Communities in the NT's Daly River region are mourning the deaths of three people who drowned after a four-wheel drive carrying 20 people was swept into a fast-flowing river.
For many years, Australian parents of infants diagnosed with an extremely rare and devastating genetic disease have been left with little hope, however that could change with a new treatment dubbed "ground-breaking".
The bodies of a woman and two men are recovered after their troop carrier trying to cross a flooded causeway south-west of Darwin is swept off the road with 20 people on board, police confirm.
These birds are on the brink of extinction, but Australian researchers are heading up an international group including Japan, China, Russia and South Korea working together to save the special shorebirds.
Not wearing scarves or long jewellery during a violent argument, staying away from the kitchen where knives might be accessible, and ditching smartphones is some of the advice women in abusive relationships are being given in a new handbook.
Sister Anne Gardiner plays down her own service and urges Australians to work to better under the culture of communities such as that in the Tiwi Islands where she has lived for decades.
The Northern Territory Cattleman's Association has welcomed the appointment of former chief minister Adam Giles to a senior role within Gina Rinehart's family business Hancock Prospecting.
The first Indigenous nurse trained in Darwin, a musician who toured with Louis Armstrong, and an 85-year-old doctor are among the 14 Territorians recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list.
A community backlash leads to the NT Police Commissioner reversing the decision to close the front counter of the Alice Springs police station overnight.
Nitmiluk National Park in the Northern Territory has been transformed by a strong start to the Top End wet season, after several years of below average rainfall.
A tiny lizard unique to Central Australia has been successfully bred at the Alice Springs Desert Park, with each hatchling weighing in at just 2 grams.