WA painter Snell wins Aboriginal art prize
GREAT Sandy Desert artist Jukuja Dolly Snell, 82, has won the 32nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award and $50,000.
WHEN 82-year-old artist Jukuja Dolly Snell travelled to Darwin from Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia, she thought she was seeing her artwork Kurtal for the last time.
SHE had no idea it was the overall winner of the $50,000 prize for the 2015 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
NT drug haul worth more than $275k
POLICE say the Rebels are feeling the strain after a raid led to the arrests of two more gang associates, as well as the seizure of 184g of ice.
Senate to consider NT euthanasia right
THE federal senate will consider a bill that would return power to the territories to legislate for themselves, including on euthanasia.
NT Police launch quiet new roads operation
THE NT's road toll is more than four times that of the national average, and police have launched a new operation in an attempt to minimise deaths.