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Northern Territory workforce shortages force government, industries to seek employees across globe

Industry groups and the NT government are travelling as far as the UK and India in an effort to ease crippling worker shortages in hospitality, mining and construction.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Woman's death from rare heart condition was inevitable due to lack of surgery capability at Royal Darwin Hospital, NT coroner hears

The NT coroner heard that even if the Indigenous woman's rare heart condition had been detected earlier, she could not have been saved because the NT's main hospital lacked the surgical treatment she required.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Tivan Limited announces deal to process minerals at $1.5 billion Middle Arm precinct near Darwin

Tivan appears to be the first company to publicly state its intention to be a tenant of the controversial Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Extensive damage, 'safety concerns' from break-in force Darwin school O'Loughlin Catholic College to close

According to the director of Catholic Education NT, the damage was "unfortunately of a nature that it presented a supervision and safety risk to students were they to attend".

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Vicki Newton faces Darwin court over alleged kidnapping of five-year-old grandson

A woman is released on bail after earlier facing court over the alleged abduction of her five-year-old grandson in Darwin's northern suburbs.

ABC News · Feb 6, 2023

Greater Sunrise partners eye end to deadlock on new gas

Woodside Energy has committed to a new study on sending Greater Sunrise gas to Timor-Leste or Darwin for processing, in a move to end the deadlock.

AAP · Feb 6, 2023

NT Police arrest man and woman over alleged abduction of five-year-old boy from Darwin street

Authorities say quick thinking by two children allowed authorities to track down the alleged abductors of a five-year-old boy from an address in Darwin's northern suburbs.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2023

Darwin 'vigilante' couple sentenced over armed alleyway ambush of teenage girls in October 2021

A "vigilante" couple who ambushed and assaulted two teenage girls in a terrifying alleyway attack, have narrowly avoided jail time.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

No access to major NT fishing ground as barramundi season begins with permit system

The barramundi season begins in the Northern Territory but some fishing boats remain in Darwin with commercial and recreational fishers banned from the Mini Mini and Murgenella areas following a request from traditional owners.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

Data reveals 50 per cent spike in alcohol-related emergency presentations after lifting of bans in Alice Springs

Hospitals in Alice Springs and Darwin see a surge in alcohol-related presentations, as organisations call for immediate funding to help quell soaring rates of family violence.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023