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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of allegations he conspired to cover up details of the helicopter crash that killed Chris Wilson. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Police & Courts

Celebrity croc wrangler Matt Wright loses ‘no case’ appeal

A reality television star has been hit with a legal blow in his battle to dismiss his charges over a fatal chopper crash conspiracy. Read the latest here.

Jake Phillip Danby, 23, leaves the Darwin Local Court on June 25, 2024 where he stands charged with hit-and-run driving causing death, speeding and driving unlicensed. Picture: Jason Walls

Police & Courts

Driver’s ‘vile’ texts allegedly reveal ‘racist’ motive in fatal hit and run

NT Prosecutors say a NT driver’s ‘racist’ texts about his Aboriginal victims had ‘shocked the public consciousness’, but his defence lawyer said his young client should not be locked up ‘based upon their stupidity or the repugnancy of their ideas’. Read the latest here.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 10, 2025: Generic photo showing an iPhone 16 Pro Max and social media app icons of Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat, Reddit, Kik, YouTube and TikTok.. Picture: NewsWire / Dylan Robinson

Police & Courts

NT sports star admits to grooming teenage girl

A mentor for young Territorians and a sporting star who persistently groomed a teenage girl over Instagram could face time in a cell, with a judge warning it was ‘serious offending’. Read the latest.

Territory grandfather Wayne Hunt died on August 31, 2024 after his post-seizure behaviour was mistaken for non-compliance at Darwin Correctional Centre, with the 56-year-old handcuffed, put in a spit hood, stripped naked and left alone in a cell. Picture: Supplied

Police & Courts

Prison officers ‘triggered’ man’s violent post-seizure response, inquest hears

A leading epilepsy expert has warned prison officers’ use of force likely triggered a Territory grandfather’s violent post-seizure state. WARNING: Distressing.

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Indigenous Affairs

NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Senator Price doubles down in claims against land council boss

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price faces fiery cross examination in defamation hearing: ‘Are you suggesting that my client is to blame for some sort of inability of the land council to rectify 200 years of disadvantage?’

Indigenous Affairs

NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, with her husband Colin Lillie, attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin on Thursday, October 23, over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: Zizi Averill

Senator accused of ‘offensive, ill informed, and hypocritical’ campaign

The CEO of one of Australia’s largest Aboriginal land councils has been accused of ‘name calling’ during a blistering attack on outspoken Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in her Federal defamation hearing.

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos-OCTOBER 22, 2025. NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin/ NewsWire

‘Anxious’ Jacinta Price has man removed from Federal Court

A man who was removed from a Senator’s high profile defamation hearing has claimed police were being used like “Nazi’s would use the Gestapo”.

Indigenous Affairs

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos-OCTOBER 22, 2025. NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin/ NewsWire

‘Men’s only’ meeting debated ‘getting rid’ of Land Council CEO

The chair of one of Australia’s biggest land councils has confirmed a men’s only meeting discussed ‘getting rid’ of their CEO amid an internal power struggle. Read the latest from Jacinta Price’s defamation hearing.

NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

‘Mud sticks’: Jacinta Price allegedly damaged land council chief’s reputation

An outspoken Aussie Senator who allegedly ‘parroted’ misinformation about an Aboriginal Land Council leader has been accused of gravely damaging his reputation.

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos- OCTOBER 21, 2025 NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Aussie Senator’s defamation battle interrupted by ‘safety concerns’

Territory police were called in to the court precinct over alleged safety concerns amid Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s high-profile defamation hearing. Read the latest here.

Police & Courts

Md Sifat Isfaqur Rahman. Picture: Supplied

Bangladeshi student’s alleged killer flags possible plea

The man who allegedly bashed in the head of a young international student during a violent home invasion will likely plead guilty to his manslaughter, a court heard. Read the latest from court.

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 20 OCTOBER, 2025: DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 20 OCTOBER, 2025: NT Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price attending her Federal Court hearing in Darwin over allegations she defamed Central Land Council chair Lesley Turner in a press release in July 2024. Picture: NewsWire / Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Jacinta Price accused of plotting ‘coup’ against CLC chief: Court

NT Senator Jacinta Price allegedly defamed the CLC chief executive as part of a ‘coup’ plot with a former Alice Springs principal. Read the latest from the high-profile defamation case.

Darwin Greyhounds Race 1 from Winnellie Park

Greyhound tests positive for meth on Darwin racetrack

A racing greyhound was found with methamphetamines and amphetamines in her system, with the scandal revealed in the first NT Racing and Wagering Commission annual report published in more than three decades.

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Jeswynn Yogaratnam was appointed as the new NT Anti-Discrimination Commissioner in 2023.

Anti-Discrimination boss warns trans prison ban would expose NT to ‘legal liability’

The NT Chief Minister has been accused of misleading the public on her trans women prison ‘ban’, as the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner warns against ‘inflaming fear or division’ against the vulnerable prisoner population.

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