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THE FACE OF VISA CHANGES
The potentially devastating workforce consequences on the Territory of proposed cuts to backpacker visas have already started hitting home. A Peruvian backpacker who has worked in Darwin since April will leave the Territory early, as a consequence of...
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TOP COP FAKE PORN VICTIM
A top female police officer has alleged multiple police shared an “extremely distressing” pornographic deep fake video targeting her.
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TRAINING AWARDS GLORY
Palmerston butcher Tamika Banks has capped off an incredible year of success, clinching the coveted Austin Asche Apprentice of the Year title at the NT Training Awards 2026 on Saturday evening. The 21-year-old has had a stellar run, winning NT...
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MINDIL MAGIC
On her fourth trip to Darwin, Perth resident Sherileen Wintrip captured the beauty of a Territory sunset from the balcony of her accommodation at MindIl Beach Resort on Sunday, September 6.
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FAMILY LOCKS IN FOR MXGP
The eyes of the motorsports world were on Darwin at the weekend with thousands of fans from across the world descending on Hidden Valley for the MXGP of Australia. Global superstars and multi-time champions were there racing on the same track while...
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BRAWL AND DISORDER
Northern Territory Police Commander Shaun Gill has singled out Wadeye as a sore point for the force, as resources stretch to contain ongoing unrest in remote community. It comes after seven people from the community were arrested over a violent brawl...
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GET ON THE TOOLS
The Housing Industry Association has released a new report arguing the people who build Australia’s hospitals, homes and shopping centres have gone unrecognised for far too long, with a renewed push to boost the Northern Territory’s skilled workforce.
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AMBOS UNDER SIEGE
St John NT staff fighting to save a life were forced to use a stretcher to protect themselves from an armed and violent group outside a home in one of four shocking recent incidents against staff.
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A DEGREE OF SUCCESS
More than 1500 Charles Darwin University graduands are celebrating at the University’s Casuarina Campus this week and our photographer Pema T Pakhrin has been there to capture it all.
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YEAH BABY
Calvary Health Care has been named as the new operator of Darwin Private Hospital, ending 16 months of uncertainty over the future of the NT’s only private hospital. It is a decision welcomed by Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro who said the new operator...
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ICON OF OUTBACK
Six decades after hitchhiking to the Northern Territory, iconic publican Greg Dick is being remembered as an outback legend for his contribution to the Red Centre, with tributes flowing from all corners of the Territory.
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FINAL SHOW OF STRENGTH
Just one match stands between the Darwin Brothers men and women and extending their premiership dominance. But the question remains, can they get the job done on grand-final day? The Brethren are gunning for five straight senior women’s titles and...
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TOURISM TURMOIL
Northern Territory industry leaders have united against federal government holiday and working visa cuts they warn could strip thousands of seasonal workers from Territory businesses and devastate the outback visitor economy.
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PERFECT PITCH FOR $1M
Wearing a ring that belonged to her late grandmother for good luck, a fifth generation Territorian researching seaweed adaptability has won the one-million dollar Croc Pitch innovation prize. Alison Duguid, a scion of the Territory’s famous Fong Lim...
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POPULATION POTENTIAL
A landmark report has revealed Darwin and regional Australia are being short-changed by Commonwealth policy failures, with persistent infrastructure gaps stunting population growth.
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BORDER FORCE SWOOP
Australian Border Force has raided two Territory car yards, a petrol station, a residential property and eight retail outlets, including tobacconists, convenience and gift stores, clothing stores, grocers and motor dealerships across Darwin and...
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DREAMS DO COME TRUE
Fly-in, fly-out worker Thomas-James Marshall is celebrating becoming his family’s first-ever homeowner. The lifetime dream of home ownership has been achieved with the support of an NT Government housing grant.
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AUDREY’S FLIGHT FOR LIFE
While other teenagers are packing for school camp, Audrey packs to keep her kidney working. Inside the healthcare gap forcing one Darwin family into an exhausting weekly ordeal.
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HOME OF GROWTH
The Northern Territory continues to buck national property trends, with Darwin homeowners, on average, $79,000 better off than his time last year after prices boomed 14 per cent over the past 12 months, new real estate data reveals.
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CUT ABOVE THE REST
A Territory-based, award-winning butcher has been selected as one of three Australian butchers to steak her claim on the world stage in the US. Since moving to the NT and entering the trade four years ago, Tamika Banks has made impressive waves in the...
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Gas has been unleashed from the Beetaloo Basin to power the Northern Territory for the first time, with Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro and federal Resources Minister Madeleine King turning the wheel at Tamboran Resources’ Shenandoah South 2 site,...
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4.4M WAGAIT MONSTER
NT Parks and Wildlife rangers captured this 4.4m croc at Wagait Beach. Rangers pulled four saltwater crocs from Darwin Harbour last Friday taking the number to 239 already caught this year.
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TRAGIC BIRTHDAY GOODBYE
A grieving family should have been wishing their amazing grandmother, 69year-old Gail Steabler, a happy 70th birthday on Wednesday. Instead they will be mourning at her Darwin funeral after she lost her life in a horrific fiveperson fatal crash earlier...
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RIGHTING A WRONG
The NT parliament has almost unanimously passed voluntary assisted dying laws, restoring the rights of the terminally ill after days of emotional debate, months of inquiries, and decades of courageous advocacy.
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FLYING WITH THE ANGELS
Young Northern Territory pilot, Bob Bramley, who flew solo around Australia as a teenager to save lives has himself been lost to the sky, with his family issuing a heart-wrenching statement.
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OUR JEN A TRUE BUSH CHAMPION
Talk to Philip and Adele Hughes for just a few minutes and you can’t help but feel their passion as they enthuse about regenerative farming and the impact of the Lachlan Hughes Foundation. After tragically losing their son Lachlan, 36, in a farming...
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DELICATE VISITOR
A delicate black and white butterfly pays a visit to a backyard garden in Leanyer during the dry season, captured by local photographer Leigh Lockley. Picture: Leigh Lockley
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MUM AND HER BUB
Nature at its finest. Amanda Stoker shared this image she took of a Bush Stone - curlew with her baby. The picture was taken at Wagait Beach on 21st August. Email your images to share with readers.
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FESTIVAL FUN TO THE VERY END
TISM, the alternative rock band known for its members’ complete anonymity, promised chaos and fun at the Darwin Festival and it delivered. The Darwin Ski Club was pumping on Saturday. Last night the curtain came down on a glorious 19 days of arts and...
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$9M DIRTY MONEY BUST
A 33-year-old man allegedly involved in Darwin’s underground nicotine scene has been charged with money laundering following a $9 million sting.
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DESERT PIRATES AT PLAY
Rain in the Red Centre has turned the 64th iteration of an iconic dry-river regatta “more nautical,” according to one punter who bared it all against some stiff competition this year. Canberran Rod Power, 80, was one of dozens who turned up to this...
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DARWIN DISASTER: AUSSIES MAULED
A dominant Bangladesh stunned Australia to win the opening Test by a crushing nine wickets in Darwin on Sunday for a historic first-ever Test victory on Australian soil. After bowling Australia out for 284 and needing 57 to win, the visitors cruised...
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GOLDEN ERA ARRIVES
A gold mine left idle since 2003 will become the Northern Territory’s largest gold production plant after the $500m project reached final investment decision yesterday.
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$500M GOLD RUSH
A Top End gold mine near Darwin that has been silent for a quarter of a century is set to become a $500m operation generating hundreds of jobs, further boosting the Northern Territory economy. It comes just weeks before first gas begins to flow from...
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THE COST OF ‘TOO YOUNG’
Extreme tiredness, anaemia and blood in the poo: these are all high-risk symptoms of bowel cancer – a disease proving to be the deadliest cancer for Aussies aged 25 to 54. And yet despite presenting to doctors in South Australia for years with these...
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ROLL UP FOR SHOW FUN
David Rivett, 30 and Cassie Davies, 28, gave the Royal Darwin Show their tick of approval for young families. Visiting the show for the first time as a family, the pair took their two daughters for their first show experience. Born and raised in...
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DECADES IN THE MAKING
The Northern Territory once led the world on voluntary assisted dying – and the CLP government has now confirmed the votes to bring those rights back after three decades.
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SPEED THRILLS
If one thing captures attention in global sport it’s when the fastest man or woman in history steps up to perform, and when it comes to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, that alpha dog is Australian swimming sprint king Cameron McEvoy. He is the No.1...
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PITCH PERFECT LAUNCH
Standing before dozens of aviators on a cold Monday morning, Anthony Albanese made a grim admission about the state of the world. “We do live in turbulent times,” he told the pilots at RAAF Base Darwin. “We have a conflict – a land war in Europe. We...
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ALBO KICKS A FEW GOALS
Anthony Albanese has made his first visit to the Tiwi Islands as Prime Minister, meeting with traditional owners, visiting a new $12.4 child and family centre, and cheering on the footy grand final. Mr Albanese touched down in Wurrumiyanga on Sunday...
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CAT-ASTROPHE
Safely home in Palmerston after three surgeries and week-long stay in hospital, Queenslander Terry Fitzgerald is down a tendon and has been left with a wicked lightning bolt scar. The cause? A fluffy blue-eyed perpetrator lounging in a corner of the...
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WE’RE ZONING IN
The Federal Government should use its powers to give the Northern Territory tax reform and special migration zones to stimulate population growth and pave the way for new business opportunities to secure Northern Australia’s future, experts have told...
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SHAPING A BOLD FUTURE
Beetaloo Basin gas could transform the Northern Territory into the “data centre capital of the globe”, a senior government minister said on Wednesday. Business Minister Robyn Cahill said Beetaloo Basin gas could drive data centre development across...
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WHAT IS A LIFE WORTH?
Loved ones of Northern Territory motorsports-loving larrikin and quiet hero Anthony Hobden have faced down the careless driver behind his death in a tense hearing, as the courts ponder an adequate punishment of the accused.
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FOR PETE’S SAKE
On a lonely stretch of the Stuart Highway 25 years ago to the day, British backpacker Peter Falconio was last seen alive. Now, as the harrowing case reaches a major milestone in time, Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole has issued a...
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‘IT’S NOT OVER YET’
The story surrounding Peter Falconio and his murderer Bradley Murdoch is ‘far from over,’ the now-dead killer’s family says. Tuesday will mark a quarter of a century since Mr Falconio was brutally murdered on the Stuart Hwy in the remote NT. On the...
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FACE OF FEAR
A frozen Joanne Lees standing in a blood-spattered shirt. The bindings used to hold her captive. And her boyfriend’s cold-blooded murderer staring into the camera. Hidden from public view for decades, never-before-seen police photographs take readers...
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SOUTHERN CROC BAIT
Territorians have been left stunned after a man was captured swimming in croc territory to retrieve his boat in the middle of the Mary River. It is understood a man from Victoria launched his boat on Wednesday morning just after 11am at Shady Camp...
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HARRIET’S DAY OUT
Fascinators, fun and fancy dress were the themes of the day at the Darwin Turf Club as thousands of the Top End’s loveliest ladies gathered to celebrate the Darwin Cup Carnival’s Ladies’ Day. Whether they had been there since its inception such as...
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FACING EXILE
A Darwin father-of-four facing drug syndicate charges and deportation has been denied bail, with his criminal history cited as a key factor.
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HERO DAD BACKS OC SPRAY USE
A father-of-two who used OC spray to defend his family and property says 16-year-olds should be given equal access to the self-defence kit. The father, who this masthead has chosen to refer to as ‘BD’ to protect his anonymity, managed to subdue a...
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Widow wants answer from NT WorkSafe WRIGHT PLEA DEAL FURY
Lawyers for Chris Wilson’s widow have demanded answers from NT WorkSafe for its decision to drop serious workplace charges against Croc Wrangler Matt Wright. The NT Government’s work safety regulator this year dropped section 31 Workhealth and Safety...
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PAGING DOCTOR WHO?
Darwin Private Hospital went months without a single doctor being available on site 24/7, with nurses raising the alarm about the quality of medical reviews, a coronial inquest has revealed.
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SMOKING CONES
the Northern territory has survived its yearly experiment of combining loose units, liquor and a megatonne of fireworks, with one ingenious reveller turning a traffic cone into a makeshift rocket launcher.
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SECRET TAPES EXPOSED
Secret police recordings of Northern Territory reality star Matt Wright have been released, with an explosive exchange surrounding the investigation into a fatal chopper crash laid bare.
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PERFECT START
Hilary Hunter was out for a morning stroll at the waterfront precinct yesterday. She said the precinct was looking its best. Email in your pictures to share with readers.
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WATT A FARCE
Jacana Energy has defended awarding an almost $700,000 contract to a Sydney-based company to deliver executive culture and leadership development services for bosses, as NT electricity costs spiral upwards. The day after the NT News revealed...
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