Royal commission
The very survival of Aboriginal people depends on the Northern Territory’s royal commission into youth protection and detention being more than a feel good talkfest, the inquiry has heard
White Paper Report says Northern Australia’s time has come
THE first progress report on developing Northern Australia has declared “our time has come”
Supreme Court Former guns boss facing fresh charges
FORMER police firearms boss Peter Ruzsicska will now face six fresh forgery charges stemming from the alleged theft of six seized guns
Royal commission Scullion proposes NT youth prison farm
Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion has proposed removing NT children from juvenile detention centres, floating a farm alternative where young offenders could serve their sentences
Investigation Outback Wrangler’s company involved in crash
POLICE are investigating a crash involving an airboat run by a company owned by Outback Wrangler Matt Wright, which put two women in hospital
Late notice Defence in dark over Port of Darwin lease
CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has lambasted the former CLP Government after it was revealed the Defence Department learned the Port of Darwin would be leased to a Chinese company for 99-years just hours before the decision was announced
Police search Car thieves chased into scrubland
Community members have chased two men accused of stealing a high performance car into scrubland
Premium rise TIO’s $900 hit to Darwin resident
LUDMILLA resident Clive Hyde faces a whopping $940 increase in his home and contents insurance at the hands of TIO on the eve of the cyclone season
Cahills Crossing The jaws of strife
THE diet of the crocs at Cahills Crossing is one most Territorians could only dream of: barra for breaky, lunch and tea
Snappy ending Man snaps penis in horror sex accident
OH GEEZ. This is bad. A man has suffered a horrifying one-in-one-thousand bedroom injury after trying an exotic sex position.
Exciting role Search on for new turf club ambassador
IT’S hard to believe but it’s already that time of year — when the Darwin Turf Club launches its search for the 2017 Carlton Mid Darwin Cup Carnival Ambassador
Ongoing debate Argument escalates after new evidence found
The great escalator debate is back and this time the answer is there was no escalator inside the old Woolworths building
No funny business Cops warn pranksters to quit clowning around
CLOWN hysteria has come knocking in the Top End — and police are warning they will have none of it
Leeton teacher First photo of Steph Scott’s killer
HERE is the first photograph of the killer of Leeton schoolteacher Stephanie Scott as Vincent Stanford was lead into court for his sentence hearing this morning.
Trial ‘I will f***ing destroy your jaw’
AUDIO that captured Warriena Wright’s final hours with Gable Tostee reveals she was drunk, incomprehensible and violent.
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Watershed day Barr makes history in AFL Women’s draft
SYDNEYSIDER Nicola Barr became the first No. 1 pick in history at the AFLW draft after GWS selected the midfielder while Carlton signing Bianca Jakobsson was the first Victorian chosen.
Sharks circling Australian rugby courting Fifita
THE Andrew Fifita standoff has taken huge twist with rugby franchises lining up to lure the Cronulla star away from the NRL.
Paralympain Nhulunbuy boy steals show at Rio
ALISTAIR Donohoe doesn’t remember stealing fellow Paralympian Tom O’Neil-Thorne’s bike in Nhulunbuy nearly 20 years ago
Huge move Mitchell ‘blindsided’ by Eagles trade idea
UPDATE: SAM Mitchell was shocked when coach Alastair Clarkson suggested he play for West Coast, his manager has revealed.
‘It’s punishment’ Fifita: ‘I’m on my last chance with the NRL’
BESIEGED Cronulla star Andrew Fifita has revealed he is ready to walk out on rugby league, convinced people in power are determined to rip up his NRL contract.
Kidman deal Gina to be NT’s largest private landowner
AUSTRALIA’S richest woman Gina Rinehart will become the single largest landholder in the Northern Territory if the Kidman & Co cattle deal is approved
White Paper Report says Northern Australia’s time has come
THE first progress report on developing Northern Australia has declared “our time has come”
Late notice Defence in dark over Port of Darwin lease
CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has lambasted the former CLP Government after it was revealed the Defence Department learned the Port of Darwin would be leased to a Chinese company for 99-years just hours before the decision was announced
Restaurant of the Year Hanuman tops the list at Gold Plate Awards
Jimmy Shu’s Hanuman in Alice Springs was judged the 2016 ALM Gold Plate Award for Restaurant of the Year at a gala Skycity Darwin event last night.
Seafood Prawn project moves a step closer
AN aquaculture project aimed to produce more than 100,000 tonnes of Black Tiger Prawns per year is another step closer to becoming a reality
Property prices Proof homebuyers are screwed
ALMOST 50 per cent of Australians don’t own their own home. And, on this evidence, it’s not going to get any better.
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MILLIONS of dollars are being poured into Palmerston by the Territory government
Australian Story Talitha drank four bottles a night
WEEKEND Sunrise presenter Talitha Cummins doesn’t spring to mind when you think “alcoholic”. But she’s had to face reality.
Celebrity style SJP looks nothing like Carrie anymore
Sarah Jessica Parker has ditched the stilettos, tutus and sequined numbers her character made famous on “Sex and the City” in favour of a whole new look on HBO series “Divorce”.
Bond talk Craig’s spectacular Bond backflip
LOOKS like Daniel Craig may be regretting publicly slamming the idea of taking on the role of James Bond again.
Icon RIP Kingswood Country’s Ross Higgins dead
AUSSIE actor Ross Higgins — famous for Kingswood Country and as the voice of Louie The Fly — has died in hospital aged 85.
Exciting role Search on for new turf club ambassador
IT’S hard to believe but it’s already that time of year — when the Darwin Turf Club launches its search for the 2017 Carlton Mid Darwin Cup Carnival Ambassador
Garage Sale Trail One man’s trash is another’s treasure
BLOW up sharks, crazy sunglasses and floral leis are just some of the items the mayors of Darwin and Palmerston are looking forward to picking up in the upcoming Garage Sale Trail
Piracy crackdown Industry primed for major piracy crackdown
AN AUSTRALIAN film distributor has warned that the industry will block 100 illegal downloading sites in a major piracy crackdown.
RU486 NT professor backs new abortion law
A DARWIN medical anthropologist has backed the NT Government’s plan to ban right-to-life protesters from going near women accessing abortion services
Happy News ‘Homeless Muslim’ stunned by response
YOUTUBE vlogger Hassan Saleemi conducted a social experiment by pretending to be a homeless Muslim man in London.
New cut to cod quota strikes fear into fishos
A STIFF wind buffets Ulrik Koelle Hansen’s trawler as he heads out of this tiny fishing village in search of an early morning catch, but it’s nothing to the battering he predicts if the European Union slashes the fishing quota for cod in the western Baltic, as it did late Monday
Drones to help in battle to keep sharks at bay
Drones will be used at West Australian beaches in a three-month trial to monitor shark activity and potentially spot other dangers such as rips and schools of bait fish, which attract the predators
Midair brawl Jetstar investigating midair brawl
POLICE were called to escort a man and woman off a Jetstar flight after they got into a physical fight in Business Class on-board a Phuket-Sydney flight.
First class Most extravagant first-class perks
THESE are the most over-the-top offerings on first-class flights that take mile-high decadence to a whole new level. Warning: you’ll never want to fly economy again.
Criminal chain Ex-truckie made $188k from drug smuggling
A FORMER truck driver who became a frequent drug-runner to Central Australia to raise money for his family, spent his profits on gambling and prostitutes, a court has heard
Saving shelter pups Black tie event off the leash
A DOGGONE great cause to raise much needed funds for animal welfare is fast approaching
’Bankstown beheaders’ Boy terror suspects’ ‘beheading plot’
ONE of two schoolboys arrested as they were allegedly preparing to behead someone in Sydney’s southwest is the son of a convicted terrorist. Police swooped on the 16-year-olds in a laneway behind a Bankstown mosque, hours after the pair allegedly bought two bayonets at a gun shop.
Sadistic killers Perfect murder: Australia’s sickest serial killers
IT’S been 30 years since Australia’s sickest serial killers claimed their first victim, and they believed they could pull off the perfect murders.
The Project Waleed slammed: ‘Virgin’, ‘retard’
WALEED Aly has been called a “virgin” and a “retard” with a “micro penis” in a scathing pro-Trump editorial.
The Project Waleed slammed: ‘Virgin’, ‘retard’
WALEED Aly has been called a “virgin” and a “retard” with a “micro penis” in a scathing pro-Trump editorial.
Big joke ‘We’re not monsters’: Clown pranksters hit back
SOME serial pranksters have joined in on the creepy clown craze, but say they are just trying to make people smile.
Cop killing Aussie mum confident on murder charge
LAWYERS for Aussie mum Sara Connor say they are confident she will beat murder charges as they urge the court to call on two secret witnesses.
Editorial Port and TIO a worrying legacy
NEW governments always talk about “legacy issues” left by the last mob. And it has to be admitted Michael Gunner’s NT Labor has a couple of humdingers to deal with
Editorial Cyclone season is now upon us
WHEN Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974, the population of the capital was about 48,000. It’s now about 136,000
Editorial It’s not cool to clown around
AREN’T there already enough weird things in society to freak us out without having to worry about creeps wearing clown masks, stalking the streets and scaring shoppers
Opinion Time to ask questions about alcohol supply
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a sad truth in the Territory. That’s no secret. And it should be no secret that the solution must come from the whole community
