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.
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.
‘I really admire Lia, she is a legend’: New CLP ‘crisis management’ comms director heaps praise on Chief Minister
After many months of searching, the Finocchiaro CLP Government has hired a former adviser to the NSW police commissioner and noted “crisis management specialist” as its new director of communications.
‘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.
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.
‘A lightning rod of dissent’: Kon Vatskalis’s Cyclone Tracy memorial legacy revisited
Kon Vatskalis’s eight-year reign as Darwin Lord Mayor ended this week in a third-place finish, while his legacy will live on in controversy, defined by the selection of the kinetic sculpture called ‘Coriolis’ as a Cyclone Tracy memorial that he later claimed was not a memorial, leading to a tangled story involving political cover-ups and ratepayer-funded threats of legal action against members of the public for trying to find answers.
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.