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Community safety at risk if alcohol protections lapse, NT Aboriginal health body warns
The Northern Territory Government must provide certainty about how it will maint...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Jun 2026
Narkle joins NTFL's newest Premier League club in major recruiting coup
Banks have landed a major signing ahead of their first season in the NTFL Men's...
Jackson Clark 4 Jun 2026
Motlop returns to coach junior club Wanderers
Former AFL player Steven Motlop will return to where his football journey began...
Jackson Clark 3 Jun 2026
Homelands are the answer, says Yingiya Guyula
Independent Member for Mulka, Yingiya Guyula, has called for a major shift in th...
Nicole Brown 2 Jun 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Man arrested over alleged drug supply across Mparntwe / Alice Springs town camps
A 47-year-old man has been charged over the alleged supply of methamphetamine, c...
Natasha Clark 26 May 2026
Large-scale search continues for man missing in East Arnhem Land

A large-scale search is continuing for a 31-year-old man who remains missing in East Arnhem Land. The Northern Territory Police Force say they hold concerns for the man, referred to as Marius, who has...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 25, 2026
No funding spent under $842 million NT remote Aboriginal services agreement, documents reveal

Money from a joint $842 million Commonwealth-Northern Territory funding agreement to support key Aboriginal services in remote communities has yet to be spent, despite the Territory's declining closin...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 25, 2026
‘We must work as a country’: Indigenous ministers urge vaccinations amid record diphtheria outbreak

Indigenous Ministers have urged Australians to vaccinate amid the nation's largest recorded diphtheria outbreak, with growing concern over the spread of the disease through remote Aboriginal communiti...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni May 25, 2026
New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership

For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now, a new workforce plan is laying the foundation for the next generation of Tiwi workers and leaders to step into long ter...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 22, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Elder says Alice Springs town camp she helped establish no longer feels safe

For two decades, John Smith* (not his real name) has called Morris Soak - a camp near Mparntwe / Alice Springs - home. But last Friday, he stood behind his gate, fearful that drug-related violence wou...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 17, 2026
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress reports diphtheria death in NT, Indigenous cases 98 per cent of outbreak

The diphtheria outbreak in the Northern Territory which has overwhelmingly impacted Aboriginal communities has caused at least one death, the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress reports.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 15, 2026
NT rugby league community rallies around Rosemary Rokobiau

The Northern Territory rugby league community has rallied around young Palmerston Raiders player Rosemary Rokobiau after she suffered a serious spinal cord compression injury during a junior match on...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark May 13, 2026
Analysis: NT’s child protection changes ignore experts and inflame culture wars

The actions of the Northern Territory government in the wake of the horrific death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby reveal both a disregard for expert advice and a preference for culture war pol...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
NT Government pushes ahead with Indigenous child placement law changes despite expert warnings

The Northern Territory government has disregarded expert advice and will significantly alter a principle designed to ensure Aboriginal children removed from their families remain connected to culture.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 13, 2026
Three NT child protection department staff members stood down as minister launches investigation of circumstances regarding Kumanjayi Little Baby

Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned this report includes the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Three Northern Territory's child protection department staff members...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 6, 2026
NT Indigenous Business Network's Budget response urges greater focus on Aboriginal economic development

The Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network has responded to the NT Budget with a call to position Aboriginal businesses at the centre of the Territory's economic growth.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 5, 2026
Tragic case highlights a national digrace

The death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has had a profound impact on families across the Northern Territory and beyond. Like many Australians, I am devastated by the news that she has been fo...

Hoops 4 Wealth helps mob build stronger financial futures

A First Nations-led program helping people better manage their money is delivering meaningful change across communities in the Northern Territory.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 30, 2026
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