HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 - The Untold Story

Labor faces push to triple number of NT and ACT senators and give territorians a bigger say in referendums

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Exclusive: Under national conference proposal, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory would have six senators

NT chief minister accuses ‘teals and trolls’ of trying to shut down Middle Arm development

Natasha Fyles tells National Press Club that Northern Territory is ‘not for turning’ on the project

‘Where is the accountability?’: Indigenous children bear the brunt of Australia’s unequal education system

In the Northern Territory, the failure to implement the Gonski funding reforms has left students with the fewest resources further disadvantaged

Cross-cultural map is as functional as it is beautiful

In the Northern Territory desert, traditional knowledge and art are meeting Western science in a double-pronged approach to biodiversity conservation.

Land clearing and fracking in Australia's Northern Territory threatens the world's largest intact tropical savanna

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$Land clearing and fracking in Australia's Northern Territory threatens the world's largest intact tropical savanna$

The Northern Territory government’s plan to turn 100,000 hectares over to large-scale crops such as cotton and its support for onshore gas extraction is threatening the world’s largest intact tropical savanna.

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Rolfe loses bid to block inquest questioning

A Northern Territory court has ruled against ex-constable Zachary Rolfe in his bid not to answer questions at an inquest into the death of an Indigenous teen.

Don Dale: the children with profound disability held behind bars in the NT

At least 15 children with a diagnosed disability, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are being held in detention in the Northern Territory

Rolfe police complaint referred to corruption watchdog

Northern Territory police have referred a complaint from lawyers for former constable Zachary Rolfe to the corruption watchdog.

Morning Mail: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing, Indigenous plea on fracking, Ashes Test a thriller

$Morning Mail: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing, Indigenous plea on fracking, Ashes Test a thriller$

Search for missing Titanic tourist sub with five on board; Northern Territory community in desperate fight to stop gas expansion

Revealed: documents detail key players behind vast Australian fossil fuel expansion

Former politicians and executives have propelled the Northern Territory’s Middle Arm hub from dream to likely realisation

Acting NT Children's Commissioner Nicole Hucks calls for formal ban of spit hoods

Northern Territory Police last year implemented an internal ban on the devices, but calls are now growing for the ban on spit hoods to be enshrined in law.

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Pokies cap lowered by NT government, stops short of banning new machines in Alice Springs venues

The Northern Territory has lowered its cap on pokies to 1,659, but applications for 20 additional gaming machines at two of Iris Capital's Alice Springs venues "remain in train".

Maningrida teenage rappers Lil Youngins debut single with help from rising star J-Milla

Rap duo Lil Youngins say their community of Maningrida, in the Northern Territory, has come to better embrace the power of music, helping secure more equipment to help others follow the same path.

Katherine named the worst hotspot for animal collisions in Northern Territory

The Big Rivers region poses the greatest wildlife-related road risk for Northern Territory drivers, as the dry season increases chance of animal collisions.

Police actions 'reasonable' during police pursuit resulting in fatal crash in Darwin, officer says

The Northern Territory coroner is examining the actions of police during a pursuit that resulted in the fatal crash that killed a woman in Darwin’s northern suburbs in 2021.

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NT government delays carbon emissions report as scientists warn of rising gas project emissions

The Northern Territory government is accused of hiding a report forecasting future emissions to cover up a "very sorry tale" of further increases.

Northern Territory Police charge man for alleged shelter assaults in Katherine

Northern Territory Police charge a man for the alleged assaults of three people in Katherine last year and find a live crocodile during a search of his home.

Mike Cannon-Brookes wins control of Sun Cable solar project from Andrew Forrest

Entrepreneur says plan to send renewable energy to Singapore from Northern Territory a ‘nation-building project for Australia’

Northern Territory rangers investigate mystery cause behind hundreds of fruit bat deaths in Katherine

Piles of dead bats are turning up at schools and parks in Katherine, prompting a warning to residents about the risk of contracting a potentially fatal disease.

Ezekiel Narndu, 19, sentenced to seven years' prison for manslaughter of man during riot in Wadeye

Ezekiel Narndu is jailed for the manslaughter of a 33-year-old man after throwing a steel bar through his skull during an eruption of violence in the Northern Territory community of Wadeye.

NT's Tiwi council lacks fraud compliance, audit finds

One of four Northern Territory land councils has been found to lack any compliance with fraud laws, an audit report has found.