Northern Territory

A patient at Darwin Private Hospital who died following elective surgery waited 36-hours before receiving appropriate treatment for a complication, a coronial inquest in Darwin hears.

Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has bought another cattle station in northern Australia, acquiring Aroona Station west of Katherine.

Tropical Cyclone Blanche crosses the West Australian coast after intensifying in strength, with conditions in the Top End easing in its wake.

Authorities say people in parts of the Northern Territory including Darwin should avoid flooded crossings, as Cyclone Blanche moves away from the city.

There is a growing consensus that the Northern Territory is experiencing a spike in youth crime - and politicians are starting to take notice.

A tropical cyclone warning is issued for Darwin and surrounding coastal and island communities, including the Tiwi and Croker islands.

Although the cane toad has done damage to many Australian species, others like the black-headed python are thriving.

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A dispute about funding for asbestos removal in Northern Territory remote communities is underway, prompted by the recent exposure of material in Central Australia.

The Federal Court dismisses an appeal by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion over a dispute with an organisation that helps sufferers of an incurable disease.

The company behind the Northern Gas Pipeline has delayed the construction start date, needing more time to finalise land access approvals.

A large crowd gathers at a joint funeral for teenagers Rhys Simlesa and Rhys Walters, who were fatally struck by a car while leaving a party in Darwin a week ago.

The Prime Minister's department confirms 54,997 penalty notices were issued from July 1 to September 30 last year for participants in the Community Development Programme.

Unemployed Darwin tradies are being evicted from rental homes while properties bought five years ago are increasingly selling at a loss, real estate agents say.

A low pressure system developing off the Northern Territory coast that may develop into a tropical cyclone is expected to bring a downpour of rain and strong winds to parts of the Top End on the weekend, including Darwin.

Escarpment country near Gunbalanya, West Arnhem Land, NT.

The picturesque billabong on the edge of Gunbalanya, West Arnhem Land, NT during the wet season, January 2017.

The picturesque billabong on the edge of Gunbalanya, West Arnhem Land, NT during the wet season, January 2017.

For nearly 40 years, Veronica Januschka and her family have run a small, isolated store in the Northern Territory's Roper region.

For more than seven months a $5.8 million clinic has been unused in the remote community of Ngukurr as negotiations drag out between the Northern Territory Government and a remote health provider.

The Northern Territory's Assistant Minister for Remote Housing declines to join his colleagues in a press conference promoting government spending on housing in the bush.

Paul Holmes à Court's company, Heytesbury Pty Ltd, buys 10 per cent of Australia's largest live export company, Wellard.

A domestic violence order filed by a woman the day before her partner murdered her could have been the catalyst for the violent attack, a prosecutor tells the sentencing hearing of Darren Ashley.

Northern Territory Park Rangers are warning people to stay out of Top End rivers and creeks, after a large saltwater crocodile was pulled from the a waterway in the Litchfield National Park.

Keep River National Park on the Northern Territory and Western Australia border has already received more than its average annual rainfall this wet season.