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New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership
For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now,...
Nicole Brown 22 May 2026
From Country to Capability: The Tiwi prawn farm changing the future
What is unfolding on Wurankuwu is a powerful example of what self-determination...
Nicole Brown 13 May 2026
'More than a classroom': Award-winning educator strengthens culture in Milikapiti
Elise Thornthwaite, 25, is reshaping what education looks like in the remote Tiw...
Nicole Brown 4 May 2026
Tiwi author brings untold WWII story to life in new children's book
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following...
Phoebe Blogg 23 Apr 2026
Jabiru goes back-to-back with gritty NTFL Division 1 grand final win
Jabiru has gone back-to-back in Northern Territory Football League Division 1 co...
Jackson Clark 11 Mar 2026
Land Councils, NAAJA and Aboriginal Housing NT take united stand against Territory government's attack on procedural fairness

The Northern Territory's four land councils - Anindilyakwa Land Council, Central Land Council, Northern Land Council and Tiwi Land Council - have united with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Ag...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2026
Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry

Forestry has long and complex past on the Tiwi Islands. Plantations on the islands 80 kilometres north of Darwin have not always worked in the interests of the Tiwi people in the decades it has been r...

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Poppy Johnston Feb 4, 2026
Willie Rioli eyes return to the west

Retired AFL star Willie Rioli is set to train with WAFL club South Fremantle this month. The West Australian reported on Monday that the West Coast premiership player will be in Boorloo / Perth next w...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 2, 2026
Darwin Buffaloes captain Jarrod Stokes breaks club's all-time games record

One of the Northern Territory's most decorated local footballers further cemented his legacy last weekend, with Jarrod Stokes becoming the Darwin Buffaloes' outright games record holder.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Jan 24, 2026
Ex-AFL players Rioli and Baird to lead in NTFL representative showdown

Former AFL players Willie Rioli and Janet Baird will lead the Heat men's and women's teams respectively in Saturday night's highly anticipated Northern Territory Football League representative clash.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Jan 24, 2026
$500,000 raised - to be doubled - for cyclone-hit Tiwi College thanks to Melbourne partner school's appeal

In the aftermath of Cyclone Fina, there were serious concerns about what kind of classrooms and boarding houses students of Tiwi College would be walking back into when school restarted next year.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Dec 16, 2025
'Country is lonely, Country needs people' - Tiwi Traditional Owners welcome new Indigenous Protected Area

The recognition of the Tiwi Islands as an Indigenous Protected Area is a landmark moment for its people, its culture and its future, committee members pursuing the agreement declared.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Dec 12, 2025
'For all the generations to come': Tiwi Islands recognised as Indigenous Protected Area

With signatures put to paper on Wednesday, more than 700,000 hectares of the Tiwi Islands have been registered as the newest Indigenous Protected Area after years of consultation, planning and develop...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Dec 11, 2025
How Bathurst Island Housing Aboriginal Corporation and Tiwi locals weathered the storm

Cyclone Fina, the first major storm of the season, swept across the Tiwi Islands with fierce winds that brought down trees, cut roads and disrupted everyday life.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Dec 3, 2025
Indigenous disaster response knowledge and leadership recognised at Resilient Australia Awards

Darwin-based company Indigenous Connection was recognised at the 2025 Resilient Australia Awards National Ceremony in Naarm earlier this week.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 27, 2025
Fina upgraded to Category 4 but expected to ease Monday as it moves towards Kimberley, warnings in place for some areas

Tropical Cyclone Fina has intensified into a category 4 system, but will begin weakening Monday as it moves southwest towards the north Kimberely coast, the Bureau of Meterology says.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 23, 2025
Residents warned to shelter at home as destructive winds hammer Top End

Destructive wind gusts are hammering remote communities in the Top End, with tropical cyclone Fina strengthening as it nears major population centres.

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Lloyd Jones Nov 22, 2025
NT Aboriginal voices call for stronger protections in federal environmental law changes

The Northern Territory's four land councils are warning a senate inquiry that proposed changes to federal environment laws risk "irreversible damage to Country, culture and communities".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 19, 2025
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