Steeleing the show: Why Roger is one of the NT’s great characters
ROGER Steele, a quintessential and colourful Territorian, on one of the great lives in both bush and city. STEVE VIVIAN REPORTS
In Depth
Dying trade: What it’s like to work with the dead
WE often overlook the people who create headstones and take care of the grounds they sit on. RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS sat down with a monumental mason and a cemetery worker to see what it’s like to work in the industry of death
Painting the political landscape
AN artists’ residency program between Darwin and Indonesia is no longer running. But the man behind it is keen to bring it back. GARY SHIPWAY reports
Long walk ahead still to Close the Gap
FIFTEEN years ago, Michael Long started a tradition to close the gap between white and Aboriginal Australians. Despite the years, he says we’re doing worse than ever. NATASHA EMECK reports
Barra numbers down in the Daly
THERE’S been some scuttlebut about the low barramundi catch at the big Daly River competitions this year
Songstress Stevie has the sound
TOP END music star Stevie Jean on adventure, escapism and life in the NT
Looking after the Territory’s animals
TERRITORY vet Stephen Cutter has vaccinated more than 20,000 animals in remote communities across the NT. As a child growing up in Central Australia, Stephen’s future was guided by the horrors he saw as a boy, as LAUREN ROBERTS explains
The difficult path to parenthood
THE NT is the only Australian jurisdiction without surrogacy laws, forcing some Territorians to move interstate or travel internationally to build their families, writes health reporter LAUREN ROBERTS
Celebrating our mums
THEY’RE the women who make and shape our lives in incredible ways, so now we’re wishing them happy Mother’s Day. As Territorians celebrate all mothers today, PHILLIPPA BUTT spoke to one military mum
Printing the NT News — The people who print the world’s funniest headlines
At the NT News there is more than 130 years of experience in the print room. STEVE VIVIAN reports on what it is like running the press that prints some of the world’s funniest headlines.
It’s not all doom and gloom here
IT’S often been said the health of Darwin is determined by the number of cranes on our city skyline. At the moment we have just one. But it’s not all bad news. Business editor GARY SHIPWAY reports
Fishing competitions to be difficult
WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going. That’s what will happen at this year’s two big barramundi competitions on the Daly River. Conditions will be challenging, writes MATT FLYNN
The Centre of women’s cricket
YOU can’t bowl this maiden over. She’s a Territory mum who decided living in the Red Centre shouldn’t stop women playing top tier cricket. So she did something about it. JUSTIN RAYMOND reports
A cafe for all abilities
IN a little cafe in the northern suburbs, teenagers are learning skills for the workforce. NATASHA EMECK reports
Farewell to a legend of the law
An impressive lawyer, a Labor warrior and a passionate advocate, the late John Waters QC will be missed, writes HAYLEY SORENSEN
Palmerston Council: one year in
After a year, civic reporter WILL ZWAR analyses how the new council has performed
20 things to do this Easter weekend
THERE are always plenty of things to do around the Northern Territory so when you’ve already got four days off for Easter, why not go do them? PHILLIPPA BUTT reports
Legendary newsman signs off for the last time
AFTER 37 years at Channel 9 Darwin, and many more in the journalism industry, Andy Bruyn is stepping down. PHILLIPPA BUTT reports
From a smalltown girl to representing the Queen
Vicki O’Halloran grew up in a small town in Tasmania. So how did she end up as the Administrator of the Northern Territory? RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS reports
A fresh view of the Territory
ALREADY Top End Wedding has brought more than $1.5 million to the NT. But its impact is expected to be far more widespread, with hopes it will have the reach of other classics. RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS reports
Working out and improving lives
Working with kids and adults in prisons and detention centres, Adam Drake is changing lives through his programs. NATASHA EMECK reports
Sex workers talk about NT laws
AS sex works is decriminalised in the Northern Territory, workers told their stories, in their own words, to LAUREN ROBERTS
Raising money, saving lives
OVER the past 50 years, RAY MARTIN has covered many stories on health problems in the Northern Territory. Now he’s pleading with Territorians to help his foundation support them
The upside of Down syndrome
FOUR decades ago, a group of mothers came together to support their children with a disability. Now some are saying the Territory organisation is better than those down south. RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS writes
Waiting decades for a win
DROUGHT. For an Australian, it’s a word enough to make one recoil. There’s almost no escaping the harsh realities of drought on this continent unless, of course, you reside in the tropics. But even then, there mightn’t be a way out — just ask a fan of the Nightcliff Tigers
Part I: Stench of misdeed lingers on
TWENTY years ago this month Bill Mason was last seen alive. A month later, his body was found in a shallow bush grave at Humpty Doo. It remains one of the Territory’s most gripping murder mysteries
Fund freeze rocks CDU
CHARLES Darwin University expects it will lose out on about $5.5 million in Federal money over two years under a funding freeze unveiled yesterday
Fracking: What Lock the Gate has to say
LAST year, Adam Giles told Territorians he had the ‘world’s best practice’ regulation on fracking. The Fracking Inquiry Draft Final Report shows this couldn’t be further from the truth
Fracking: the Territory’s fractured debate
IT’S the issue that has divided the Territory and there is a lot riding on Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s decision whether or not to allow the use of fracking to extract our underground gas resources
Fracking: What the gas industry has to say
The conclusion of the draft final report of the NT Government’s fracking inquiry that any risks associated with onshore gas development and fracking can be managed by effective regulation is good news for Territorians
Fracking: Northern Land Council chief executive talks
OPINIONS about fracking among Aboriginal communities across the Northern Territory are as diverse as among the rest of the population. But there’s another layer of concern that’s special to Aboriginal people
Fracking: NT Opposition Leader talks
DEVELOPING the onshore gas industry is a must-do for the future of the Northern Territory, NT Opposition Leader Gary Higgins says
From crooks to cooks
THE kitchen at Holtze is a prized workplace for medium and low security inmates — it’s one of the biggest commercial operations in the NT
Medical emergency with premature twins a horrible déjà vu
FIGHTING their way through stormy weather a Royal Flying Doctor crew proved to be life-saving for Amanda and Craig Davis’ premature twin boys.
From little things, big things grow
BEAVERING away in the bush is a colourful organisation that has helped thousands live the best life they can and stay connected to their community while dealing with a chronic disease
Journey through the Red Centre
Flash flooding saw the heart of Australia cut off late last month, but the roads have long since reopened and the region is back to its brilliant, beautiful self
A good soul finally at rest
Senior reporter and former Sunday Territorian editor GARY SHIPWAY remembers his conversations with Michael Chamberlain, a devoted family man fighting for justice
Lindy top of the agenda in 1986
Cabinet records are made public every 30 years, so what was making news in the Sunday Territorian in 1986? The editor then was Gary Shipway. He reports
The nightmare before Christmas
“IT’S OK; I’m a good driver. I know what I’m doing.” The pain is enormous. My chest is heaving, I’m fighting for breath and feel weak. I can see twisted metal and smashed glass everywhere
Bachelor of the year?
DESPITE having a reputation for turning women into lesbians, NT News journalist Craig Dunlop stands out among the male slob feast that is Darwin as a Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year finalist
Beating about the bush
ALMOST three decades of travelling across the NT and throughout Australia have seen Paul Arnold face many a hairy situation. But it’s also meant he’s been in the right place at the right time to capture some of the most stunning images around
The best NT News photos of 2016
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: WHILE the NT News journalists like to think they suffer for their craft, it’s nothing compared to what the photographers do. Here’s day one of our photographers’ favourites
A man on many missions
SUNDAY FEATURE: Famous for his morning radio talk show over the last 15 years — which he did as a volunteer — Daryl Manzie has worn many hats in Territory life. But what’s next?
From refugee to soldier
He arrived in Australia as a scared child fleeing a country where militants were baying for his dad’s blood. Now he captures life as an Aussie soldier
‘The killing just went on and on’
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – ON the 20th anniversary of the Kibeho massacre in Rwanda, Australian troops remember the killing spree they witnessed.
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