War games in the skies take off from the Top End Up to 100 fighter jets from more than 20 countries are flying over northern Australia in biennial combat exercises amid tensions with China in the Pacific. AAP · Jul 24
Dangerous climate change threatens Northern Australia’s big ‘food bowl’ dreams Australia’s worrying future under climate change was laid bare last week when the first National Climate Risk Assessment was released. It revealed extreme heat, fires, floods, droughts and coastal inundation already threatens lives and livelihoods – and will wreak further havoc in coming decades. The Conversation · Sep 22, 2025
No relief as northern Australia swelters under heatwave Heatwave conditions have hit northern Australia but there is no relief in sight, with high temperatures set to linger in the coming days. AAP · Nov 8, 2024
Weather tracker: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln soaks northern Australia System that brought heavy rains and strong winds to Northern Territory due to arrive in Western Australia The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
Cyclone brewing with northern Australia on flood watch Another storm threat has northern Australia's flood-hit regions on high alert as Cyclone Kirrily takes shape in the Coral Sea. AAP · Jan 20, 2024
More wet weather forecast for Sydney as northern Australia braces for monsoonal rain and strong winds Surf ironman and ironwoman competitors save 25 swimmers from a rip at Maroubra as severe weather warning issued for the Top End The Guardian - AU · Jan 15, 2024
‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs Right now, hundreds of bushfires are burning across northern Australia. But this is not a wildfire catastrophe – in fact, these burns are making things safer in one of the most fire-prone landscapes in the world. The Conversation · May 21, 2023