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Youth Justice
Indigenous kids' rights cut after sentencing changes
Children in a jurisdiction's youth justice system, who are overwhelmingly Indige...
Lucinda Garbutt-Young 26 May 2026
Big Rivers Football League season set to begin
The 2026 Big Rivers Football League season is set to begin at the weekend, with...
Jackson Clark 13 May 2026
Healing beyond the clinic: New Big Rivers project to support children and young people
A new pilot program across the Northern Territory's Big Rivers region is aiming...
Nicole Brown 7 May 2026
'Keeping people safe and making sure no one is left behind' - federal government vows to stay vigilant
More than 1000 people have been evacuated from remote Northern Territory communi...
Giovanni Torre 26 Mar 2026
Weather time bomb ticking for Australia's north after cyclone reforms at sea
Tropical Cyclone Narelle has reformed at sea, leaving behind a weather time bomb...
Lloyd Jones 25 Mar 2026
Town on high alert in cyclone's wake amid flood fears

A sandbagged and already-saturated outback town is back on major flood alert as it continues a rollercoaster ride through consecutive storms.

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Lloyd Jones Mar 25, 2026
Top End braces for flooding while others batten down

A Top End town is bracing for its second flooding event in a fortnight as wild weather from ex-tropical cyclone Narelle shifts west. The storm, which weakened to below cyclone strength after crossing...

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Melissa Meehan Mar 23, 2026
Northern Land Council slams reduced flood payments for remote NT community

Northern Land Council chair Matthew Ryan has criticised authorities for withholding 75 per cent of flood relief payments to remote community residents during flooding in the Northern Territory's Big R...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 20, 2026
Katherine Hospital reopens after flood

Katherine Hospital reopened Sunday as Northern Territory residents continue to work towards recovery after major flooding. NT Minister for Health, Steve Edgington said work, health and safety inspecti...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 16, 2026
Disaster assistance expanded across Top End after historic flooding

The federal and Northern Territory governments have extended assistance to more Northern Territory communities impacted by severe weather and flooding.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 12, 2026
NAB offers Disaster Relief Grants and other banking support to help First Nations people

NAB Disaster Relief Grants of $1000 are available for eligible customers living in government declared impacted areas. Communities in parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory are currently deali...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 11, 2026
Hundreds flee homes as floodwaters swamp community

Hundreds of people have fled their homes as floodwaters swamped a major regional community after predictions of a natural disaster not seen in almost 20 years.

Legal service warns of unequal flood support for Aboriginal communities in NT’s Big Rivers region

One of the country's largest Indigenous legal services has called on the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments to "urgently fix glaring inequities and failures" in the emergency response to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 10, 2026
Flood rescues prompt warning for motorists, NT Health urges Katherine residents to boil drinking water

Multiple flood warnings have been issued as a major highway is cut and communities are urged to go to higher ground and postpone travel. Flood alerts have been issued across Queensland, with two commu...

Queensland residents urged to move to high ground to escape flood, several NT remote communities evacuated

Residents are being warned their lives are in danger and they must move to higher ground due to major flooding in Queensland's Central Highlands region.

Most of Queensland on flood watch as monsoon smashes north

Most of Queensland is on alert for flooding as a tropical low that's already hammered the far north continues a slow crawl through the state's southeast.

Crocs and rising rivers: NT towns face flood disaster

The NT's "big rivers" region is living up to its name as floodwaters sweep into a major town and force the evacuation of remote communities. The levee in the Northern Territory town of Katherine was t...

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Lloyd Jones Mar 9, 2026
Flooding forces closure of Katherine hospital and schools

An outback town's hospital, schools and courthouse have been closed and an emergency declaration issued as a river approaches major flood levels following heavy rain.

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