US president Barack Obama was shocked in 2015 to read that the Northern Territorys Country Liberal Party government had awarded a Chinese company — with alleged links to the Peoples Liberation Army — a 99-year lease over the Port of Darwin,
Read More »Darwin at risk of rental unit oversupply, new report claims
DARWIN is among the top 10 places in Australia that are most at risk of new units flooding the rental market, a new report warns.
Read More »NT stymied in bid to bring Aussies home as leaders prepare to meet for National Cabinet
THE Northern Territory is ready and willing to help Australians overseas, but won’t be able to do so until commercial airlines choose to land international planes in Darwin.
Read More »Mea culpas as agencies admit failing dead girls
Child protection, health and education agencies missed multiple warning signs and opportunities to help three Aboriginal girls who died in unrelated suspected suicides in remote Northern Territory communities in 2016 and 2017.
Read More »The NT News rates the top performers from the 2020 NRL NT Women’s premiership
WITH the 2020 edition of the NRL NT Women’s Premiership drawing to a close the NT News has picked out five of the best or most influential players of the season.
Read More »Top cop apologises to teenage suicide victims but rules out foul play, on day two of coronial inquest
NT Police assistant commissioner Nick Anticich has personally apologised to the families of three teenage girls for the botched investigation of their apparent suicides while maintaining they were not victims of foul play.
Read More »Police issue warning as tax scammers target Territorians
POLICE are warning Territorians to beware of tax fraudsters after a 37-year-old NT man transferred $12,000 to scammers.
Read More »Humpback whale makes wrong turn into crocodile-infested river in Kakadu National Park
Scientists monitoring a whale discovered swimming in a crocodile-infested Northern Territory river say it could have been chased there by sharks or simply have made a wrong turn.
Read More »Whale in croc-infested NT river confused
Scientists monitoring a whale that took a wrong turn into a crocodile-infested Northern Territory river will search for a path out of the shallow waterway.
Read More »The NT’s finest felines ready to go on show this weekend
IT’S been a long wait for cat lovers, but the NT’s first formal cat show of 2020 is finally on this weekend. The Cat Association of the NT will hold the show on Sunday, September 20 at the Winnellie Showgrounds,
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