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Daniel Shean hold their latest press conference on Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Police & Courts

Ex-top cop’s fight against conspiracy charge

The Territory’s former road safety boss accused of letting his son out of a booze test at a music festival is fighting to see the alleged evidence against him. Read the latest from court.

A memorial has been set up for a 62 and a 47-year-old woman who were killed following an alleged hit and run at 1.40am, Thursday November 7 on Trower Rd in Brinkin, near the Dripstone Cliffs. Picture: Zizi Averill

Police & Courts

Family’s appeal after ‘callous’ hit and run driver mowed down three women

Two Territory families who were ‘robbed’ of their grandmother and mother continue to seek answers over a horrific hit-and-run near a scenic Darwin beach.

Kumanjayi Napurrurla Dixon, 50, was fatally struck in an alleged hit and run on the Stuart Highway, Coolalinga on May 30, 2022. Her severed leg was later spotted by motorists.

Police & Courts

‘Callous’ hit and run conspirator walks free after successful appeal

A young man who moved the body of a beloved Territory grandmother twice in an fumbled attempt to cover up a ghastly hit and run on the Stuart Hwy has won his appeal.

*ON HOLD FOR NETWORK UNTIL AUGUST 25* Matt Wright is the NT's highest-ranked social media content creator on The Oz Top 100 Influence Index, out August 25. Picture: Supplied

Police & Courts

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright to hear gory details of airboat crash

A NT reality television star and his wife will soon be handed a summary of an alleged serious airboat crash in croc-infested waters, which injured eight tourists.

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Northern Territory

Attorney-General Chansey Paech on Monday released the government's new knife crime reduction strategy. Picture: Annabel Bowles

‘Heartbreaking’: Support for desert community in wake of Pine Creek disaster

A remote Territory community has been plunged into grief, mourning six lives lost in the Territory’s worst fatal car crash in 16 years. See the tributes to the Big Rivers family.

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Northern Territory

Detective Senior Sergeant Brendan Lindner with NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy after confirming four children were suspected to have been killed in the Pine Creek fatal crash from Friday September 29.

Four children believed among victims in ‘fireball’ highway crash

Police believe four children were among the family of six killed in a horrific ‘fireball’ explosion after a head-on collision in a 130km/h zone, in one of the worst crashes in NT history. WARNING: DISTRESSING

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Northern Territory

NT Police have confirmed six people were killed after a 4WD and road train crashed on the Stuart Highway, south of Pine Creek on Friday September 29.

‘Ball of fire’: Witness describes scene of one of NT’s worst road disasters

GRAPHIC WARNING: Witnesses have described the horror scene at the Territory’s worst road disaster in years after six people including four children were killed on the Stuart Highway. Read the latest.

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Northern Territory

NT Police mark out the scene on the Stuart Hwy in front of the crash wreckage at Manton Dam. Picture: Floss Adams. GENERIC NT CRASH IMAGE

Highway to hell: Territory’s worst crash hotspots revealed

An analysis of thousands of insurance claims has revealed the worst roads in the Territory. See how your suburb ranks.

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Police & Courts

This handout photo taken on July 8, 2023 and released on July 26, 2023 by the US Marine Corps shows Capt. Andrew Johnson, an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 23, watching an MV-22B Osprey land on Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. US military officials on August 28, 2023 named three marines killed in an aircraft crash in northern Australia, as investigators try to unearth clues about the cause of the incident. Corporal Spencer Collart, 21, Captain Eleanor LeBeau, 29, and Major Tobin Lewis, 37, were among 23 marines on board the Boeing MV-22B Osprey when it crashed on Melville Island, north of Darwin on the morning of August 27 during a military exercise for locally based troops. (Photo by Skyler M. HARRIS / US MARINE CORPS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

American military takes over fatal Osprey crash investigation

Territory agencies have been ousted from the investigation into a fatal military aircraft crash over the Tiwi Islands.

Death Notices and Funerals

Three American Marines Captain Eleanor LeBeau, 29, Corporal Spencer Collart, 21, and Major Tobin Lewis, 37, have been remembered as 'heroes' following a fatal Osprey crash in the Northern Territory on Sunday August 27.

Territorians’ heartfelt tribute to Marines killed in Osprey crash

For 10 days Territorians will be given the opportunity to share their messages of love, grief and solidarity with the families of the slain US Marines.

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The NT government handed down its 2023-24 budget in parliament on Tuesday. Kate Worden Pic: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Minister accused of misleading parliament over children’s deaths

A Minister has walked back her testimony to a parliamentary committee after describing a teen’s suicide and a boy’s fatal crash as ‘medical’ incidents.

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VIDEOPolice & Courts

$A road rage attack in Coolalinga, Darwin, has left a man with multiple facial fractures. Pictures: Supplied$

Man faces court over alleged Coolalinga road rage rampage

A man who allegedly pummelled a fellow driver at Coolalinga traffic lights has faced court for the first time. Watch video from the alleged incident here.

Police & Courts

WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Matt Wright and his family as seen on social media. Matt his wife Kaia and son Banjo

Outback Wrangler’s chopper licence under threat of suspension

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s alleged involvement in a chopper crash conspiracy could ground one of the Territory’s biggest helicopter companies.

Police & Courts

Matt Wright after attending Darwin Local Court on charges linked to the death of his ÃOutback WranglerÃ co star Chris ÃWillowÃ Wilson. Picture: Glenn Campbell

Outback Wrangler fights ‘feeble’ bail conditions in return to Territory

An Outback Wrangler star accused of taking part in a chopper crash conspiracy has returned to the NT to manage his businesses, while a judge has called proposed bail changes ‘feeble’ and an attempt to track him.

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