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Katherine Town Council has removed chief executive officer Ingrid Stonhill without explanation following a lengthy period of unexplained leave, a move which comes months after the council was ordered by the Fair Work Commission to pay staff performance wage increases they had been denied by Ms Sto…
NT firefighters have commenced protected industrial action after strained negotiations with the NT Government on a new enterprise agreement, the United Workers Union said, amid claims the latest offer does not adequately address unsafe staffing levels and inadequate resourcing.
A rocket launching company the previous Labor government invested more than $5 million of public funds into has gone into liquidation, with the Chief Minister mocking Labor again for their poor investment decisions, but refusing to answer questions about whether she would now call a public inquiry…
The 152 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, March 06, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
Several malnourished and dead dogs were discovered by police at a Tennant Creek property on Wednesday while attending on another matter that has led to animal cruelty charges against a 57-year-old man in a scene police described as "confronting" for officers, with the number of dead dogs on the pr…
EXCLUSIVE: Another Charles Darwin University program has been called into question amid the recently disclosed TAFE accreditation failure, with the Bachelor of Humanitarian Aid and Development course the subject of an external review following multiple student complaints into delayed fieldwork pla…
A federal parliamentary inquiry into "racism, hate and violence directed at First Nations people" has been struck amid a "reported increase" of online racism directed at Indigenous Australians that will report back by September, NT Senator and Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirr…
A 25-year-old Palmerston man has been arrested and charged after a raid of his home yesterday uncovered child abuse and animal sexual abuse material, NT Police said.
Correctional officers have worked tirelessly to maintain the safety, security, and good order of prisons, often at significant personal cost in the face of escalating assaults and unprecedented overcrowding, writes the Northern Territory Prison Officers’ Association president.
Latest business news highlights include a First Nations-led carbon forestry project attracting $81 million in investments, NEXTDC advancing its $120 million data centre project in Darwin, the Aboriginal Tourism Business Accelerator Program kicks off with a new cohort, and a $49.5 million contract …
Detectives investigating the death of a man who was struck by a vehicle on the inbound lane of the Stuart Highway at Pinelands on Friday, February 27, have appealed to the public for witnesses or dashcam footage of the incident.
The NT Cattlemen's Association has been forced to publicly acknowledge it works with Indigenous people and employs women in leadership roles as part of a "diverse and modern" NT cattle industry, following comments from NT Administrator and former NTCA president David Connolly, who claimed on Monda…
The 234 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Wednesday, March 04, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
An NT Police auxiliary officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with obtaining a financial benefit by deception, police said in a statement.
NT Police are continuing their manhunt for 20-year-old Murphy Ward who escaped from Corrections while in the custody of private firm G4S on Monday afternoon, but failed to inform the public that Ward was recently charged with a series of violent crimes, including aggravated assault and choking, st…
A woman suffering "visible head injuries" is in hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a car in Tennant Creek this morning, with two men in their 20s later arrested, NT Police said.
AirAsia will discontinue its Darwin to Bali and Kuala Lumpur routes less than a year after launching due to operating below a 70 per cent load factor, making them economically unsustainable, the company has indicated, while the NT Government has pledged to review its taxpayer-funded air subsidy sc…
The 283 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Tuesday, March 03, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
Administrator David Connolly says he was a "naive cattleman" mixed up in the high stakes world of "agri-politics" when he made controversial social media comments disparaging Aboriginal people, women and the LGBTQI community and joked about domestic violence and date rape, which he said was "pasto…
A 15-year-old male has been arrested in connection to the alleged assault of a female staff member at Tennant Creek High School on Monday, NT Police said.
A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning with an "edged weapon" in his possession after he allegedly approached a woman heading to her car in an underground car park at a Palmerston shopping centre before assaulting her while trying to take her car, NT Police said.
The 208 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, March 02, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
As Charles Darwin University launches a duplicated medical program amid mounting losses and large debt, and in the wake of a widening training scandal involving the carpentry apprenticeship which saw the vice-chancellor resign leading to a possible class action, there are serious concerns that bot…
EDITORIAL: David Connolly made the whole affair worse on Friday morning in his first speech as Administrator with his condescending attitude, while his supporters surely cringed themselves when he attempted to speak in language and talked about his great and deep respect for Indigenous culture. We…
Outgoing CDU vice-chancellor Scott Bowman's legacy of a London campus has been scrapped after the university spent nearly $2 million on the flawed project and hired three of Mr Bowman's mates with taxpayer money to run it, the university has said, while questions to its council about how it allowe…
An NT Police auxiliary officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with obtaining a financial benefit by deception, police said in a statement.
David Connolly has been sworn in as the next Administrator of the Northern Territory Thursday morning in a red carpet ceremony, starting his tenure by saying he wanted to thank the Larrakia people and "pay respects to them all, past and present", while outside a Larrakia elder was arrested at what…
The 177 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Friday, February 27, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
Territory police officers want to know why the entire NT Police top brass is currently under investigation by the Australian Federal Police, the union representing the cops has said, while questions about perceived conflicts of interest in the investigation have been ignored by all involved.
NT Administrator David Connolly has issued an apology for his past social media posts, which he claimed again he did not intend to cause offence with, but stopped short of addressing other comments he has made and positions he has taken against Indigenous Territorians, with the apology coming on t…