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Zizi Averill is the police and crime reporter for the NT News, based up in Darwin. She previously worked as a journalist in Bendigo, Victoria and Mackay, Queensland.

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Irishman accused of NT road trip with alleged drug lord

An Irishman remains on remand after he was arrested for a more than 4000km road trip, which AFP alleges had a sinister motive behind it. Read the latest.

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Paramedics at the scene of a shooting in Coconut Grove.

Trio arrested after man ‘targeted’ in shotgun ambush

Police have arrested two men and a woman in a town hundreds of kilometres away after a man was gunned down in Darwin’s northern suburbs. LATEST >

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The Northern Territory Police Commissioner has activated a snap 72 hour curfew between the hours of 10pm-6am, after what was described as a “horror” weekend in Alice Springs for both police and residents. Picture: Grenville Turner

Alleged DV attacker hospitalised in Red Centre

A man has been hospitalised and arrested after an alleged assault on his partner, with police saying the woman acted in ‘self defence’. Read the latest Red Centre crime news.

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Generic imagery of Darwin Local Court. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Politician’s son in custody over alleged assault

The son of a Territory politician has been charged with aggravated assault following an alleged incident on Boxing Day. See why he will spend the next 50 days in a cell.

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Kingsley Alley Jr's older sister, Josephine Miller-Sabino speaking outside the Supreme Court in Darwin after four people were sentenced over her teenage brother's murder in October 8, 2022. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Palmerston teen’s murderers condemned to total 67 years in prison

The family of a teenager hunted down on the streets of Palmerston yelled out ‘Enjoy the 20 years you dogs’ as his killers were sentenced over his murder.

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Pride Parade takes off in Darwin City, 2024. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

NT Health look to ‘display’ Pride flags in Top End hospital

Doctors have criticised the NT Government for embarking on ‘culture wars around symbols’ rather than safe healthcare for all following a snap decision to remove pride flags.

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Darwin contractor Craig Williams outside the Darwin Local Court where he stands charged with industrial manslaughter over the death of a construction worker in April 2020. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Landmark NT industrial manslaughter trial date looms

International witnesses will be called ahead of the Territory’s first ever industrial manslaughter trial, investigating the death of a beloved grandfather in one of Darwin’s wealthiest suburbs.

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The AFP identified Husseinr Chamas, 35, as part of Operation Ironside and he is alleged to be a member of a syndicate which used the ANOM platform to import illicit drugs into Australia. An arrest warrant was issued for Hussein Chamas after he failed to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on January 20, 2025. Picture: AFP

Alleged Sydney drug lord appalled by NT cells ahead of extradition

An alleged Sydney fugitive who was prepared to spend days hiding on a boat has complained about conditions in the Northern Territory’s watch house cells.

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NT Health staff members representing the Department at the Top End Pride parade in 2022.

NT Government orders removal of Pride flags from hospitals

The rainbow, transgender and Torres Strait Islander flags have suddenly been removed from Top End hospitals, with the Health Minister claiming they were not compliant with government protocols.

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Department failed to report girl missing for three months

A judge said it was a ‘sad state of affairs’ that she had to order a warrant to spark some urgency in the search for a missing teenager.

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