Queensland has announced a major change to border restrictions, as Qantas warned passengers to vaccinate or face rejection. Have your say
Zoe Smith, Maria Bervanakis, Nathan Vass and Tiffany Bakker in New York
FEDERAL minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, is expected to criticise the Territory for its slow roll out of Indigenous remote housing at a speech in Darwin tonight
INDIGENOUS Australians Minister Ken Wyatt will sign off on a deal to unlock $100 million from the Aboriginal Benefits Account to support job-creating projects in the NT
Natasha Emeck
THE mother of a teenage boy allegedly stabbed to death at the Bagot Community in May has spoken of her anguish as her son’s body remains in limbo amid a court battle over his final resting place.
JASON WALLS, Court Reporter
THOUSANDS of Australians soldiers that serviced within the Special Operations Task Group should not be stripped of their Meritorious Unit Citation because of the actions of a few, a Darwin-based federal MP says.
MADURA MCCORMACK, Political Reporter
THE Lay family has risen from the ashes and is opening their new NT Oriental emporium store today. A family member told the NT News how significant moving on from the devastating fire was
RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS
FINAL plans for the long-awaited rebuild of Mandorah Jetty have been released, after original designs were taken back to the drawing board because of projected cost blowouts and lack of disability access.
A TERRITORIAN forced into quarantine after returning from SA last week says people under duress run the risk of being untreated due to a lack of mental health checks at the Howard Springs facility.
TWO fireys with decades of experience have been named the NT Firefighters of the Year.
JUDITH AISTHORPE
MCDONALD’S has settled on a block of land for a new store in Darwin, purchasing a site for $4m.
WILL ZWAR
ONE of the country’s biggest landowners has put two of his most prized properties up for sale. SEE WHICH PROPERTIES HERE
Raphaella Saroukos
A NEW mum who was jailed for six months for her role in a violent home invasion in 2018 should have been given a lighter sentence because she is Aboriginal, a court has heard
Jason Walls
DARWIN Council has revisited its climate emergency plan with a draft strategy for council to follow over the next decade to be opened for public consultation in the coming weeks.
WILL ZWAR, Council Reporter
A STUDY into the saltwater crocodile is seeking to determine the impact their protection and subsequent population boom has had on the environment.
THE first charity barra in this season of the Million Dollar Fish has been caught. READ THE THRILLING STORY
PALMERSTON is set to become even more of a pooch paradise with two more dog parks proposed and upgrades planned for the popular Marlow Lagoon Dog Park
Will Zwar
OUTBACK NT residents have long dreamt of a lush grassy footy oval amongst the red dust, and now the dream has become a reality because of a project dubbed ‘the MCG of the desert’
JASMINE BURKE, centralianadvocate.com.au
IN the Central Australian desert a language native to the area is now only spoken by a few people. But one student is playing a key role in keeping the ancient language alive
Jasmine Burke
ALICE Springs Year 12 students have officially said goodbye to their schooling years with their last exam behind them
A NEW report is the first look into the way travel will be experienced in 2021 and beyond. CHECK OUT the NT’s TOP 10 predicted regional destinations next year HERE
DARWINITES woke to the welcome sound of rain this morning after more than a week of heatwave conditions
IT is bewildering that the NT government has not, as a matter of emergency, crafted a comprehensive plan for the Territory’s electricity network.
EDITORIAL
TERRITORIANS may not have to get on a plane to find a specialist to treat a critical injury pain, with a two-year rolling roster of plastic surgeons available at the Top End’s two major hospitals under a new partnership.
THE recent widespread blackout in the Top End should be a ‘warning bell’ that the network is becoming increasingly vulnerable, the solar tsar who wrote the Territory’s Roadmap to Renewables has said.
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