Darwin News

A self-described "Danish hunter and adventurer" earns the ire of Top End authorities after he is filmed goading a saltwater crocodile with a wallaby, and proceeding to ride it.

The Northern Territory Government reveals the latest step in its problem drinker crackdown will be promotional alcohol deals on shopper dockets. But will it curb problem drinking?

Belinda Bingham was fishing in a boat with her husband off the NT when she was knocked off her feet. As she clutched her throat, she realised something was seriously wrong.

A Northern Territory beekeeper says about 1 million of his bees have been deliberately killed with an insecticide, in the second suspected poisoning of commercial bee boxes near Katherine in a year.

Seventy-five years after his nation's imperial forces bombed Darwin, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make a historic visit to the city to help cement modern day relations with Australia.

The Top End Health Service is criticised for its poor communication with families and an apparent lack of of urgency in making a diagnosis that left a man to die untreated in pain, following an inquest into the death of two men in Darwin.

A needle is found in a punnet of strawberries bought in a Darwin supermarket, as police investigate more than 100 reports of needle-tampering cases across the country.

The Northern Territory Government revises a plan to reduce alcohol-related harm in order to balance the interests of small business owners — yet industry representatives said they still feel "unfairly targeted".

Mango fans rejoice, the NT is forecast to produce about 4 million trays this year with the popular fruit already being sent to southern markets.

A former employee of the Northern Territory's Inpex Ichthys LNG project speaks out against the company, saying mental health and safety concerns often came second to getting the job done.

While the Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister front up to the cameras, strawberry growers are taking aim at government agencies for creating what they describe as "hysteria" over the strawberry needle crisis.

When Sam Gould was diagnosed with PTSD, simply making eye contact with a stranger would send her into a rage. Here's how she used sport to overcome a troubled mind.

A mother has expressed her gratitude to first responders who tried to resuscitate her six-month-old boy before he died on Tuesday night.

Unmitigated heat during hot Darwin days is driving up the cost of living in the city and threatening lives, according to research handed to the NT Government.

The Northern Territory's Department of Environment seeks "approval" from gas giant Inpex before it publicly releases any of its independent reports, documents, or allows their scientists to be interviewed by the media, the ABC has learned.

ABC Rural takes an in-depth look at the issues surrounding a polarising industry that nonetheless contributes $1.8 billion in direct benefit to those at Australia's livestock farm gate.

Should Matthew Rosewarne's death have been treated as the final act of a man who had hit rock bottom, or a murder? A coronial inquest is underway in Darwin.

The Northern Territory Government inconsistently reported grants and, in some cases, grant applicants were not scrutinised thoroughly before being awarded taxpayer money, an auditor-general's report finds.

For several months every year, about half the NT lights up with fire. But why does it happen and what damage does it do to the environment? Curious Darwin looks into ancient Aboriginal techniques, bush regeneration, and how residents protect themselves from a very real threat.

Indigenous leaders, fishermen and tourism operators in the Northern Territory's remote Roper Valley fear the restarting of production at two iron ore mines will cause drastic environmental impacts.

Northern Territory Police reject a claim that its ammunition supplies dropped to just 500 bullets, but it's confirmed that cheaper ammunition is being used for training to save money.

We asked people who worked in or visited aged care homes to send in pictures of what was fed to the residents.

Economic rehabilitation has started at what was once the world's largest open cut zinc mine, with the company extracting minerals from the waste dam.

Every now and then a disaster worse than ever before comes out of the blue and catches us off guard. They're called 'black swan' events.

A former ADF member who served in Afghanistan is suing the NT parliamentary clerk for lost income and medical expenses, claiming he was inappropriately suspended, demoted, and bullied while suffering from PTSD.