A new new pop culture and technology event called DiGiT, which incorporates gaming, cosplay, digital art and e-sports, along with panels and workshops, will be held in Darwin in November the organisers have said.
Territory bus drivers start industrial action, claim violence on buses escalating
Territory bus drivers employed by private operator CDC have started protected industrial action drawing attention to increasing incidents of assaults, rock throwing, and other threats workers face, as part of their demands for better pay and working conditions, which comes one year to the day since a driver was kicked in the head while driving 70km/h down the Stuart Highway.
‘Fast and fearless’: MXGP set for this weekend as world motocross arrives in NT
The highly anticipated Motocross World Championship will make its return to Australia after a 24-year hiatus this weekend in Darwin, when world class racing hits the Hidden Valley Motorsports complex on a new purpose-built international motocross track.
Woman arrested for alleged assault on family member
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly inflicting head injuries on a female family member in Palmerston yesterday, NT Police said.
Man who bragged about running Indigenous men down in hit-and-run may have no jail sentence appealed by DPP
A 24-year-old Darwin man who was spared jail time this week after killing an Aboriginal man with his car in 2024 and leaving another injured before fleeing the scene and bragging in text messages to mates about teaching an “oxygen thief” a lesson may have his sentence appealed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
12-year-old arrested after swinging knife at school
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged after allegedly swinging a knife at another student during an altercation at Katherine High School, NT Police said.
Man arrested over partner’s death
A man has been arrested after his partner died after being found unresponsive in the front yard of their Palmerston home overnight, NT Police said.
Community disturbance at Tennant Creek; police assault and other violent incidents reported over weekend
Two women were taken to hospital with head injuries following a “large disturbance” in Tennant Creek Sunday afternoon, that involved some members of the crowd armed with “various weapons”, NT Police said, with investigations continuing and no arrests made yet.
Boy arrested after object thrown at truck in Katherine
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly throwing an unknown object at a truck on the Katherine River Bridge on Thursday, NT Police said.
Former deputy Palmerston CEO appointed head of Agriculture and Fisheries
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has appointed the former deputy chief executive of the City of Palmerston as the new CEO of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, amid assurances her former boss, head public servant Luccio Circarelli, was not involved in the hiring process.
NT’s deep integrity crisis will not be fixed by new integrity commission
EDITORIAL: The Northern Territory’s public integrity bodies’ ongoing dysfunction is due in part to the CLP Government’s own integrity failures, its insistence on bypassing democratic standards and its stubborn refusal to recognise investment in accountability is crucial to the future of the Territory instead of viewing transparency as a threat to its day-to-day business model.
Suspected dog poisonings spark warning from Animal Welfare
Recent suspected dog poisoning incidents in the northern suburbs has led the NT Government to issue a warning to pet owners to be vigilant to protect their pooches.