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Photo: Wheelchair basketball player Tom O'Neill-ThorneAfter a shock loss in September's Paralympics, Tom O'Neill-Thorne is focussed on the next game, and the next one.Wednesday 9 November 2016 1:13pm -
Photo: The Katherine RiverPreliminary sampling shows bore water used in Katherine's water supply contains low levels of chemicals linked to firefighting f...Wednesday 9 November 2016 7:53am -
Photo: Toxic chemicals found in water near East Sale RAAF BaseThe Department of Defence has released a report into the water quality of 12 sites around Australia located near contaminated RA...Tuesday 8 November 2016 7:39pm -
Photo: Surface water resultsToxic chemicals associated with the historic use of firefighting foams are found on or around all three sites tested by the Defe...Tuesday 8 November 2016 5:48pm -
Photo: The Marrakai Mango Festival saw three local businesses in the Mary River region team up to promote local produce and tourism.The Northern Territory mango harvest is well underway and is celebrated in a unique way in the Mary River region at the weekend.Tuesday 8 November 2016 2:22pm -
Photo: UluruThe group behind a brazen new slogan say they've been inundated with interest and hope to boost visitor numbers in the Territory...Tuesday 8 November 2016 12:46pm -
Photo: Cabomba Eradication Program manager Chris Collins with Weed Management Branch director Geri Lee at the quarantine zone in the lower Darwin River.The fight against the highly invasive aquatic weed cabomba has ramped up as the Weed Management Branch begins a new spray progra...Tuesday 8 November 2016 12:15pm -
Photo: Bores being drilled in Carnarvon's northern borefieldGas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring, according to a CSIRO scientist.Tuesday 8 November 2016 7:36am -
Photo: Cyclone Tracey.Researchers say 'unrealistic optimism' keeps us from getting a cyclone kit together, and there are cultural characteristics at p...Monday 7 November 2016 5:22pm -
Photo: Ramingining greenhouse workersA greenhouse producing fruit and vegetables aims to supply a local community store in the remote Arnhem Land community of Raming...Monday 7 November 2016 5:07pm -
Photo: Xana Kamitsis leaves courtDarwin travel agent Xana Kamitsis is released from prison and will complete her jail term at home after being found guilty of fr...Monday 7 November 2016 3:50pm -
Photo: The Katherine RiverDefence will launch a detailed study into the effects of toxic chemical leaks at three NT military bases early next year after s...Monday 7 November 2016 1:46pm
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Photo: Class one mangoesThe Australian Mango Industry Association (AMIA) and the major retailers have agreed upon a new standard for first grade mangoes...Monday 7 November 2016 7:17am -
Photo: Children eat lunch at Lajamanu schoolIt is no small task preparing 150 meals for school children in Lajamanu, where gold mining royalties are giving the community th...Sunday 6 November 2016 3:56pm -
Photo: Three generations of the Shadforth familyA family-owned station in the Top End is giving troubled kids a second chance, teaching them pastoralism, and in this case, how ...Sunday 6 November 2016 7:08am -
Photo: A mourner farewells Mary LeeA beloved Aboriginal elder who survived the Stolen Generation and Cyclone Tracy and met US president Barack Obama is farewelled ...Saturday 5 November 2016 11:36am -
Photo: Joint being smokedPolice data suggests marijuana abuse is endemic in Northern Territory remote communities where unemployment is rife and opportun...Friday 4 November 2016 6:12pm -
Photo: Boy with 'long bums'There are fresh calls for people not to eat aquatic food from two local creeks near a RAAF base, after toxic chemicals were foun...Friday 4 November 2016 1:14pm -
Photo: David KurnothVital social services that assist some of Darwin's most disadvantaged people will be closed if Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corpor...Thursday 3 November 2016 6:31pm -
Photo: Soldiers training in Darwin400 Australian and NZ troops will head to Iraq in the next few weeks to train local forces to battle Islamic State.Thursday 3 November 2016 5:12pm -
Photo: People overlooking Darwin's Lameroo Baths.They've seen crocs, racism, cyclones and hippies. Could the Lameroo Baths be back a century after they were built?Thursday 3 November 2016 3:58pm -
Photo: Kulaluk siteAs developers eye a key piece of Darwin coastal land, Indigenous and other stakeholder groups call on the Northern Territory Gov...Thursday 3 November 2016 2:10pm -
Photo: A native dusky ratNative dusky rats return to the Adelaide River floodplain after being wiped out by floods several years ago.Thursday 3 November 2016 12:50pm -
Photo: Andrea MasonIndigenous leader Andrea Mason, who leads an organisation giving a voice to 3000 women in a remote part of the Northern Territor...Wednesday 2 November 2016 8:33pm -
Photo: Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb announces he will retire from politicsAndrew Robb brushes off attacks from political opponents after it emerged the former trade minister had taken up a job with a Ch...Wednesday 2 November 2016 6:48pm
ABC News: NT Edition
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Latest videos
- Darwins Supreme court was shown video of boys being shackled and hooded at Darwins adult prison the day after tear gas was used on them at Don Dale.
- 60th Darwin Cup celebrated with pageantry and big wins
- Margaret White and Mick Gooda named as new royal commission heads
- Garma festival: Indigenous leaders call for land ownership settlement, slam land rights 'failures'
- Royal commission: Shorten calls for Indigenous co-commissioners to achieve 'full justice'
Latest audio
- Corroboree Park Tavern owner Linda Francis talks about the inaugural Marrakai Mango Festival
- Weed Management Branch Program Manager Chris Collins speaking about Cabomba Eradication in the Darwin River.
- Dr Damian Barrett says gas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring.
- A lure, a croc and a happy ending
- Senior horticulturalist Mark Hoult speaks about three new varieties of passionfruit
