Child critical after Kakadu croc attack
A young boy has been raced to the intensive care unit following a crocodile attack in Kakadu National Park. Read the latest.
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$2.41m pilot program to reform abusers before ‘crisis point’
A $2.41m program could help abusive men deal with their anger and break the cycle of domestic violence, but experts warn more of these programs are needed before a controversial legal reform ticks into effect.
Man arrested for alleged shops assaults after three months on the run
NT Police have arrested the final offender alleged to be involved in a series of assaults and thefts at a popular Top End shopping centre almost three months ago.
‘Staggering’ spike in violence within Territory health centres
Two thousand Territorians were assaulted while within our healthcare system in 12 months, as a ‘staggering’ wave of violence results in a spike in assaults against patients, doctors and nurses.
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Big beef over Katherine water rights hearing
Beef and barra are the main opponents to Land Rights claim over the beds and banks of a major section of three Katherine region waterways.
Nhulunbuy records first Covid case
Residents of Nhulunbuy are being urged to get tested for Covid after a person in the region was confirmed positive.
GALLERY: Inside our remote housing crisis
Aboriginal leaders have claimed the NT’s remote housing is the worst in Australia. See inside the Territory Housing crisis in Barunga.
Katherine hotels turned into police barracks as part of Covid response
The NT Police Commissioner has revealed the efforts of authorities to control the Top End’s Covid cluster, including how hotels have been turned into police barracks.
Calls for state emergency to be declared for remote outbreak
The boss of a top Aboriginal medical body says a state of emergency needs to be declared in response to the NT’s remote Covid outbreak.
Cluster close contact among prisoners being transferred to Darwin
A prisoner who is a close contact of the Katherine cluster is being transferred to Darwin despite concerns for the Covid safety of the arrangement.
Protection for Robinson River as half of Covid-19 cluster vaccinated
As the Territory’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak to date grows to 19 cases, there are at least five remote NT communities with vaccination rates below 10 per cent.
Covid cluster could ‘wipe out people’
Katherine Mayor’s grim Covid warning: ‘This has the potential to wipe out a lot of people’
Wastewater tests could trigger NT lockdown to contain cluster
Wastewater testing could be an early trigger for localised lockdowns as tracers race to contain cluster.
More Covid cases understood to be detected in Top End cluster
It is understood more Covid-19 cases have been detected related to the latest Top End cluster.
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