Eager interstate travellers lined up overnight at the Kununurra border checkpoint, some even sleeping under the stars, as they waited for WA's border with the NT to reopen. Families waited in line for more than five hours to cross state lines, after border …
Read More »Humpback whales have been spotted in a Kakadu river. So in a fight with a crocodile, who would win?
In recent months, three humpback whales were spotted in the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park. Contrary to its name, the river is full of not alligators but crocodiles. And its shallow waters are no place for a whale …
Read More »Traveller spotted in NT COVID camp bin
Three men spotted using a wheelie bin as a chariot in the Northern Territory's COVID-19 quarantine camp have been fined. A photo of two of the men pushing
Read More »Voice of Real Australia: What happens when your cup overflows in the outback
Katherine in outback Northern Territory has managed to dodge a bullet at the start of the wet season over the past three years. That might not be the case this year. As we feared, the construction of a new $15 million water treatment plant for the town has come a …
Read More »Spike in drones illegally circling Alice Springs airport due to interest in air fleet grounded by pandemic
Airport management says the 130 planes in storage at Alice Springs airport has led to a large number of people flying drones in restricted air space hoping to glimpse a sight of the grounded fleet.
Read More »Liquor Commission board members threaten to resign over Dan Murphy’s fast-tracking
THE NT Liquor Commission’s 15-person board has considered resigning after the Gunner Government last night outlined a plan to circumvent the commission and hand a decision on a proposed Dan Murphy’s to the government’s director of liquor licensing.
Read More »“Families torn apart”: Open letter condemns Woolies for plans to build Dan Murphy’s in Darwin
A proposal by Woolworths Group to open a mega-sized Dan Murphy’s in Darwin is facing renewed criticism after Indigenous community groups called on the corporation to stop its plans in an open letter.
Read More »NT Police searching for overdue yacht near East Arnhem Land
Northern Territory Police hold concerns for two men who have failed to make contact since leaving their last known location. The two men are believed to have left Maningrida on Wednesday 4 November 2020 to sail to Nhulunbuy.
Read More »Darwin crime: 47 charges against child gang told to ‘go home’ up to 10 times a night
Police in the Northern Territory are fed up with disturbances and anti-social behaviour in Darwin’s northern suburbs at the hands of the city’s youths, some of who are as young as 10.
Read More »‘Urgent’ Dan Murphy’s legislation dragged out in parliament, only getting debated at 5pm on last day of sitting
THE NT government has been accused of coming “unstuck” on controversial urgent legislation designed to put an end to the long-running Dan Murphy’s superstore saga, after making last minute changes to double the number of applications impacted.
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