The bag limits for the waterfowl hunting season will remain at the maximum allowable level for the third year in a row when the season begins in September, Environment Minister Kate Worden has said.
Sex, lies and colonisation: Errol Flynn buys a girl for the price of two pigs and some seashells
Errol Flynn was a perpetrator of frontier violence, one of the many men who raped girls and women, or massacred Indigenous people, ugly facts that invite the well-established colonial practice of wilful amnesia, writes Dr Robyn Smith.
Rental Pain Index: Half of NT suburbs listed as ‘extreme’ for high rental costs
Rental price increases and low vacancy rates are causing extreme rental pain in half of the NT’s suburbs, a new report suggests.
Land Council CEO sought to to be given shares in Aboriginal-owned mine he was also CEO of
The Anindilyakwa Land Council chief executive officer Mark Hewitt told a Senate committee hearing he sought to be given shares in an Aboriginal-owned mine in which he is also CEO to provide “stability” to the project, while the mine was funded by more than $15 million in royalties from traditional owners distributed through the ALC.
International drug syndicate busted in Darwin with $7 million worth of cocaine, meth
Cocaine and meth valued at more than $7 million destined for the Darwin market was intercepted by NT Police late last month as part of a joint operation with federal authorities. WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE BUST
ICAC’s use of taxpayer-funded cameras to allegedly monitor wife in home dismissed by Inspector
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-corruption commissioner Michael Riches allegedly used taxpayer-funded cameras installed at the family home to monitor his then-wife, that she alleges were operated to exert coercive control, which could constitute misuse of public resources, however the ICAC Inspector dropped the matter and it is not expected to be investigated further.
Crime scene established at torched training centre building in Wadeye
Two people have been arrested after the trade training centre inside the school in Wadeye was set on fire, NT Police said.
New book details the history of massacres across Australia’s north
The violent frontier expansion of Australia’s north is laid bare in a new book by Darwin academic Dr Robyn Smith, which details the massacres of Aboriginal people from 1824 until the 1980s, names the perpetrators and their benefactors, and explains how these massacres occurred.
Lawler Govt backflips on Territory Day celebrations; now back at Mindil Beach
Territory Day public fireworks are back on at Mindil Beach after public outrage, nearly a week after the Lawler Government announced moving the iconic celebration, which it now claims was because of a single complaint made to organisers of the event.
Darwin Supercars Triple Crown to rev up Darwin this weekend
The Darwin V8 Supercars Triple Crown gets underway on Friday with three days of action, including Supercars, Porsche Carrera Cup, Tyrepower V8 SuperUtes, Touring Car Masters, and Combined Sedans.
Meredith Day Huntingford appointed as Supreme Court judge
Meredith Day Huntingford has been appointed as a Supreme Court of the Northern Territory judge, the Attorney General and Justice Minister Chansey Paech has announced.
Territory Day firework display’s sudden change of venue under scrutiny
The Lawler Government’s confusing decision to move the Territory Day public fireworks display from its home at Mindil Beach to the Darwin Waterfront this year is no closer to being explained, after it was revealed at Estimates that no complaints about the festivities were ever raised by traditional owners and that a permit through the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority was never required.