Former Litchfield mayor Doug Barden was bailed on Monday after spending the weekend in the Palmerston watch house following the NT Police laying 10 charges against him, including aggravated assault, ‘choking, strangling or suffocation’ and numerous firearms offences.
A Humpty Doo school went into lockdown Monday morning after a 35-year-old man with a crossbow allegedly made threats against the school, NT Police said.
Northern Territory Uber riders are Australia’s most courteous passengers, according to the company’s annual “naughty or nice” list for 2025, which assesses and ranks rider ratings in every state.
Former Northern Territory administrator, musician, author and Territory icon Ted Egan has died aged 93, his family confirmed Thursday, while the Chief Minister has confirmed a state funeral will be held.
At least two people were initially trapped in a Darwin CBD building Wednesday afternoon after a fire broke out on the 10th floor of the Cavanagh Street structure, but the pair were able to get out with no injuries reported.
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Victoria and extradited to Darwin to face one count of murder in relation to the 2020 death of his nurse partner, NT Police said.
Some health workers at every major Northern Territory hospital will walk off the job in protected action tomorrow, seeking better pay and safer conditions under their next enterprise bargaining agreement, their unions have said.
The popular Carols by Candlelight event has been relocated inside to the Darwin Convention Centre due to safety concerns over the potential for weakened trees at the botanic gardens amphitheatre outdoor venue, following Cyclone Fina, which is expected to significantly reduce attendance numbers.
Two Larrakia elders have filed an application to the Federal Government calling on the Environment and Water Minister to protect the Stokes Hill sacred site against the “damage and desecration” they say the proposed hotel at the Darwin Convention Centre will have on the site, which follows controversial changes the CLP Finocchiaro Government made to the NT Sacred Sites Act that the NLC says has “put all sacred sites in the NT at risk”.
The NT government has effectively outsourced public housing and accountability to organisations like Venture and Yilli Housing which have become taxpayer-funded distractions from a broken housing system, writes Luke Sheahen.
NT childcare centres have been warned to “fix their act fast” by the government as part of a four-pillar plan to enhance accountability in the industry, following the tragic death of a toddler at an early learning centre in Humpty Doo in 2023.
Private security services in Darwin and Palmerston have been doubled with more patrols and extended patrol hours ahead of Christmas, as part of the NT Government’s “upgraded safety blitz”, which it said will crackdown on antisocial behaviour and alcohol-fuelled violence.
