Northern Territory

The NT Chief Minister acknowledges some of the decisions he got wrong, but says he is happy the public debate of Labor's first 100 days in power are about decision-making, not scandals and infighting.

A new sexual health campaign is encouraging Territorians to get regular health checks, as the number of HIV cases in the NT double in the past year.

Managers from the NT Department of Corrections knew at least by May that there were serious problems at the Don Dale and Alice Springs youth detention centres, but they did nothing to fix the issues, a royal commission is told.

Production at Australia's largest barramundi farms is set to double with the establishment of more growing ponds at a Humpty Doo farm.

"I caused her death" are the first words out of Darren Ashley's mouth as he takes the stand in the fourth week of his trial for allegedly murdering his former partner.

In the sparsely populated Northern Territory, a charity's national phone call initiative has evolved into a personal service connecting strangers with people who sometimes fear dying alone.

A court hears the Melbourne man accused of stabbing a French tourist to death in the Northern Territory has "severe" schizophrenia and has been self-harming in custody.

The popular Kensington Pride variety will be in short supply, but consumers will still be able to get their summer mango fix.

Dylan Voller and Jake Roper, juvenile offenders seen being tear-gassed at the Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory, are set to give evidence at a royal commission sparked by their alleged mistreatment in custody.

Two years after the NT's banana freckle eradication program forced growers to destroy their crops, Pinata is preparing to plant bananas.

Communities in the Western Desert of the Northern Territory say they are now in complete control of managing their land after creating an online storybook.

Residents of a small Northern Territory town fear the consequences of releasing waste water from a proposed prawn breeding facility into waterways near conservation areas and local fishing spots south-west of Darwin.

Northern Territory Police charge a 35-year-old Melbourne man with murder over the death of a French tourist in Central Australia.

Central Australia's vast stretches of outback roads are known for their red dirt and the occasional roo. But another manmade spectacle is becoming just as common.

The NT Environmental Defenders Office raises concerns miners are over-represented on the board set up and appointed by the former Government to monitor the industry.

Former Casuarina police superintendent John Wolthers was on duty at the station on the night Cyclone Tracy levelled his precinct.

The stabbing death of tourist Philippe Jegouzo in the Northern Territory outback was "bizarre" and "random", and there are no concerns other travellers are in danger, police say.

Aaron Hyde says he was stripped naked and forced to spend long periods in isolation in the Northern Territory's Don Dale youth detention centre when he was just a teenager, now his mother wants the royal commission to find out why.

One of the only commercial durian growers in the Top End is expecting one of his largest crops on record.

A Top End cafe and brewery, which has processed 5,500 kilograms of mangoes in the past year, turns to producing mango beer.

Aurelie Chorier, the wife of a French tourist killed at a roadside stop in the NT outback, has left hospital.

Nearly 20 years after the Outback Highway Development Council was formed, the sealing of "Australia's longest shortcut" is set to ramp up next year.

Police are holding Melbourne man Pande Veleski in connection to the stabbing death of a French tourist in the Northern Territory outback, the ABC understands.

The Northern Territory Parliament bans the use of mechanical restraint chairs on children in youth detention that shocked Australia when their use was revealed in a Four Corners episode.

Independent Member for Nhulunbuy Yingiya Mark Guyula will retain his seat in the Northern Territory Parliament after the Court of Disputed Returns dismisses a case challenging his election.