NT COVID-19 hospitalisations drop to 61 as lockdowns and lockouts remain in several communities Lockdowns and lockouts remain in several communities across the Northern Territory. ABC News · Jan 23, 2022
NT parents, education union and schools prepare for 2022 school year amid COVID As Darwin mother Elizabeth Adamson prepares to send her son Jake to school in the midst of the Northern Territory's Omicron wave, she knows there will be significant challenges ahead. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
New COVID-19 rules will apply to NT government schools in term one. Here's what you need to know The Northern Territory government has introduced a suite of new COVID-19 rules that will apply to public schools across the Territory from term one. Here's what you need to know. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
NT COVID-19 hospital admissions jump to 62 as five cases are found on Tiwi Islands Hospitalisations rise for the eighth straight day in the Northern Territory, as the NT records another 432 cases of coronavirus. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Tennant Creek Mayor recounts moment an escaped prisoner jumped his fence The mayor of a Northern Territory town came face-to-face with an escaped prisoner who had been on the run for five days, in his backyard, prior to the man's arrest. ABC News · Jan 20, 2022
The NT's CHO, Hugh Heggie, says modelling suggests current COVID-19 outbreak may peak in February The Northern Territory's Chief Health Officer says the peak of its current COVID-19 outbreak may be here in just two weeks, urging people, until then, to socialise in small groups and take care when travelling. ABC News · Jan 19, 2022
Northern Territory introduces building legislation reforms, with 'complex' projects requiring independent approval Three years after nine Top End buildings were found to be structurally non-compliant, the Northern Territory government has introduced reforms to avoid a similar building bungle happening again. ABC News · Jan 19, 2022
COVID-19 hospital cases in the Northern Territory rise to 48, with 418 new infections recorded The number of people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals has grown to 48, with seven of those patients requiring oxygen. No patients are in intensive care. ABC News · Jan 19, 2022
NT records 625 COVID-19 cases, a record total, as hospital admissions rise to 43 The Northern Territory has recorded more than 600 new COVID-19 cases for the first time. There are now 43 people in hospital with the virus, a jump on 39 yesterday. ABC News · Jan 18, 2022
Northern Territory's most popular baby names for 2021 revealed While names are often heavily influenced by famous people, popular films and characters in books, over the past couple of years there has been a resurgence in traditional names that are easy to pronounce and easy to spell. ABC News · Jan 17, 2022
The return of crocodile rule Fifty years ago, crocodiles had been shot to near extinction in the Northern Territory. Now the apex predators again dominate the waterways, raising questions about their coexistence with humans. ABC News · Sep 25, 2021