A two-year-old and a 12-year-old were flown to Royal Darwin Hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run in a remote community on Wednesday morning, NT Police said.
Mandorah jetty project balloons from $24m to $63m
The Fyles Government has awarded a $63 million contract to build the new Mandorah jetty and undertake the associated works, which is $39 million more than it estimated it would cost in 2017, and comes four and a half years after the government declared it a priority project.
Virgin to open flights to Uluru as exorbitant airfares from Darwin continue
Virgin Australia will commence direct flights to Uluru from Melbourne and Brisbane starting June 6 next year, but they will not provide any remedy for ongoing skyrocketing domestic ticket prices that soared more than $3,000 one-way from Darwin recently.
Group of males assault bus passenger, threaten him with machete after stealing gold necklace: Police
Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a “group of unknown males” who allegedly stole a male passenger’s gold necklace before forcing him off the bus, where they assaulted and threatened him with a machete.
Think tank calls for federal government to stop funding NSW and Victoria to the detriment of the NT and Tasmania
Remote councils in New South Wales receive over six times more federal government financial assistance grants per person than remote NT councils which undermines their ability to maintain their roads, a new report by the Grattan Institute has found.
Remote renters sue NT Government over flat-rate rental scheme in Supreme Court
Lawyers for a group of Gunbalanya and Laramba public housing tenants have argued in the Supreme Court that the rationale behind the NT Government’s flat-rate rental calculations is unethical and unlawfully punishing tenants in remote areas.
Three boys break into 80-year-old woman’s home, hit her in the head with a rock: Police
An 11-year-old boy, and two 13-year-old boys allegedly broke into an 80-year-old woman’s home in Alice Springs, with one of them throwing a rock into her head, which required the woman to be treated in hospital, NT Police said.
NT Independent Car of the Week: 2019 Toyota Land Cruiser VDJ76R Workmate Wagon
This week, check out Dustin’s newly arrived white 2019 Toyota Land Cruiser VDJFJA30076R that comes with a 5-speed manual transmission and is powered by an 8-cylinder 4.5-litre diesel engine. This ute has an odometer reading of 105,816 km.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for November 21
Today’s national news includes the Federal Government to double funding for road infrastructure, Chinese military actions ‘unsafe and unprofessional’: Albanese, Optus’ CEO quits after a network outage, and Vertiia eVTOLs For Emergency Air Ambulance Operations.
Woman killed, man and four children taken to hospital after remote crash
A 20-year-old woman was killed, and a man and four children were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital, after a single vehicle crash near a remote community on Friday.
Trip around the Nation: Free to Read National News for November 17
Today’s national news includes the unemployment rate rising by up to 3.7 per cent, Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton taking flight, cyberattacks in Australia up 23 per cent, and a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opening in SA.
Bassinthegrass lineup revealed for Mindil Beach in May
The NT’s biggest music festival, Bassinthegrass 2024, has announced its lineup, featuring local and international acts when it returns to Mindil Beach in Darwin on May 18 next year.