbott is a ‘pretender’: Peris
THE prime minister lacks understanding of indigenous people and has disappointed NT indigenous leaders, who want a summit to reset the ailing relationship.
NT family violence in the spotlight
THREE out of every four women who have suffered domestic violence in the Northern Territory are indigenous, a Senate committee hearing has been told.
Borella Ride celebrates NT war hero
THE remarkable effort of the NT’s greatest war hero to enlist in WWI has been re-enacted by his grandson over a 12-day journey from Tennant Creek to Darwin
CLP can win NT election, says Giles
SUPPORT for the Northern Territory’s Country Liberal Party government has dropped with the Labor opposition surging ahead, according to a new poll.
Four buffalo bulls found dead in NT
FOUR purebred buffalo bulls have been found shot dead on an NT research station.
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.
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.
Varied career for 2015 NT Aust of the Year
ABORIGINAL activist and NT 2015 Australian of the Year, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, doesn’t want the gulf to widen between Australians.
NT asylum seeker resumes hunger strike
A 33-YEAR-OLD Iranian man is 10 days into a renewed hunger strike after losing all faith in the Australian immigration detention system.
Teens riot at Darwin juvenile detention
NT juvenile detention guards have been threatened with metal louvres and broken glass as teenaged boys rioted in a facility, starting fires.
NT govt scraps pokies cap for 2015
THE NT gaming industry has been given a new year’s gift – the removal of a cap on pokie machines from January 1.
Pain of Cyclone Tracy remembered
FORTY years on, Darwin remembers the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy with the dimming of the lights.
Police find missing NT woman’s remains
NT police say they have found the remains of missing Darwin woman Carlie Sinclair in a bush grave.
NT murder accused appears in court
DANNY Deacon did not apply for bail at his first court appearance after being charged with murdering his partner Carlie Sinclair.
Man charged over Sinclair murder in NT
A MAN has been charged with the murder of missing Darwin woman Carlie Sinclair while a forensics team combs through a suspected bush grave.
Man gets 4yrs for killing family in crash
NT man Joshua Taylor will serve 15 months in prison for causing the deaths of his partner and two children after falling asleep behind the wheel.
Missing woman’s partner arrested on murder
MISSING Darwin mother Carlie Sinclair’s partner has been arrested 18 months after her disappearance.
Video of boy stripping ‘appalling’
THERE need to be better guidelines around the use of force in dealing with child prisoners, the NT Children’s Commissioner says.
NT man suffering since fatal family crash
NIGHTMARES about his family’s death after he fell asleep at the wheel has caused Joshua Leigh Taylor to make some dubious choices, an NT court has heard.
NT police to patrol Katherine bottle shops
FOR the next six months, Darwin police will be seconded to Katherine to patrol bottle shops.
Asylum seeker on 6 week hunger strike
AN Iranian man who has been on hunger strike in a Darwin detention centre for more than six weeks has lost 23kg and appears very ill.
NT reshuffles but Tollner doesn’t return
ONE of the NT’s most experienced politicians remains on the backbench as the 2015 cabinet line-up is announced.
NT plates immortalised in book
FROM the street to the page, a fan of the NT’s many and varied personalised number plates has published a book tracing their stories.
NT dole scheme slammed as slave labour
ABORIGINAL leaders say the government’s proposed work-for-the-dole program is discriminatory and exploitative.
Man killed, another charged after NT crash
A MAN has died and another has been charged with a string of offences after a car accident in Alice Springs.
Retro cars rev up for cancer fundraiser
THE glory days of the 1960s and 70s cars which raced at Bathurst will be relived in the NT during a four-day drive to raise funds for leukaemia.
Traditional owners target Minerals Council
ABORIGINAL traditional owners in the Northern Territory are calling for an end to mining on their lands.
Refugee allegations malicious: Morrison
THE federal government has denied claims by a refugee advocacy group that two pregnant refugees were mistreated by detention centre staff.
Darwin doctor remembers Cyclone Tracy
A GP who became Lord Mayor of Darwin has unveiled a commemorative plaque at a photo exhibition launch for the storm’s 40th anniversary.
Pregnant refugee stand-off ends
TWO pregnant Iranian refugees have been taken into an NT detention centre two and a half days after arriving and refusing to get off the bus.
Palmer was warned about Anderson: Giles
IN a difficult week for Clive Palmer’s leadership, the PUP’s two remaining NT members are planning to leave, calling the party’s chaos a national disgrace.
Darwin not the next big mining hub: expert
GETTING indigenous people on board is the only way to manage proper long-term development of northern regions dealing with FIFO industry, an academic says.
NT premiums may rise after TIO sale
DESPITE the NT government’s indications to the contrary, there has been no promise made by Allianz that premiums won’t rise following the TIO sale.
Book details Darwin since Cyclone Tracy
A NEW book details the key role businesses played in sustaining Darwin in the wake Cyclone Tracy and how they helped rebuild the city.
NT govt to push for insurer selloff
THE sale of Australia’s last government-owned insurer TIO is expected to decided at a Northern Territory government cabinet meeting.
Govts must cut mining regulation: Rinehart
MAGNATE Gina Rinehart has taken aim at government over-regulation of mining during a business luncheon in Darwin.
NT police uncover largest drug lab
POLICE have uncovered the largest drug lab seen in the Northern Territory.
“Complete madness” to sell TIO: senator
LEGISLATION the NT government is relying on for a 15% bonus for the sale of TIO is not likely to pass, Labor Senator Sam Dastyari says.
Aust Ebola centre open within three weeks
THE Australian-run Ebola treatment facility in Sierra Leone will see its first patients within three weeks.
Bank closes protest group’s account
THE Commonwealth Bank has allegedly closed the account of a group protesting the sale of the Territory Insurance Office.
NT govt to sell off insurer
THE NT government is about to announce the sale of Australia’s last government-owner insurer and it’s expected to help fund the territory’s flood mitigation.
Cyclone Tracy commemorations begin
AS the 40th anniversary nears of Cyclone Tracy which devastated Darwin in 1974, numerous commemorations are beginning.
Feral cat trackers key to saving skink
AN endangered skink in the central Australian desert could be saved by indigenous feral cat trackers.
Land rights fighter dies
KWEMENTYAYE Stuart’s time in prison gave him the passion to stand up for Aboriginal rights as chair of the Central Land Council.
NT mandatory rehab saves lives: Elferink
NT Attorney-General makes no apologies for the territory’s controversial mandatory alcohol rehabilitation scheme, saying it saves lives.
Cattle farmers urged to tap foreign market
STRENGTHENING relationships with Asian countries will create export opportunities for Australian cattle farmers, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says.
Hit-and-run suspect charged in NT
A MAN accused of knocking over a nine-year-old boy, who later died, before driving away has been charged in the Northern Territory.
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