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Reality TV star fined for operating chopper from home

Reality TV star fined for operating chopper from home

Reality TV star Matt Wright has pleaded financial hardship to avoid a hefty fine for annoying neighbours by operating helicopters from his luxury home.

River bursts its banks at evacuated outback town

River bursts its banks at evacuated outback town

River bursts its banks at evacuated outback town

River bursts its banks at evacuated outback town

Hundreds of people evacuated from a flood-hit outback town could have many days to wait before the waters recede and it is deemed safe to return.

Evacuees wait to hear if their homes escaped the flood

Evacuees wait to hear if their homes escaped the flood

Evacuees wait to hear if their homes escaped the flood

Evacuees wait to hear if their homes escaped the flood

Residents bussed in from a flood-hit town are at an evacuation centre in a showground pavilion waiting to learn if their houses escaped inundation.

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Outback town being evacuated as floodwaters approach

Outback town being evacuated as floodwaters approach

Intense rainfall has prompted the emergency evacuation of an entire outback town, where a river is expected to top major flood levels.

Relocations urged to stop clan fighting in outback town

Relocations urged to stop clan fighting in outback town

A plan has been put forward to relocate clans to their tribal homelands to curb feuding and violent unrest in a troubled outback town.

Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry

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.

Speaker thwarts debate on controversial administrator

Speaker thwarts debate on controversial administrator

A Speaker has shut down opposition motions to debate the controversial appointment of a new territory administrator, saying members must show him no disrespect.

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Laws for nation's toughest DV murder penalty introduced

Laws for nation's toughest DV murder penalty introduced

Laws for nation's toughest DV murder penalty introduced

Laws for nation's toughest DV murder penalty introduced

A crime-troubled territory is introducing Australia's strongest sentencing laws for domestic violence murders, with a mandatory non-parole period of 25 years.

Military surveillance drones get revamped outback base

Military surveillance drones get revamped outback base

Military surveillance drones get revamped outback base

Military surveillance drones get revamped outback base

A major upgrade has been completed at an outback air force base for high-tech drones flying from there to patrol the shipping routes to Australia's north.

Singing national anthem to make school students 'proud'

Singing national anthem to make school students 'proud'

Singing national anthem to make school students 'proud'

Singing national anthem to make school students 'proud'

Public school students will be taught what it means to be proud of Australia by being forced to sing the national anthem, an education minister says.

Santos hails first shipment of Barossa gas to Japan

Santos hails first shipment of Barossa gas to Japan

Santos hails first shipment of Barossa gas to Japan

Santos hails first shipment of Barossa gas to Japan

After legal challenges and pandemic delays, the first Barossa LNG shipment is bound for Japan, marking an "outstanding achievement" for Santos.

Man who killed father gets five years, partly suspended

Man who killed father gets five years, partly suspended

Man who killed father gets five years, partly suspended

Man who killed father gets five years, partly suspended

A man who bashed his father, who then drowned in a backyard pool, is set for release in November after being handed a five-year sentence, partly suspended.

Mistakes led to late search for desert walker: coroner

Mistakes led to late search for desert walker: coroner

Mistakes led to late search for desert walker: coroner

Mistakes led to late search for desert walker: coroner

Lack of communication about risk and urgency delayed a search for a man who was later found dead in a desert gully, a coroner has found.

Call to dump administrator over social media posts

Call to dump administrator over social media posts

Call to dump administrator over social media posts

Call to dump administrator over social media posts

Past social media posts continue to haunt a territory's new administrator, with a peak Aboriginal body calling for him to be dismissed over his views on race.

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Outback town mayor pulls out of Australia Day events

Alice Springs will go ahead with Australia Day formalities without the mayor, who says the January 26 celebration harms parts of her community.

Federal MPs urge administrator to apologise over posts

Criticism continues to mount over "offensive" social media posts by a newly appointed territory administrator, with a call for him to apologise.

Social media posts muddy appointment of administrator

Questionable social media posts by a newly announced territory administrator have sparked calls for his appointment to be reviewed.

Chief minister stands by her cattleman as administrator

Social media posts now deleted raise questions over the selection of the former president of a cattlemen's association as a new territory administrator.

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Drop in crime linked to tough law and order measures

The latest figures from a crime-ridden territory prove a tough law and order approach is working after a near 10 per cent offending drop, the government says.

No more male heckling through the wire for women inside

A new dedicated women's prison in a crime-troubled territory is aimed at improving rehabilitation outcomes away from adjacent compounds for male inmates.

More cars torched in remote community unrest

Hostile confrontations have continued in a troubled outback town where cars have been torched and brawlers brandished bladed weapons, police say.

'Offensive weapon': woman sentenced for crepe attack

A suspended sentence has been handed to a woman who pushed a crepe into a chief minister's face, with a judge describing the pastry as an "offensive weapon".

Victim's family hails law reform triggered by tragedy

Tough bail laws triggered by a fatal stabbing have been hailed a year after their introduction, with the victim's family calling it his "lasting legacy".

Tonnes of debris removed from 'trashed' remote beach

It took a team of 18 people six days to remove the plastic, ghost nets and other debris from a remote Top End beach just 190 metres long.

It's all in the name for the outback town of Humpty Doo

It's not clear how a Top End town came to be called Humpty Doo, but locals aren't fussed and a pub is cashing in on the stand-out name.

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