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‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

The Guardian - AU

Australian police offer $500,000 reward in bid to find murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains

Falconio was killed while travelling in the Northern Territory with his girlfriend Joanne Lees in 2001 but his body has never been found

The Guardian - AU

Australia wants more foreign investment. That’s why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position

The Australian origins of Santos have made an indelible mark on the company’s very name. The energy giant was first incorporated in 1954 under the acronym for “South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search”. It was publicly listed on the Adelaide Stock Exchange that same year.

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Indigenous man dies in police custody in Northern Territory

Death in custody at Darwin hospital announced as hundreds turn out in protest over death of another Aboriginal man in Alice Springs last month

The Guardian - AU

The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain

The Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory contains an extensive, awe-inspiring expanse of tropical savanna landscapes. It includes well-known and much-loved regions such as Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land and Nitmiluk Gorge.

The Conversation

Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody

Kumanjayi White’s death at Alice Springs supermarket raises painful memories for Warlpiri community.

Al Jazeera

As the NRL edges into Darwin, does the AFL need to be more proactive in the NT?

The Northern Territory government recently announced the Dolphins, the NRL’s newest team that entered the league in 2023, would play a home game at TIO Stadium in Darwin every year from 2026 to 2028.

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Image emerges of Jacinta Price wearing Maga cap – one day after she says Coalition will ‘make Australia great again’

Exclusive: Guardian Australia obtains social media photo of Northern Territory senator in a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat – as Nationals leader David Littleproud insists her use of slogan was ‘slip of the tongue’

The Guardian - AU

One of Australia’s oldest cold cases: why after 90 years a family is still waiting for justice

Northern Territory coronial findings into the 1934 disappearance of Dhäkiyarr Wirrpanda have opened old wounds

The Guardian - AU

‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both committed to stripping a Chinese company, Landbridge, of the lease to operate Darwin Port. Landbridge paid A$506 million for the 99-year lease from the Northern Territory government in October 2015.

The Conversation

Explosion in croc numbers triggers feral feast fallout

A switch in diet from fish to pork for the Northern Territory's massive crocodile population is having a big environmental impact, researchers say.

AAP

Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago

Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterways

The Guardian - AU

Warning 'discriminatory' changes target Aboriginal kids

The Northern Territory government has been urged to drop proposed changes that would make it easier to remove Aboriginal children from their communities.

AAP

'Taking people with you': leader agrees change is hard

After the Northern Territory's CLP government completed its first 100 days on December 2, leader Lia Finocchiaro has admitted change is sometimes hard.

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‘Crisis’ of domestic violence in NT needs immediate action, advocates say after landmark report released

Northern Territory domestic homicide rate seven times the national rate, with systemic failings contributing to deaths, coroner’s report finds

The Guardian - AU

‘This is our horror’: the grim stories driving the Northern Territory’s reckoning with domestic violence

Since 2000, 81 women in the NT have died as a result of domestic violence, 93% of them Aboriginal – a landmark inquiry is looking at what went wrong

The Conversation

The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states

The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies within Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Garngi rangers rescued foreign nationals stranded by boat. Local leaders say Australia’s border force is ‘asleep at the wheel’

The discovery of four men follows a series of recent sightings of vessels and people along the Northern Territory coastline

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In Australia’s outback, youth crime stymies efforts to get tourism on track

Tourism operators in the remote Northern Territory say focus on youth crime is scaring away visitors.

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Ian Botham saved from crocodile-filled waters by Ashes rival Merv Hughes

Ian Botham, the former England cricketer, has survived a fall into crocodile-infested waters on a fishing trip in Australia’s Northern Territory after he was rescued by his close friend and Ashes rival, Merv Hughes

The Canberra Times

Inspiring cultural leader named NT's Australian of the Year for 2025

Grant Ngulmiya Nundhirribala has led the Red Flag Dancers for decades.

AAP

Children set to leave Don Dale amid jail overcrowding

The Northern Territory Government is close to opening a new youth detention facility as the region continues to battle overcrowding in jails.

The Guardian - AU

Remote Indigenous Australians paying more than double capital city prices for everyday groceries

Choice finds basket of nine items cost $99.38 on average at four remote community stores in Western Australia and the Northern Territory

AAP

Govt vows to rein in NT debt as it soars above $11b

The Northern Territory government has inherited a strengthening economy but "pet projects" and department overspends could cause debt to blow out.

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Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

After promising it would not incarcerate more people, the NT government has unveiled a plan to increase the number of jail beds over the next four years.

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