SENIOR NT News Sports Writer GREY MORRIS has chosen his team of Territory footy players who he says would have matched it with any elite AFL side. What do you think of his choices? Today Grey names his HALF FORWARDS
SENIOR NT News Sports Writer GREY MORRIS has chosen his team of Territory footy players who he says would have matched it with any elite AFL side. What do you think of his choices? Today Grey names his CENTRES selections
SENIOR NT News Sports Writer GREY MORRIS has chosen his team of Territory footy players who he says would have matched it with any elite AFL side. What do you think of his choices? Today Grey names his BACK LINE selections
SENIOR NT News Sports Writer GREY MORRIS has chosen his team of Territory footy players who he says would have matched it with any elite AFL side. What do you think of his choices? Today Grey names his HALF-BACK LINE selections
THERE are often only two faces thought about in organ donation: the donor and the recipient — but there are many more involved. Meet the people who make organ donation possible
THE Litchfield Bears broke a 10-year premiership drought then went on to win back-to-back titles. Now the club explains how it created a Territory sporting dynasty
TRACY Village superstar Kylie Duggan still has to pinch herself when she reflects on the Jets’ remarkable run of 13 consecutive Darwin Basketball Association senior women’s titles … and her favourite title decider of all is a surprising one. SPECIAL REPORT by Josh Spasaro
EVEN when MPs appear generous, they’re just raiding the slush fund. So that ‘free’ slice of pizza or barbecue meal you ate was actually paid for by you, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM.
THE Territory Government has, for the most part, handled the COVID-19 crisis admirably – but this is no time for political pointscoring
Titan of Territory politics John ‘Jak’ Ah Kit was a fierce leader and advocate for the rights of First Nations people and a beloved man who lit up rooms with his cheeky humour to the very end. He was 69.
WHEN Darwin woman Cecelia* woke up and realised someone had raped her while she was unconscious, all she wanted to do was get out of there and go somewhere safe. Instead she ended up in a jail cell, and would then have to spend the next six months in and out of court, reliving the details of her assault.
TOO many politicians are focussed on how politics can work for them rather than how they can work for their electorates, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM.
‘SYSTEMIC failures’ within the NT’s child safety system led to the abuse of 12 Aboriginal children going unnoticed for 16 years. A Children’s Commissioner report has revealed how it all went so wrong.
AN explosive investigation by NT’s ICAC has found Speaker Kezia Purick engaged in corrupt conduct. ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED >>
NEW polling data shows when Territorians head to the voting booths in August it’ll be a three-horse race to see who wins government, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM.
There are sporting events that make money and bring tourists to the region. Then there are the politically-motivated Arafura Games, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM.
THE family and friends of those who were killed in Darwin’s mass shooting last June 4 — one year ago today — are still haunted by the horrific events of that day
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA cattle producers have put governments across the country on notice, warning ‘reckless’ kneejerk decisions like the live export ban in 2011 could leave them with a multimillion-dollar damages bill.
“AT THE END OF DECEMBER, I HEARD ABOUT A NEW VIRUS IN CHINA,” DR HUGH HEGGIE SAYS. “STRAIGHT AWAY I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF IT COMES HERE?” A longform look at how the NT fought COVID-19, and what comes next.
VOTERS below the Berrimah line will play a huge part in this year’s NT election, most likely deciding whether Labor will retain power or be dumped, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM
FROM launching pick-up and delivery services to converting an eatery or pub into something entirely different, here are some of the innovative ways our NT businesses have adapted to the challenges brought on by COVID-19.
THE Gunner Government’s refusal to provide Territorians with a clear picture of its books prior to the NT election goes against its own promise — which helped it get elected in the first place — to be open and transparent
THE wounds inflicted during the Country Liberal Party’s last term in office are yet to heal and the sores are still festering, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM
WE all know we can head back to the pubs in the NT today. But do you know if a bowl of chips is enough to buy a beer? Or whether you can share a cheeky pash with a stranger? We answer all your most important questions right now
NEW data apparently showing the effectiveness of the minimum unit price in reducing alcohol abuse is inconclusive — and often contradictory — at best, writes MATT CUNNINGHAM
IN 1919, the Territory was faced with expensive beer, corrupt government officials and an unhappy public, writes CRAIG DUNLOP
THE Territory is in the middle of a STI epidemic and sexual health experts fear neither the Commonwealth or the NT Government has invested enough resources to curb the scourge. Health reporter LAUREN ROBERTS asks what needs to be done to tackle the Territory’s STI crisis
NORTHERN Land Council members are speaking out ahead of next week’s full council meeting as internal tensions boil over
WITH beer being such a big part of life in the Northern Territory, WILL ZWAR decided to have a look at some of the unique brands and the craft behind brewing them
Ovarian cancer affects every woman differently, meaning finding a one-size-fits-all cure is impossible. It’s a disease killing more than 50 per cent of sufferers, but in the Territory, women have to wait for a specialist to fly in or head south themselves. RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS reports
AN award-winning songwriter and novelist from Western Australia, Sam Carmody is now making the Northern Territory his home. STEVE VIVIAN reports
IN 1989, this piece was written for the NT News on Darwin’s history. Thirty years later, as the city celebrates its 150th birthday, little has changed
THE Territory’s reputation is a blokey one; fond of fishing, hunting and swearing. But deep in the threads of the NT’s fabric is a story rarely told — the story of the Territory’s trans community. Addison Joy Harper, born as Phillip Coffey, bravely shares her lived experience with health reporter LAUREN ROBERTS
JUST one in 20 one-year-old indigenous kids in remote Australian communities have normal hearing. Early next year, a $7.9 million community-led program will be rolled out across the NT. Will it be enough to help these kids hear? Health reporter LAUREN ROBERTS investigates
NEWBORN babies don’t always stick to a doctor’s timeline. Often, they arrive early or enter than world much quicker than expected. That’s where ‘Stork Club’ comes in, a special group of St John Ambulance NT emergency medical dispatchers who deliver newborn babies over the phone, writes health reporter LAUREN ROBERTS
TRADITIONAL owners claim the Central Land Council cherrypicks to rubber stamp multimillion-dollar deals and uses hired muscle to police its own meetings > SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
IN the dead of night in the middle of Darwin, a loud clang rang out from inside the post office construction site. So began one of the city’s most enduring murder mysteries, which baffled police from the beginning and which, nearly 30 years on, is unlikely to ever be solved
GWENDOLINE ‘Gwen’ Mitchelhill was slumped at the front door to her apartment block, surrounded by a pool of fresh blood. How the police solved her murder, and the murders of five other women by a serial killer, was impressive, writes AMELIA SAW
THE action list for securing Inpex’s $50 billion LNG plant ran into the thousands across multiple spreadsheets. One by one, each task was identified and allocated to the Northern Territory Government or Inpex — which now sits at Blaydin Point in Darwin Harbour — through a network of committees and subcommittees
HE’S internationally renowned as an expert of dangerous animals. He’s an adventure-seeking chopper pilot, dedicated to conservationism. A tourism guru, who on the daily comes nose to snout with some of Australia’s deadliest creatures. And now Matt Wright has turned his hand to writing …
THEY are the creepy creatures which make your hair stand on end. The killers who rule the dark and take over your dreams on nights when the moon is full.
IT’S been labelled as both ‘modern day slavery’ and a ‘resounding success’ but proposed changes to the remote work-for-the-dole program has providers worried
IT was a well-meaning policy meant to give back independence to people with a disability but indigenous Australians have been left behind by the NDIS
FROM fabulous futuristic houses to mud-brick masterpieces, the NT is home to some of the more “unique” properties, writes ISABELLA HOOD
WHEN Mahmudul Hasan answered his phone one Sunday in June last year, his heart leapt into his throat
MICHAEL Gunner believes the key to the Territory’s financial success may be earned by building long-term partnerships with major nations like China, LAUREN ROBERTS writes
THERE is a lot more to the female bodybuilding scene in Darwin than just rippling muscles, sparkly bikinis and caked on spray tan, NATASHA EMECK writes
One life in exchange for many, many more; the balance of justice was clearly skewed in 1928 Central Australia
SABRINA Di Lembo was a popular, studious teenager from a close-knit Darwin family. One year after her tragic death, her grieving parents are crusading for mental health reform, writes HAYDEN SMITH
EVERYONE has an opinion on education and no one has more responsibility to get it right than Education Minister Selina Uibo
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