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.
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.
Cattle exporters must offer Indonesia more
THE pressure’s on Australian cattle farmers, with new laws allowing Indonesia to introduce more competition into its market.
Hilux driver call as NT hit-run boy dies
DARWIN police are intensifying their search for the driver of a vehicle allegedly involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a nine-year-old boy.
Two found dead in NT home
NORTHERN Territory police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman who were found in a house on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Family ‘so proud’ of slain son Joshua
DARWIN’S largest church was filled to capacity as more than 700 mourners bade farewell to Joshua Hardy.
German tourist found dead at Kakadu
THE body of a 31-year-old German man has been found in the back of a campervan at Jim Jim Falls in Kakadu National Park.
Manslaughter charge for balloon owner
THE owner of a hot air ballooning company has been charged with manslaughter after a tourist was killed in Alice Springs last year.
NT PUP seeks Qld-like Senate inquiry
NORTHERN Territory PUP leader Alison Anderson says she wants a Senate inquiry to be conducted into political donations.
NT funeral for MH17 victims
WAYNE and Theresa Baker, who were among the 298 people killed when MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July, have been remembered at a funeral in Darwin.
Key Ranger leak recommendation ignored
A RECOMMENDATION that the regulation of the Ranger uranium mine at Kakadu be comprehensively reviewed will not be acted on by government.
NT chief accused of not declaring 4WD gift
THE NT opposition says Adam Giles did not declare a car gifted to him during the 2012 election campaign as a political donations row continues.
NT political donation inquiry rescinded
THE NT government has been accused of hiding from public scrutiny and supporting corruption after rescinding a motion to look at political donations.
Man who flew with meth in undies arrested
A MAN who transported 55.6 grams of methamphetamine in his underpants from Sydney to Darwin has been arrested.
Teen charged after knife assault on police
A TEENAGE boy who allegedly armed himself with a knife and assaulted a police officer in Darwin has been charged.
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
INDIGENOUS leaders have paid tribute to Gough Whitlam, who has been described as Australia’s first prime minister for indigenous Australians.
NT Labor retains Casuarina
THE Labor Party has held on to the seat of Casuarina in Saturday’s by-election.
NT to launch sex offender register
THE Northern Territory will launch the first public sex offender register in Australia with a law named in honour of murdered teenager Daniel Morcombe.
SA teenager dies in car crash on NT border
A TEENAGER has died and four others flown to hospital after a car crash on the South Australian and Northern Territory border.
NT child abuse under-reported
THE Children Commissioner says child abuse has been under-reported in the Northern Territory because the administrative process was unclear.
Mammals declining in Kakadu National Park
A CONFERENCE held in Alice Springs this week will hear that Australia’s mammal populations are continuing to shrink, with serious consequences.
Spike in numbers of NT children in care
THE number of Northern Territory child protection investigations rose by 29 per cent during 2013-14 financial year, an inquiry was told.
NT cop accused of failing on abuse claim
A FORMER Northern Territory police officer has been accused of failing to properly investigate claims of sex abuse at the Retta Dixon home in Darwin.
Prosecutor inept on Henderson: inquiry
A FORMER detective with the NT sex crimes unit told an inquiry a prosecutor did not pursue “all avenues” of the alleged crimes of a carer at Retta Dixon Home.
Carers knew of abuse in home: inquiry
CARERS at a home for Aboriginal children knew and did nothing for years as their colleague sexually abused their charges, an inquiry has heard.
Girls face charges in NT drag racing theft
NT Police say a 14-year-old and two 15-year-old girls stole several vehicles over three days to drag race.
Domestic violence in the spotlight in NT
THE NT government has committed $18 million to fight domestic violence and break down its culture of silence.
NT by-election set for October 18
VOTERS in the NT seat of Casuarina will go to the polls for a by-election on October 18.
Ex-indigenous group CEO faces fraud trial
THE former head of an Aboriginal organisation that supports victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will stand trial on fraud charges.
NT govt defends prison after roof incident
THREE juvenile inmates escaped from their cells and climbed onto the roof of their facility at the new Darwin prison.
NT power outage temporary, gas flows again
A COMMUNICATIONS error between the Blacktip platform and mainland operations disrupted gas supplies, causing Top End residents to fear a prolonged outage.
Labor slams NT govt over inducements
JUST two days after securing a vital number from the defection of a PUP member, the NT government has announced new funding for his electorate.
Indigenous groups to meet over nuke dump
ABORIGINAL traditional owners interested in gleaning more detail about locating a national nuclear waste dump on their lands will meet this week.
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