Darwin company Aspire has been awarded the $18.2 million contract to design and build the new ward at Royal Darwin Hospital, which the government expects to be open in the middle of next year, the Health Minister has said.


Darwin company Aspire has been awarded the $18.2 million contract to design and build the new ward at Royal Darwin Hospital, which the government expects to be open in the middle of next year, the Health Minister has said.

A man is on the run after attacking another man on the street with an “edged weapon”, leaving him in hospital with cuts to his face and neck, NT Police said.

One of Darwin’s most iconic bars will close its doors permanently next month after more than two decades in its current form.

The solar power plant at Robertson Barracks has been connected and it will also provide power for public use, the federal government has said, a connection that comes at a time when the Northern Territory government has been unable to put electricity into the grid from private solar power stations.

Territorians will soon have digital identification cards that can be stored on smartphones and other smart devices, the Lawler Government has said.

Police are looking for an unspecified number of alleged offenders who stole two compound bows and arrows along with a hunting knife from a home in Alice Springs, NT Police said.

A woman was killed and a man injured in a crash on Litchfield Park Road at Charlotte on Sunday, NT Police said.

Latest highlights include movement on the Greater Holtz development to boost the construction sector; a developer unloading a CBD block property claiming stagnant development; and Westcoast Repairs opens at Casuarina Square. Also making resource news, Tamboran is ready for NT LNG by this year, and Avenira Ltd sees underlying cash flow challenges.
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Kenneth Charles Fleming KC, the Northern Territory’s first Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, died in Brisbane on 18 April, aged 77. Dr Robyn Smith writes about his life.

NT Police are asking residents of Gray to check their yards for a bloody hammer that a 42-year-old man allegedly used to bash his female partner in the head with last night.

Five remote airfields across the NT have been chosen as recipients of a share of the Federal Government’s $13.4 million program to improve the safety and accessibility of airstrips across remote Australia.