Public housing
CHILDREN smoking cigarettes, an alcoholic mother, parties until 5am, and a system that doesn’t work has driven a Karama resident to take out a loan on his house and live somewhere else
Hip pocket hurt Anger after flood risk insurance costs soar
A WHEELCHAIR-bound Territory resident who lives in an identified flood zone has seen her insurance premiums skyrocket
Moratorium Opposition leader not backing down on fracking policy
TERRITORY Opposition Leader Michael Gunner has stuck by his moratorium on fracking
Information sought Police hunting Fannie Bay flasher
NT Police are calling for information in relation to a man exposing himself to females in the Fannie Bay area
No relief Sizzling weather to continue
THE Top End will swelter through a severe heatwave in coming days with near-record temperatures in Darwin and Katherine
Meal delivery Claims of outback starvation disputed
ABORIGINAL rights group Concerned Australians has begun funding food drops in the remote Utopia region amid disputed claims elderly people are going hungry
Lane closed Lights out after cars collide
A TRAFFIC light was knocked over and a person treated for minor injuries after a two-car crash in Darwin’s northern suburbs
Lucky escape Flippin’ bad start to the weekend
A GREEN Holden Commodore sedan was found flipped on its roof on the corner of Chung Wah Terrace and University Ave on Saturday afternoon
Animal welfare Free range label can be a yolk
TERRITORIANS who keep their own laying hens don’t need to worry about the free range egg issue facing other consumers – but they should take an interest, a rural Darwin resident has said
Family dispute Riot breaks out in remote Territory community
A POLICE officer removed a shotgun from a cop car — but the weapon was not used “operationally” — during a riot involving up to 100 people carrying spears and machetes
Fair Go Time to fight for our kids’ futures
CHILDREN born in Darwin can expect to live about four years less than those born in the leafy inner-city suburbs of Melbourne or Sydney
Now it’s a push-through Nice set of wheels
YESTERDAY it was a horse in Katherine, today it’s a mother and her pram in Palmerston
BUS-ted Ute crashes in to bus stop
It’s been the talk of Howard Springs – a ute abandoned after it was crashed into a bus shelter
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What a Croc Head
A FOOLISH tourist has been caught swimming right in front of a crocodile trap at a Top End waterhole where a large saltie has already been caught this year
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WWE Why 2016 is ‘Stone Cold’ Kyrgios’ year
ONE of tennis’ top athletes has made an interesting prediction about Nick Kyrgios’ season, and it draws similarities to one of sport’s biggest cult figures.
Happy celebration Rosier stars in milestone match
ONE passage of play in the first quarter of NT Thunder’s Round 1 weekend victory over Gold Coast summed up Matt Rosier’s value to the Territorians.
Eagles win T20 title Darwin side sinks Alice in final
DARWIN Eagles ended Alice Springs’ giant killing run through the Carlton Mid T20 competition to claim the first trophy of the Darwin and Districts cricket season at Asbuild Sporting Complex.
Comeback win Clarke pleased with Thunder win
PREMIERSHIP coach Xavier Clarke credits NT Thunder’s “sustained pressure” for their dramatic turnaround of fortunes in Saturday night’s season-opening NEAFL win over the Gold Coast.
NTFL club looks ahead Nightcliff set to quiz Hale
NIGHTCLIFF officials could give coach Damian Hale a deadline to make a decision on his future as soon as this week.
Dangerous game Behind the biggest leak in history
A SECRET global network spent months digging into the hidden offshore dealings of the rich and famous. This is how they cracked the case.
Muscle for hire Gyms go to battle on fees
A proliferation of muscle mass has created a price war among the more than 18 gyms that have emerged in the Darwin and Palmerston region in the past five years
Senseless damage Vandals force drastic action by city bars
A CITY bar manager says restaurants and pubs could soon be forced to install shutters to prevent acts of destruction after his venue was trashed by drunken vandals
ANZ refunds ANZ to refund customers $5 million
ANZ will refund about $5 million to 25,000 customers after wrongly charging them account fees and penalties.
Foreign workers underpaid Restaurant wages rip-off exposed
TWO Darwin cafes have been made to repay $23,000 in wages to ripped-off foreign workers
Real estate A step up in class
CRISP whites and warm timbers combine in this award- winning Fannie Bay home to create a sense of spacious, modern living
Shared living Radical solution to housing crisis
RENTING a city pad is expensive, especially when you’re only there to eat and sleep. So this group came up with a drastic solution.
- Real Estate Call to demolish Chan Building
- Real Estate Big spenders lining up for flash houses
- Real Estate Biggest first homebuyer myths busted
- Real Estate Stylish living by the waterside
- Business Firm to donate works as way of apology
- Real Estate The future of home ownership?
- Real Estate Rural and regional property sales worth billions
- Real Estate Darwin property prices take tumble
- Real Estate Rezoning proposal raise eyebrows
- Real Estate New plan to abolish our worst tax
- Real Estate For sale: the weirdest of homes
TV awards Shock Gold Logie announcement
THERE were plenty of surprises when the 2016 TV WEEK Logie Award nominees were read out with six in line for the Gold Logie.
TV Clarkson ‘just’ survives dangerous stunt
THE ex-Top Gear host said the stunt for his new show would be ‘dangerous’. A selfie of his bloodied face revealed just how dangerous it was.
Exclusive Footy Show host’s classy response to haters
REBECCA Maddern has responded to the flood of abuse she received on social media after she was announced as The Footy Show’s new host.
- Entertainment Knot your average art exhibition this
- Entertainment A shared passion breaking through
- Entertainment On a roll with great show of strength
- Entertainment DJ back on home decks and hanging out for a laksa
- Entertainment Footy Show host’s crude welcome
- Entertainment We get it, you people don’t have sex
- Entertainment Paradise for peaceful party animals
- National Sunrise weatherman can’t actually read weather
- Entertainment Shared harmony strengthens ties to punk icons
Health Problems Health quirks that indicate a serious problem
POOR maths skills, long fingers and dodgy handwriting can all be early warning signs for serious conditions and diseases.
Warmest since WWII Hottest it’s been in 74 years
THE last time it was this hot in Darwin during the month of March was 1942
Out of step Popular dance studio faces closure by NT Government
A POPULAR Palmerston dance studio faces being shut down by the NT Government if an impasse over car parking is not overcome
Workplace revolution Is this the end of emails?
LIKE the cockroach, email will never quite die. But these failed video game developers may come the closest to killing it off for good.
What the Woman rings 911 over botched pizza
IT TURNS out calling the police is not an appropriate response to a pizza shop getting your order wrong. And one American woman just learnt it the hard way.
Metre jackpot
I HAVE received some great fishing reports from the Easter long weekend with the Daly being the standout location
Give marine life a ghost of a chance with nets
GHOST nets harm and kill marine creatures indiscriminately
Top End style Territory on show in heart of Melbourne
MELBOURNE folks have had a sniff of what life is like in the Territory after a giant outback pub, complete with camels, was erected in Federation Square at the weekend
Travel Flying in NT right on time
THREE Territory airports have placed in the top ten airports for on time departures and arrivals in February
NT Sports awards Alice hosts cream of NT sports talent
“SERVICE to the community is everything” is a lesson 2016 NT Sports Awards Official of the Year Gery Bigg learned from his father and grandfather.
Darwin parks offer free holiday activities
A SCHOOL holiday program offering waterslides, jumping castles, a petting zoo, water tag and rock-climbing for primary school-aged children will be running during the April school holidays
Inquiry Wife watched on as man raped girl, 8
AN eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her soccer coach, while his wife looked on and said, “It’s alright,” an inquiry has heard.
Siege inquest ‘Bullets whizzing past my ears’
SYDNEY siege hostage Joel Herat has told of the moment he ran for his life — and the bullets weren’t far behind.
Gold Coast Games Borobi ‘thumbs up’ as Games mascot
GOLD Coasters have welcomed Borobi, a blue koala who likes to surf, as the official mascot for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Unsafe spaces Pro-Trump graffiti terrifies students
UNIVERSITY students are living in a state of fear as pro-Donald Trump messages written in chalk begin popping up on pavements everywhere.
Fighting back North Carolina sued over anti-LGBT law
TWO civil rights groups and three people have joined forces to file a lawsuit against North Carolina over a discriminatory anti-LGBT law.
Ivana on Trump Trump - ‘He’s no politician’: Ivana
EX-WIFE Ivana Trump spills the beans on why Donald Trump didn’t run sooner for President and elaborates on “those hands”.
Editorial Gas decision is concerning
THE decision to decrease the size of the northern gas pipeline by Jemena is clearly a commercial one
Editorial Public housing deal no joke
THE state of public housing in the NT has deteriorated beyond a joke
Editorial Tread carefully on tax changes
A CONCEPT by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to give states and territories greater control over their income so they can better prioritise their spending is a reasonable proposition
Editorial Remote nurses deserve better
THERE has been a distinct lack of public leadership in the wake of the apparent murder of South Australian nurse Gayle Woodford
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