BIZARRE: Tiwi - What They Never Told You

Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry

Tiwi Islanders are confident they've landed on the right forestry formula, one that's community-led and financially and environmentally sustainable.

AAP · Feb 3

Double mental health beds, coroner tells government

The NT government should urgently fund the doubling of mental health beds, a coroner says, after finding that a Tiwi Island mother died because of "bed block".

AAP · Feb 14, 2025

Tiwi Islanders take aim at bank's complaint rejection

ANZ has rejected a complaint from Tiwi traditional owners who say the bank's funding of fossil fuel projects contribute to adverse human rights impacts.

AAP · Jun 6, 2024

NT man remains in hospital after allegedly stabbing Tiwi home invasion victim with a shovel

The 31-year-old has been charged with breaking into a home and stabbing the occupant in the neck with a shovel before stealing their car.

ABC News · May 15, 2023

Territory Labor, CLP announce Tiwi Islands candidates for NT's Arafura by-election after former member's sudden death

Labor is pushing to retain a seat in NT Parliament as the race for the huge remote electorate of Arafura gets underway ahead of the former member's funeral.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2023

Tiwi Bombers Football Club threatened with $10,000 fine over Men's Premier League game forfeiture

AFL Northern Territory says the $10,000 fine will be suspended for the remainder of the season and will only be enforced if they forfeit again.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

Teaching Jessica Mauboy: when two Top End 12-year-olds met an Australian pop star

For the chart-topping singer trying to learn Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Tiwi and Mangarrayi, two Northern Territory boys proved enthusiastic teachers

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2022

Santos to pause drilling in Barossa gas field north of the Tiwi Islands pending federal court decision

Santos says it will temporarily pause its expansion of a multi-billion-dollar gas project in Northern Territory gas fields following a challenge by Tiwi traditional owners.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

'Combat credible' US marines train on NT's Tiwi Islands as US continues focus on Indo-Pacific region

The US Marine Corp says this year's deployment to Darwin is the most "combat-credible" group sent yet, as the troops complete a week of intense training on the remote Tiwi Islands.

ABC News · Jun 13, 2022

Tiwi Islanders challenge offshore drilling, saying Santos did not consult them

Santos has reported attempt to contact Tiwi land council over $4.7bn Barossa gasfield but federal court challenge claims it did not meet its legal obligations

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022