Teacher vacancies bottlenecked ahead of new school year
Teacher vacancies have reached an alarming high with just two weeks to go until the 2024 school year starts.
Palmerston and Beyond
‘No longer fit for purpose’: Inside council’s bid to revive faded asset
An NT council is pressing ahead with plans to revitalise a community space built in the 1980s and used by a variety of groups, but cautions that the project can only progress with external funding.
Drug-driver pleads guilty to killing 11-year-old boy outside shops
A man who fatally hit an 11-year-old boy five days before Christmas has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death.
‘Awesome’ way Territory parents can get $50 for school kids
An extra $50 is enough to make or break a Territory student’s first day of school, and a newly bolstered voucher is giving families just that.
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Driver of car in fatal crash tests positive for cannabis
The driver of a car that hit and killed a 54-year-old motorcyclist has tested positive for cannabis.
Fighter pilot home for Exercise Diamond Storm
Top End top gun returns home in RAAF exercise over Darwin. SEE THE VIDEO
‘Stupid, unnecessary’: Tourist attraction damaged by fire
A viewing platform that has only been opened for three weeks has been damaged by a deliberately-lit fire. SEE THE PICTURES
‘Epidemic of violence’ plagues women, says NT judge
Women in the bush are trapped in an epidemic of extreme violence and a culture that protects perpetrators before victims, according to one of the Territory’s most senior judges.
New NT hike on track to be next best adventure destination
Dreams of a hiking experience in the Territory’s spectacular Watarrka National Park will become a reality after the NT government selected a developer for the project.
Mum allegedly helped son bury woman in gruesome cover-up
‘Had the leg not been discovered this person would have just been a missing persons statistics’.
Suspected bikies allegedly involved in dog killing
Suspected bikies face court after allegedly ransacking a Palmerston home, killing a pet dog and seriously injuring another.
Sad end of an era as Harry shuts shop after 50 years
One of the Top End’s oldest and best known manufacturers is shutting up shop after more than 50 years.
NT fracking work to start against wishes of locals
Tamboran Resources is set to become the first Beetaloo Basin gas explorer to begin fracking activities on a NT cattle station without the consent of pastoralists and Aboriginal groups.
Proposed rate change released for Red Centre
Alice Springs Town Council has unveiled its draft municipal plan, featuring the proposed changes to rates. See what could change.
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