NT Independent

Search for missing girl enters day four, as police reveal man’s shirt and child’s underwear found

NT Police are continuing their search for missing five-year-old Sharon Granites four days after she went missing from Old Timers town camp outside of Alice Springs, with Police Commissioner Martin Dole calling for those with knowledge of the whereabouts of Jefferson Lewis, the man police believe abducted the girl, to come forward.

10-year-old arrested over alleged group robbery of senior in shopping centre carpark

A 10-year-old boy is in custody for his alleged involvement in the aggravated robbery of a 72-year-old woman who was driving out of a Casuarina shopping centre carpark on Tuesday evening when several people jumped on her car, opened the door and ripped glasses off her face before allegedly stealing the victim’s purse, police said.

Mindil Beach Sunset Markets return on Thursday with a bang

The Mindil Beach Sunset Markets will launch its 2026 season this Thursday April 30 featuring a variety of new stalls and a massive fireworks display to mark the occasion, organisers said.

Boothby led NT delegation to China to attract tourists

Tourism Minister Marie-Clare Boothby has returned from a previously unannounced “China tourism mission” to the city of Guangzhou, which she said was necessary to build relationships in person and attract more Chinese tourists to the Northern Territory.

More cases of diphtheria reported in the NT

The NT has recorded 84 cases of diphtheria since January 1 last year, NT Health said on Tuesday, with 66 of those cases involving skin sores, as incidents of the uncommon bacterial infection that can cause severe illness in unvaccinated individuals continues to grow.

Se Acabo: ‘I’ve Always Shown Respect for First Nations People’ – A Morality Play

The facts and the players involved in the recent appointment of the Northern Territory’s 24th Administrator David Connolly present a morality play which not only illustrates the moral abyss to which we have descended, but also how this decline occurs through the inadequacies and unprincipled actions of our institutional and political leaders, writes John Lawrence.

NT Police continue search for missing five-year-old girl as man identified

NT Police have identified a 47-year-old man they say may have information about the disappearance of a five-year-old girl who went missing from Old Timers Camp in Alice Springs on Saturday around 11:30 pm, with police deploying helicopters, all-terrain vehicles and drones in hopes of locating the missing girl.

NT musicians to feature at this year’s Bassinthegrass festival

The 2026 Bassinthegrass festival will feature three homegrown music acts this year, with Territory artist competition winners TANG, RileyP, and DJ D’Moss set to perform at the NT’s largest music festival on May 16 at Mindil Beach.

Designs and features of new $110 million Palmerston Special Education School released

The Finocchiaro CLP Government has announced another pre-budget funding commitment, this time committing $110 million for the new purpose-built Palmerston Secondary Special Education School, with the first proposed school designs made public on Monday.

Man charged with historical child sex offences

A 44-year-old man was arrested by the Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday and charged in connection to historical child sex offences that allegedly occurred in the Greater Darwin area in 2008, NT Police said on Friday.