Changes to the Fyles Government’s proposed anti-discrimination bill that the public have not seen will have alarming impacts on every Territorian, NT religious leaders and the Opposition say, just weeks before it’s expected to pass Parliament.

The detection of a second commercial property infested by Banana freckle has prompted the Territory’s plant biosecurity team to review and rectify its initial response plan for the eradication of the disease, the NT Government has said.

The Darwin International Laksa Festival is back and the stakes are higher than ever before: a trip for two to Timor Leste is on the line.

WATCH THE VIDEO: Works on the Tiger Brennan Drive overpass have finally started, with the cost continuing to increase – from an original $60 million to now $128 million – $18 million more than the last figure provided in May, but Minister Eva Lawler says she’s “project managing” the development from her car.

Crocodile Wrangler star Matt Wright has spoken to a UK newspaper about the death of his friend and co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson while promoting his new Netflix series, telling the tabloid “maybe in time, you know … I’ll explain”.

Territory students will be banned from using their mobile phones throughout the school day, including during recess and lunch breaks at all government schools, Education Minister Eva Lawler has declared, citing the risk of “distraction or social harm through their misuse”.

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says while she has weeds growing in her backyard better than the vines on the $3.3 million Cavanagh Street shade structure, she is committed to “listening to the experts” and not fixing the problem.

Staff and students at a Darwin private school were forced into lockdown Monday afternoon after a male student allegedly obtained a knife and went looking for another student he had argued with earlier in the day, the school has confirmed.