Northern Territory

A mask order will be in place in Alice Springs until at least 5pm on Christmas Eve, while interstate travellers will now be allowed to use rapid antigen tests instead of PCR tests to meet requirements after their arrival.

WA Premier Mark McGowan announced that a hard border will be reinstated with the Northern Territory and Tasmania.

Dozens of children are likely to spend Christmas behind bars in the Northern Territory's infamous Don Dale youth detention centre.

The Northern Territory has detected five new COVID-19 infections as authorities ease testing requirements for interstate travellers.

Northern Territory Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison has announced the lockdown in Tennant Creek and Ali Curung will be extended for a further 24 hours until 5pm Thursday. The mask mandate in the Barkley LGA has also been extended for a further 24 hours.

More than a million WA workers will be required to get a third COVID vaccination as Premier Mark McGowan announces the state will close its borders to Tasmania and the Northern Territory from Boxing Day.

Dozens of children are likely to spend Christmas behind bars in the Northern Territory's infamous Don Dale youth detention centre, four years after the

The countdown for Christmas is on – and while most of Australia is shaping up for a pleasant day, one capital city could be in for the hottest day in half a century.

A tropical cyclone could threaten parts of northern Australia as early as Christmas Day, with Darwin currently in the zone that could be at risk of dangerous holiday weather from this developing system.

The Bureau of Meteorology says there is a chance a tropical cyclone could develop in the Top End after Christmas but says "there is a fair bit of uncertainty" as to how a likely tropical low may unfold.