The 25-year-old ban that prevented the Territory and the ACT from enacting their own voluntary assisted dying laws has been overturned in a historic day in the Senate, following a vote to end the ban after hours of debate in Canberra on Thursday night.
A Darwin man has been charged by the Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit for the alleged rape of his partner, and a threat to distribute sexually explicit images of her, among other charges, NT Police have said.
NT Police have identified the skeletal remains found near Lee Point Beach in September as a missing person who vanished without a trace more than 10 years ago.
A new review prepared for Seafarms Group found no technical reason why its Territory aquaculture development Project Sea Dragon should not proceed, despite incurring a huge $85.4 million loss for the 2021-22 financial year and an earlier review raising viability issues with the project.
Teachers from across the Territory will again be voting on the government’s latest enterprise bargaining agreement from today until December 12, after rejecting a pervious EBA offer, but the Opposition says stretching negotiations over the holiday period could see many teachers not bother returning.
After years of delays, the new $25 million Palmerston Regional fire station has finally opened that promises to enhance emergency responses to the city and rural area, with the reason for the delays never disclosed.
The Northern Territory is not ready to attract multinationals to do business here, according to a new national report which ranks the NT last in the country for digital readiness, suggesting it might be the worst place in the country to establish a digital hub.
Former NT chief health officer Dr Hugh Heggie will be the next Administrator of the Northern Territory, the Federal Government has announced.
Police are calling for the public’s assistance to identify a group of offenders who broke into seven locations overnight in Katherine, including two government buildings, and stealing a car that was driven dangerously around town, narrowly missing pedestrians.
Faced with an ongoing crime crisis across the Territory, the Fyles Government has made the NT the first jurisdiction in the country to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12.
Three Territory workers were seriously injured using power tools and machinery in separate incidents over the last two months, including horrific incidents involving an amputated arm, a metal grinder hitting a worker in the face and fractured bones involving a wood chipper, NT WorkSafe has said.
Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright has turned himself in to NT Police and has been formally charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, making threats to witnesses and destroying evidence, among other serious charges, in connection to a helicopter crash in West Arnhem Land in February that killed his mate and co-star Chris “Willow” Wilson.
