Northern Territory

A 15-year-old boy becomes the third youth arrested over the violent robbery of an elderly woman in Alice Springs.

The number of syphilis cases reported in the NT jumps from 14 in 2012 to 229 last year, with doctors warning with young people and pregnant women are most at risk.

Parks Australia is accused of burying its head in the sand regarding the management of a contentious 12,000-hectare buffalo farm in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.

Fancy buying a serve of fresh grasshoppers in the outback? A central Australian farmer is looking into commercially breeding the insects for food.

A senior territory lawyer urges the Government to take a proactive approach to helping children, saying if you can compare their wellbeing to those in under-developed countries "something is very, very wrong".

This year is shaping up to be a memorable year for women in sport — depending on which sport you play.

Police continue to investigate the circumstances that led to two teenage boys being struck and killed as they walked along the Stuart Highway in the early hours of Saturday.

A group of Alice Springs residents gather to learn about managing buffel grass, which has flourished thanks to recent desert rains.

Maningrida is a remote community living with heartbreak and shame, as the Department of Territory Families continues to remove Aboriginal children at a rate almost 10 times higher than non-Indigenous children.

The Northern Territory Police investigate allegations hundreds of thousands of dollars has been misappropriated from one of the Territory's most important alcohol rehabilitation programs.

A monthly clinic is helping transgender people previously overlooked by the NT's health system, yet its long-term future is uncertain due to funding concerns.

After it was discovered children had been playing amongst exposed asbestos, locals fear for their health.

Two 15-year-olds pedestrians are killed on the Stuart Highway near Darwin, after being struck by a vehicle at 2:30am Saturday morning.

Community groups are working their own patches to ensure the safety of seniors in Alice Springs after a brazen attack on an 87-year-old woman in her own home.

About 1,600 kilometres of the Outback Way, billed as Australia's longest shortcut, remains unsealed and backers have asked the Federal Government for another $400 million to finish sealing the route by 2025.

The Northern Territory is working to increase its share of Australia's third largest export sector — education.

A Top End cattle yard is running a feedlot trial to fatten cattle before sale, a practice rarely seen in the Northern Territory.

One of Australia's largest Indigenous corporations is put under special administration after ongoing community concerns that it is failing to deliver services in the Northern Territory's Barkly region.

Constitutional recognition, a treaty, statehood, and land rights are some of the main topics covered at a historical meeting of traditional owners in the Top End.

The Indonesian Government has signed off on changes to increase the average weight limit of cattle imported from Australia.

The remote community of Borroloola is divided after a bridge partly collapses, and locals fear it will cause social and economic stress for stranded residents.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

A cattle producer says a NBN satellite internet installer struggled to find her property using a helicopter, despite having GPS coordinates.

The Territory Government resists calls to have an independent watchdog investigate the three NT utilities corporations at the centre of a multi-million-dollar staffing blowout.

Parents are being reminded to pre-vet every app their young children download amid renewed concerns that virtual reality gaming is exposing minors to sexual advances.