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NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole inside Alice Springs Police Station. Picture: Gera Kazakov

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From bar manager to top cop: Commissioner Dole reveals all in candid interview

The man who once managed the Alice Springs police club says he ‘never in a million years’ thought he would hold the Northern Territory’s top policing role – but now he’s in it, he has revealed his plan for the force.

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Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Peedom, the new feature film Deeper features hero of the Thai cave rescue, Richard Ã¢â¬ÅHarryÃ¢â¬Â Harris, as he takes on his most perilous adventure yet. Picture: Jamie Holt Madman Entertainment

Into the abyss: Thai cave rescuer finds solace in depths in newest daring challenge

Dr Richard Harris, known to the world as one of the heroes in the 2018 Thai cave rescue, reveals how he finally found peace in an expedition which could have killed him. Read more.

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Paul Stewart at his brother Tony's grave memorial, in Jakarta cemetery, erected by /Australian /Embassy for five Australian newsmen, Shackleton, Rennie, Cunningham, Stewart & Peters, killed 16 oct 1975 in East Timor, epitaph reads

Special feature

Balibo Five: 50 years of grappling loss, finding kinship and fighting for answers

Fifty years after the brutal loss of his brother Tony, one of the Balibo Five, Paulie Stewart reflects on how his death not only shattered his world but also shaped the course of his life.

Denise Lalara on the training field. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

The rise of the Borroloola Strikers: NT’s remote barefoot football trailblazers

A remote Northern Territory town has produced a women’s football team ready to take on the nation, despite most players having never worn boots nor left the Territory.

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Owner of Stomp Shoes on Knuckey Street Gella Catis and employee Amanda Guerin. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Darwin Cup Carnival 2025: Your guide to last minute fashion

From Sarah Lyn on Bagot Road to Attitude for Men and Pinkhill on Knuckey Street, Darwin’s trend setters share this Darwin Cup Carnival season’s secrets.

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Ugandan-born Emmanuel Okumu was admitted to Darwin Supreme Court on July 22, 2025 with friends and family present. Picture: Darcy Fitzgerald

‘I have fallen in love with the NT’: Story of a Ugandan-born lawyer

This Ugandan-born lawyer has overcome a lifetime of obstacles to finally get admitted to law in the Northern Territory. Read his story.

Karyn Moyle, director of Perfectly Imperfect Consulting, leads culturally safe, non-clinical healing work across the NT. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Mental health advocate uses personal pain as strength

The award-winning mental health facilitator and advocate is passionate about breaking cycles of violence and is not afraid to use her own painful story to do it.

Police & Courts

A 31-year-old woman who was granted bail from Darwin Local Court has described her experience in the Palmerston watch house. Also pictured wearing an ankle tracker Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘Treated like animals’: Death in custody warning over watch house

Women are allegedly being crowded into cells in view of masturbating men at the Territory’s police watch house. WARNING: Distressing images.

Special feature

Kumanjayi Walker Inquest in Alice Springs from September 5, 2022. Picture: NT News

Unpacked: The Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest findings

After almost three years since it began, the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has finished. So, what did Coroner Elisabeth Armitage find out – and will it bring change?

The Young Indigenous Womenâs Stem Academy NT Stem Camp Group. Picture: Supplied

The Stem Academy helping young Indigenous women beat the odds

In the NT, the percentage of Indigenous students who stay in school is the lowest in Australia at 33 per cent but the Young Indigenous Women’s Stem Academy is changing that.

Territory Stingers women playing in the Malaysian Hockey League, season 2024-25. Picture: Muhd Haziq

Hockey NT launches Northern Gateway Initiative master plan

Fuelled by its exclusion from the Australian competition, Hockey NT has officially launched a four-year master plan to safeguard and grow the code. Here’s what you need to know.

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Chief executive of Private Healthcare Australia Dr Rachel David (left) has slammed Darwin Private Hospital operators Healthscope. Picture: Supplied

Uncertainty for Darwin Private Hospital’s future as Healthscope up for sale

Private insurers and families are questioning the future of Darwin Private Hospital after Healthscope put up for sale while MP Luke Gosling slams NT Government’s maternity plans.

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The emergency department entrance at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).

Acacia Inquiry reveals deep staff concern and substantial delays

More than a year after Acacia was pulled from Darwin and Palmerston EDs, there has been no date set for its reintroduction and staff are demanding significant change before they will go near it.

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Northern Territory

Jess McCluskey (Right) is one of the expectant mums who is impacted by the decision to close the private maternity services in Darwin. (Left) Actress Sophia Emberson-Bain had her daughter at Darwin Private Hospital.

NT mums living in ‘real fear’ for future of private maternity care

Jess McCluskey shares ‘real fears’ for a second birth amid private maternity ward closures, and mum and Aquaman actor, Sophia Anderson-Bain, said another pregnancy will mean leaving Darwin.

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