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Alicia PereraHealth reporter and Katherine region reporter

Alicia Perera is the health reporter and Katherine region reporter at the NT News. She has been at the publication since November 2019. She has been a journalist since 2015, starting at a publication in one of Australiaâs biggest resources regions, the Pilbara, where she served as senior journalist for more than a year.

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Katherine named the NT’s top tourism town

Katherine has been named the NT’s top tourism town, in an award part of peak industry gongs the Australian Tourism Awards.

Entertainment

Baker Boy wins artist of the year at this years NIMA's.Pic Glenn Campbell

Baker Boy announces national tour including Darwin performance

Arnhem Land rapper Baker Boy will perform in Darwin later this year as part of a national tour to promote his debut album.

Lifestyle

Kristy Applford, rebecca Buaganza, Jessica Leung, Alice Green , Leticia Bassler and Amanda Bassler at the Great Northern Darwin Cup at Darwin Turf ClubPicture: Glenn Campbell

Darwin Cup Day returns to form with big crowds, high fashion and high spirits

The NT’s biggest racing event of the year has come roaring back after the disruption brought by Covid-19 last year, with capped ticket sales selling out and thousands of interstate visitors joining locals for a successful day at the track.

Lifestyle

Mietta Russell, Hannah Burns and Jaimee Bruggemann win the 2021 Darwin Cup Fashions on the Field competition. Picture: Julianne Osborne

Stunning style on show at Darwin Cup Fashions on the Field

Out of the box entries dominated the Fashions on the Field at the 2021 Darwin Cup, as contestants embraced the Cup Carnival theme of ‘experience the difference’ for a chance to be named the best dressed at the biggest racing day on the Darwin social calendar.

Lifestyle

Mat and Andy Page at the 2021 Great Northern Darwin Cup. Picture: Julianne Osborne

Cheers to weird and wonderful race looks

It wasn’t all fine frocks and sharp suits at Darwin Cup Day, with plenty of weird and wild fashion also standing out in the crowd.

Northern Territory

High fashion reigns at the Darwin Turf Club Gala Ball

More than 1000 people dressed in their finest gathered beside the Darwin Turf Club track on Saturday night to enjoy one of the biggest, and most elegant, nights on the annual Darwin social calendar.

Lifestyle

Marathon effort raises more than $20k for Dolly’s Dream

Dolly’s Dream co-founder Kate Everett has completed a gruelling NT outback marathon to raise more than $20,000 for the youth suicide prevention charity’s new support line and send a message of resilience and hope.

Police & Courts

Wanderers player believed man was racially abusing him when he broke his jaw, court hears

A Wanderers player believed he was being racially abused when he broke a man’s jaw during a physical altercation outside a kebab shop on Darwin’s party strip, a court has heard.

Lifestyle

Dom Wundke of Doms Bar will b e at the Cocktail Festival at the Ski Club with Natalia Munoz Picture: Glenn Campbell

Inaugural Darwin Cocktail Festival today to give Territorians a taste of Bali

With cocktails, canapes and relaxed live music by the beach, the Darwin Ski Club will be transformed into a slice of Bali today for an inaugural event showcasing the best drinks in the city.

Business

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 12, 2021: A Priceline store in William St Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

Popular pharmacy brand Priceline closes its only Darwin store

Popular health and beauty retailer Priceline has left Darwin after closing the doors of its Casuarina Square premises last week.

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