NT Police are investigating the suspicious death of 44-year-old man who was found dead in bed at a Gillen residence Sunday morning after reportedly suffering head and lower body injuries.


NT Police are investigating the suspicious death of 44-year-old man who was found dead in bed at a Gillen residence Sunday morning after reportedly suffering head and lower body injuries.
The destruction of native vegetation and habitat during construction of the water main to the Holtze subdivision was unnecessary, but the cleared corridor could now be turned into a bike path, writes Gerry Wood.

Tennant Creek Airport has been selected by the Bureau of Meteorology as the site of a new S-band dual-polarised Doppler radar system, with final negotiations with the Airport Development Group underway for installation following years of delays.

A 20-year-old male has been arrested and charged by the NT Police in connection to the alleged violent sexual assault of an elderly woman inside her Woodroffe home on Wednesday night.

The Darwin Festival has launched its 2026 program, featuring 764 artists presenting 405 performances, with organisers promising an eclectic mix of music, theatre, comedy, cabaret, dance and family-friendly events along with “mouth-watering food experiences”.

UPDATED: NT Police are searching for a man who they now say allegedly entered a Palmerston residence Wednesday night and raped a woman in her 80s at her home.

The Finocchiaro CLP Government is sending a delegation to Taiwan this week as part of a “proactive investor engagement program” led by Asian Relations Minister Robyn Cahill that will involve “targeted meetings” with businesses interested in potentially developing “AI-ready data centres” in the Territory.

Core Lithium has announced it has restarted mining at its Finniss mine south of Darwin after operations were paused in January 2024, citing a 75 per cent fall in lithium prices.

Police have allegedly seized a homemade gun, silencer and body armour, along with drugs, after a compliance inspection at a Herbert property uncovered unsecured firearms, ammunition and evidence of drug activity, NT Police said.

Two men sleeping inside a rooftop tent on their vehicle at Malak Oval were robbed at knifepoint overnight, NT Police said.

Two people have died from Murray Valley encephalitis in Alice Springs, one this month and one last month, prompting NT Health to issue urgent warnings for NT residents and visitors about the fatal mosquito-borne disease, that has also been detected on two occasions in mosquitoes around Darwin this year.

A Tennant Creek man has been charged with causing serious harm for allegedly stabbing a man while he slept in a house on Friday night, NT Police said.