Northern Territory

Michael Grant makes a rare public statement in defence of the NT judiciary following news reports linking low numbers of youths in detention to a recent spike in property crime.

At any given moment in a clattering Darwin workshop, locksmith Ben Simmons can be found cracking open an old rusting safe brought in by a hopeful treasure hunter — and just once in a while he strikes gold.

A teenage boy who escaped from a cell at Darwin's Don Dale centre says he told guards he was giving up, but then shot a fire extinguisher at them, before they deployed teargas on him and five other children.

The Indonesian beef industry meets with representatives of South American countries to discuss biosecurity trade protocols.

A man is found dead after a suspected crocodile attack at the notorious Cahill's Crossing in the Northern Territory, where he tried to walk across the East Alligator River in actions police have described as "foolish".

NT Police apologise for a lack of consultation on the decision to shut the front counter of the town's police station from 7:00pm to 7:00am.

The group that runs Darwin Airport says a restriction on Dan Murphy's building its first Northern Territory store will put at risk surrounding developments.

A Top End plant nursery owner uses wastewater from a tank full of barramundi to fertilise his plants.

People in Darwin and other parts of the Top End may be about to get relief from recent hot weather, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a monsoon trough will start to affect the area within days.

NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles says she plans to ask if the Commonwealth can put up an extra $6 million to support the PET scanner promised for Darwin.

The Human Rights Law Centre lobbies the NT Government to reform abortion laws so women can terminate a pregnancy beyond 23 weeks without a doctor's approval.

An Australian outback tour operator says remote travellers depend on the ABC's HF shortwave radio service.

An Australian charity buys 150 Brahman breeders for its Cows for Cambodia program, which loans cows to poor families.

Professor Simon Maddocks says CDU is a "strong, credible institution" and university completion data does not paint the full picture of challenges faced by the sector in the Northern Territory.

Former Northern Territory ministerial staffer Paul Mossman continues to work in the public service despite being convicted of corruption.

Staff at an outback cattle station enjoy water skiing and knee boarding after heavy rainfall fills rivers.

The Northern Territory coroner says offences may have been committed in the 2012 death of a five-month-old boy in Alice Springs and he has referred the matter to police.

This is Megan Meade's story of being a non-Indigenous person receiving a skin name and what it means to her.

A former NT government staffer who was found guilty in October last year on two counts of corruptly receiving benefits from travel agent Xana Kamitsis will walk free from court.

A Top End cattleman is spending $100,000 a year to stop crocodiles eating his livestock.

The Northern Territory Government is considering giving the family of Azaria Chamberlain a formal apology to acknowledge their pain during one of Australia's most protracted legal cases, Acting Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says.

The NT Children's Commissioner raises concerns that children as young as five are being suspended from school.

More rainfall is expected in coming days as cattle stations in the Northern Territory deal with flooded roads.

Michael Chamberlain, whose nine-week-old daughter Azaria was snatched by a dingo in Uluru in 1980, is remembered as a passionate and steadfast man who was committed to clearing his family name

Top End rangers conduct the unusual duty of rescuing a stingray that made its way into a popular freshwater swimming hole for a detox holiday.