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Darwin mayor ballot paper decided

ALMOST 300 people have nominated for the upcoming Northern Territory council elections. The position of Lord Mayor of Darwin will be hotly contested with 15 people nominating for the job

Cheers! Big drinkers may live longer

TERRITORIANS over 65 who drink up to three alcoholic drinks a day can look forward to a healthy retirement, according to a 30-year-study

Halikos dispute with Inpex now in Judge’s hands

AN ugly, multi-million dollar lawsuit between Darwin hotel company Halikos Hospitality and global gas giant Inpex is now in the hands of a Supreme Court judge, with both sides finalising their arguments on Thursday

Prepare for a gala extravaganza

ONE of the jewels in the Carlton Mid Darwin Cup Carnival’s crown is Saturday night’s Qantas Darwin Turf Club Gala Ball

Wendy an unlikely golf hero

THE only golfer to hit a hole-in-one during the 2017 Darwin Open weekend was 70-year-old Wendy Howard

NT tourism jewels under threat from south

V8s Supercars Driver James Moffat at the Darwin event.

TREASURER Nicole Manison has vowed to protect three of the Territory’s richest tourism events - the Million Dollar fish, Darwin V8s, and the Darwin Cup Carnival - by preventing southern states from adopting a betting tax

Pollies to feel heat at Garma

Ceremonial dancers from Galarrwuy Yunupingu's Gumatj clan perform a bunggul dance in his honour, at Garma Festival on the Gulkula plateau in Arnhem Land.

INDIGENOUS leaders from throughout the nation will demand answers on constitutional recognition from the prime minister and opposition leader when the Territory’s Garma Festival kicks off today

NT to guarantee developers with 6-year leases

Northern Territory Housing Minister Gerry McCarthy visits the Titjikala community in central Australia, 120km south of Alice Springs, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Titjikala is one of 24 Aboriginal communities involved in the government?s 10-year $1.1 billion remote housing program to address overcrowding. (AAP Image/Lucy Hughes Jones) NO ARCHIVING

THE Gunner Government is looking to financially back property developers by guaranteeing them six-year leases for the construction of new units for social housing

Govt ‘has blown’ $40m development project

New Dan Murphy's store that opened in Mosman, Sydney.

THE Gunner Government have blown a massive $40 million development project and cost the economy 125 construction jobs by blocking Dan Murphy’s from coming to town, a spokesman from the Darwin Airport says

Success no ‘shaw thing on Himalayan odyssey

RIDING across the Himalayas in a four-stroke rickshaw is not something most people would classify as fun

School on creep alert as girl approached

A MOTHER has described the moment her daughter was approached by a strange man who tried to lure her into his rusty old car as she walked home from school

Police hunt for large stolen boat

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POLICE are calling for information regarding the theft of a large boat

Government unveils social housing plan

THE Gunner Government is looking to financially back property developers by guaranteeing them six year leases for the construction of new units for social housing

Darwin Cup field and barrier draw finalised

THE final field for Monday’s $200,000 Darwin Cup has been declared. See the full 12-horse starting field here. And don’t miss your full-page, full-colour Darwin Cup Office Sweep only in tomorrow’s NT News >>

Woman charged with murder over stabbing death

Northern Territory Police have charged a 41-year-old woman with the murder of her 36-year-old partner

McThief posted crime on Facebook

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THE “dumbest” defendant of the day in Darwin Local Court on Tuesday stole a condiments tray from McDonald’s on Smith St after a night on the sauce, and put photos of the stolen property up on Facebook

Police called to Rosebery Middle School

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A TEEN has been arrested after allegedly ripping off his electronic monitoring bracelet at a school and attempting to flee from police

Man loses part of leg in Valley crash

A 50 year old man is likely to lose his leg after a crash at a motorbike event at Hidden Valley Raceway. SUPPLIED

A Western Australian man has lost the bottom half of his leg after a motorcycle crash at Hidden Valley on Tuesday

Bunnings target of alleged NT tradies’ tax scam

Bunnings, 347-359 Milperra Road, Bankstown Airport. Source: Google Maps

TERRITORY tradies are allegedly rorting the Federal Government out of millions of dollars by using the ABN of hardware chain Bunnings to avoid paying tax

MLA’s attack on prominent campaigner

LABOR MLA Sandra Nelson is the assistant minister for the prevention of family violence, but you might not know it from her Twitter feed

Minister stays quiet on croc safaris

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 3, 2014 shows a 700 kilogram saltwater crocodile, Rex, eating a rabbit at Wildlife Sydney Zoo in Sydney. A man who accidently bumped into a crocodile while snorkeling in northern Australia escaped with minor injuries to his head as wildlife officers on April 23, 2017 worked to track down the reptile. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN

FEDERAL Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg has continued to ignore calls from the NT Government and lobby groups to consider introducing crocodile safaris in the Top End

Jono ties up a new hot seat

JONATHAN Uptin has revealed his future. After 19 years in the Top End, Jono is leaving Darwin

Darwin residents among Oz’s friskiest

DARWIN residents are among some of the friskiest in Australia

Footy club tackles a tragic trend

Buggy crash victim Jason Williams . PIC: FACEBOOK

IN a horror run for a Darwin rugby league club, three players have been violently killed in road accidents just this year. Club officials are now calling for a cultural change, reports JUDITH AISTHORPE

Million Dollar Fish comp launched again

THE Million Dollar Fish competition has officially been launched for a third season

NT News up for 10 gongs at PANPA awards

THE NT News and its staff have been named finalists in 10 categories in the 2017 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards

Thousands of Territory kids sleeping rough

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IN excess of 4000 Territory children 12 years old or younger are homeless – more than any other jurisdiction throughout the nation

Woman arrested after man’s ‘suspicious’ death

NT Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 36-year-old man overnight

‘Fishing expedition’ summons torn up

FORMER police commissioner John McRobert’s messy pre-trial court battles became even messier on Monday with a judge tearing up a “fishing expedition” summons to produce documents served on former health department boss Len Notaras

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A wedding cake in rainbow colors and decorated with figurines of two women and two men is pictured in Berlin on June 30, 2017. The German parliament legalised same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would allow her conservative lawmakers to follow their conscience in the vote. / AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull under siege from Liberal Party colleagues on same-sex marriage

LIBERAL supporters of same-sex marriage are doubling down ahead of a partyroom showdown next week, with one preparing to release a draft bill.

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INCREDIBLE vision shows a major blaze ripping through an 86-storey skyscraper in Dubai, forcing hundreds to flee.

With her defense attorney Joseph Cataldo at left, Michelle Carter listens to her sentencing for involuntary manslaughter for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. She was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. (Matt West/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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MICHELLE Carter, the woman who bombarded her teenage boyfriend with text messages encouraging him to end his own life, has been sentenced to jail.

Donald Trump told Malcolm Turnbull ‘you are worse than I am’ in January phone call

THE government has previously denied it had a refugee deal with the US - but today’s release of the Trump phone call transcript has prompted tough questions for the PM.

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Former National Security Agency Deputy Director John Inglis warns on data collection

A FORMER US security chief, who investigated NSA leaker Edward Snowden, says Australians should be alarmed by ‘unchecked’ collection of personal information.

Malcolm Turnbull has downgraded the aviation terror threat from probable to possible

MALCOLM Turnbull has downgraded Australia’s aviation terror threat from probable to possible in the wake of the alleged conspiracy to bomb a passenger jet flying out of Sydney.

TOPSHOT - Opposition demonstrators burn a tire during an anti-government protest in Caracas, on July 26, 2017. Venezuelans blocked off deserted streets Wednesday as a 48-hour opposition-led general strike aimed at thwarting embattled President Nicolas Maduro's controversial plans to rewrite the country's constitution got underway. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT

Australian unions pledge support for ‘democratically elected’ socialist Venezuelan dictatorship

IT’S the world’s newest dictatorship, where starving citizens are eating dogs to survive — but these Aussies still support the regime.

Sports Illustrated And Wall Present SWIMMIAMI 2017 Opening Party - Runway and Performance

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THERE’S no doubt this Swimsuit Illustrated model is gorgeous, but something about her is making people so furious they want her banished from the catwalk.

Minnehaha Academy staff member Ruth Berg was killed in a gas explosion at the school.

Minnehaha Academy blast: Likely gas explosion causes building at Christian school to almost collapse

A SCHOOL staff member is dead and another is missing following a horror gas explosion that ripped through a US school.

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 4, 2015 shows US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft announcing the resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill at the Robert F. Kennedy building in Washington, DC. The head of the US Coast Guard said ON aUGUST 1, 2017 he would not "break faith" with transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump said they would be banned from the military.In a series of three tweets last week, Trump upended an Obama-era policy of more than a year that allowed transgender troops to serve openly.His tweeted announcement came with little or no coordination with the Pentagon and landed while Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was on vacation, leaving the astonished department scrambling to come up with a coherent response. Speaking at a Washington think tank, Admiral Paul Zukunft, who is the commandant of the Coast Guard, said the service had reached out to the 13 Coast Guardsmen who have come out as transgender."Very small numbers, but all of them are doing meaningful Coast Guard work today," he said. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / CHIP SOMODEVILLA

US Coast Guard boss Admiral Paul Zukunft rejects transgender ban tweeted by Donald Trump

THE US Coast Guard chief has said he won’t turn his back on transgender people in his service despite Donald Trump’s tweet banning them.

A furious Moscow has taken aim at Trump’s ego after Congress forces through new sanctions

RUSSIA’S Prime Dimitry Medvedev has openly mocked the Trump administration - and done so on the President’s favourite platform.

Anthony Scaramucci breaks silence on White House sacking and that Ryan Lizza interview

ANTHONY Scaramucci has spoken about the foul-mouthed rant that got him fired, why he missed his son’s birth and rumours of an affair.

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Army Cadets injured in Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland, as major rescue effort is underway

MORE than 40 teen Army cadets have been rescued from a mountain after getting caught in extreme weather during a camping trip to Northern Ireland.

Youth homelessness is Australia’s national disgrace, with 44,000 kids sleeping rough right now

EVERY night, there are 44,000 homeless young people with no safe place to sleep. Yet the government spends less on the problem than it costs the economy.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Visits Australia

Simon Birmingham warns Liberal colleagues of crossing the floor on same-sex marriage

JULIE Bishop will cut short a trip to the Philippines to ensure she is back for the return of Parliament next week amid Liberal infighting over same-sex marriage.

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Amy Fletcher, Shanks Robb and Ange Kent on Darwin Cup day.

Darwin Cup fashions flashback gallery: Part 2

We look back on some of the best and strangest outfits seen at the Darwin Cup Carnival over the years.

Darwin Cup Day Socials >>>> Vic Girls, Kristy Morrison, Ruth Avery, Libby Moore & Polly Strony. Picture: Patrina Malone

Darwin Cup fashions flashback gallery: Part 1

AS Darwin Cup day approaches, we look back on some of the wild, wacky and wonderful attire Top End racegoers have worn to the track over the years.

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