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

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.

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

Bombers, Tigers draw to complicate AFLW finals scenario

Bombers, Tigers draw to complicate AFLW finals scenario

Bombers, Tigers draw to complicate AFLW finals scenario

Bombers, Tigers draw to complicate AFLW finals scenario

Essendon and Richmond have drawn the inaugural Dreamtime in Darwin clash, further complicating their AFLW finals hopes with one round left.

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Outback Wrangler sends cops on 'fishing expedition'

Outback Wrangler sends cops on 'fishing expedition'

Police have been given more time to prepare the brief of evidence for Outback Wrangler Matt Wright to defend a charge of perverting the course of justice.

Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline

Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline

Traditional owners, doctors and scientists have signed a letter calling on APA Group to end its plans to build a pipeline enabling gas fracking in the NT.

Parks Australia hit with $200k fine over sacred site

Parks Australia hit with $200k fine over sacred site

Gunlom Falls will again welcome visitors after Parks Australia was ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for disturbing a sacred site in Kakadu National Park.

'Need to heal': Parks Australia admits sacred damage

'Need to heal': Parks Australia admits sacred damage

Parks Australia has admitted it violated a sacred site in Kakadu National Park during construction work, following a landmark High Court decision in May.

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Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

Plan for 1000 new prison beds in the Northern Territory

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.

MPs urged to suspend gender-affirming care for kids

MPs urged to suspend gender-affirming care for kids

MPs urged to suspend gender-affirming care for kids

MPs urged to suspend gender-affirming care for kids

The Northern Territory speaker has a tabled a petition from the Australian Christian Lobby to stop gender-affirming care for children.

Young children face jail again under controversial laws

Young children face jail again under controversial laws

Young children face jail again under controversial laws

Young children face jail again under controversial laws

The Northern Territory government has passed controversial laws to once again lower the age of criminal responsibility.

Declan's Law: NT enshrines tough bail and weapon reform

Declan's Law: NT enshrines tough bail and weapon reform

Declan's Law: NT enshrines tough bail and weapon reform

Declan's Law: NT enshrines tough bail and weapon reform

Laws giving police in the NT powers to search and seize weapons from anyone over the age of 10 have passed in what the chief minister calls a "historic moment".

Labor concedes voters lost faith as parliament resumes

Labor concedes voters lost faith as parliament resumes

Labor concedes voters lost faith as parliament resumes

Labor concedes voters lost faith as parliament resumes

The Northern Territory's parliament has been sworn in ahead of the government legislating to grapple with a "crime crisis".

Seven women killed, time to 'wake up', cops say

Seven women killed, time to 'wake up', cops say

Seven women killed, time to 'wake up', cops say

Seven women killed, time to 'wake up', cops say

Seven woman have been killed in instances of suspected domestic violence in the Northern Territory since June.

Spit hoods to return in youth detention changes

Spit hoods to return in youth detention changes

Spit hoods to return in youth detention changes

Spit hoods to return in youth detention changes

The use of spit hoods will be reinstated in NT youth detention centres and police watch houses, as part of sweeping changes to the justice system.

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Broken protection system a pipeline of broken youth

The background and experiences of youth in detention reveal failures of child protection "pipeline" them into the justice system, a watchdog's report says.

Drinking in public to become a crime again in territory

The Northern Territory government is planning the criminalisation of public drinking while also making alcohol cheaper to buy.

Community in mourning after sistergirl stabbed to death

The queer and Tiwi community is in mourning after a sistergirl was stabbed to death at her home in another alleged domestic violence killing in Darwin.

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Proposed laws to be introduced in the Northern Territory would mean children as young as 10 could be searched for knives while at school.

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From 1973, a journey of land rights through the bush

Fifty years of land rights are being marked in the red centre as the Central Land Council celebrates its past, present and future.

Indigenous women are being murdered at an alarming rate

Some 476 Indigenous women have been murdered over 34 years and current or former intimate partners were the main perpetrators, research shows.

Woman killed in alleged domestic violence attack

A 22-year-old woman is dead and police have arrested her partner as domestic violence workers beg for more funding for services in the outback town.

Unisuper members call for divestment in NT gas

Climate scientists and academics have called on UniSuper to uphold its climate commitments and denounce investment in the Beetaloo Basin.

Tiwi elders offer healing to fallen marines

A fatal military aircraft crash on the Tiwi Islands in 2023 has sparked a unique exchange in culture and kinship.

'Deeply troubling': racism's impact on kids laid bare

A report indicating up to 80 per cent of young people in the NT have seen or experienced racism has been released by the children's commissioner.

Record-breaking storms leave Uluru with waterfalls

Thunderstorms have swept through central Australia, breaking the rainfall record for the region's mid-year dry season.

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