Northern Territory

Muriel Bamblett, one of Australia's leading experts on Aboriginal child welfare, discusses the 'second Stolen Generation' in the Northern Territory, March 20, 2017.

A special horticulture visa is needed to help solve Northern Territory farmers' labour issues, according to a Top End melon grower.

Explicit videos filmed by former Don Dale guard Conan Zamolo were tendered as evidence to the royal commission showing the former guard's behaviour towards children.

A former Don Dale guard tells the royal commission he was "joking" when he asked youth detainees to perform oral sex, and "goofing around" in a separate incident where he encouraged a boy to "eat s***".

The Northern Territory live export market is currently dominated by Queensland cattle as drought forces stock onto the market.

Families who believe they are becoming part of a second Stolen Generation in the Northern Territory are fighting to have children cared for by relatives or Indigenous carers.

A woman in Darwin is recovering in hospital after she was seriously assaulted this morning then forced into a car that sped off, sparking a police chase.

St Mary's Saints were the team to beat from the first minute until the last in the NTFL final, breezing through to win 91 to 37 over Wanderers Eagles.

Three girls at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre were given the morning-after pill after allegedly having sex in a pool with male detainees during a riot in 2011, a royal commission is told.

It began as a dream to preserve the rich culture of the Tiwi Islands and now a museum has become a symbol of self-determination.

The Northern Territory minister previously in charge of corrective services, Gerry McCarthy, admits to systemic failures in the youth detention system and an "extreme" lack of staff training.

Darwin man Rodney Kenyon will spend at least 25 years in prison after being sentenced to life with an extended non-parole period for the shooting murder of Fabian Brock.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is rejecting claims it owes millions of dollars to Laing O'Rourke and said the company had made "significant efforts to resolve" the situation which left hundreds jobless earlier this week.

An early wet season in northern Australia is expected to boost barramundi catches to their best in three years.

Former publican-turned-hat maker pulls threads for country races in outback mining town.

It is a great time to be entering the beef industry, according to the Top End's newest ringers.

More than 6,000 feral animals are culled from the Kakadu National Park under an eradication program.

From water allocation to labour woes, Central Australian growers say there are a few barriers in place stopping investors from coming to the outback, but the situation should improve.

The Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection hears from witness "BY" that he was only 17 when moved from the Don Dale centre to an adult prison, and that a guard there threatened him with rape.

The NT Government passes legislation allowing electronic monitoring of offenders on bail but is criticised for rushing it through.

This week, 800 workers lost their jobs as a result of a dispute between two subcontractors on the Inpex Ichthys LNG project. We take a look at the project, what's behind the job losses, and what it means for the NT economy.

National Farmers Federation calls for energy solution, but farmers fighting coal seam gas fear it will be at their expense.

Unions and engineering firm Laing O'Rourke will plead their cases before the Fair Work Commission, as the fallout continues from yesterday's mass layoffs at the Ichthys gas project.

St John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.

Comedian Wil Anderson is instituting the Voldemort rule for what he calls his most political show ever, but no prize for guessing he who shall not be named.