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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 2h
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has heard a woman suffered life-threatening injuries, including facial fractures, brain bleeds and wounds to her body after being run over by her partner in rural Darwin.
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Court hears man ran over partner with Range Rover, causing brain injury
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has heard a woman suffered life-threatening injuries, including facial fractures, brain bleeds and wounds to her body after being run over by her partner in rural Darwin.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 3h
Residents of the Northern Territory's second-largest remote community are divided over whether a social club should be opened and serve alcohol, amid ongoing violence in the town.
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Violence-racked remote NT community appeals for social club trial
Residents of the Northern Territory's second-largest remote community are divided over whether a social club should be opened and serve alcohol, amid ongoing violence in the town.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 16h
A report on the sale and use of pepper spray for self-defence in the Northern Territory under a government trial has found 3,714 people have bought the product so far, with 46 prohibited buyers identified and three non-lawful deployments recorded.
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More than 5,000 pepper spray canisters sold in the NT since start of trial
A report on the sale and use of pepper spray for self-defence in the Northern Territory under a government trial has found 3,714 people have bought the product so far, with 46 prohibited buyers identified and three non-lawful deployments recorded.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21h
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
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Cowboys and girls dress up for Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21h
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Tereasa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
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Cowboys and girls dress up for Santa Tereasa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Tereasa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 22h
Northern Territory Police have charged a man with speeding and high-range drink driving after catching him allegedly driving at more than 100km/h over the limit before returning a blood-alcohol result of 0.153.
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NT man caught driving 100km/h over speed limit
Northern Territory Police have charged a man with speeding and high-range drink driving after catching him allegedly driving at more than 100km/h over the limit before returning a blood-alcohol result of 0.153.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The government has previously said dialysis patients would not be moved to Batchelor, 100 kilometres from Darwin, when they are evicted from the YiSSA accommodation facility in the NT capital.
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NT government scrambles for Batchelor dialysis options ahead of YiSSA closure
The government has previously said dialysis patients would not be moved to Batchelor, 100 kilometres from Darwin, when they are evicted from the YiSSA accommodation facility in the NT capital.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jessica Stephens's mother Karon Evans has applied for court orders that would force the Northern Territory coroner to hold an inquest into her death in Kakadu National Park after being discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital in 2023.
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Queensland mother seeks to force inquest into daughter's 2023 Kakadu death
Jessica Stephens's mother Karon Evans has applied for court orders that would force the Northern Territory coroner to hold an inquest into her death in Kakadu National Park after being discharged from Royal Darwin Hospital in 2023.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A dog walker and his friend chanced across the ordnance while going for a midnight stroll on Wurtulla Beach.
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Shock wake-up for residents as WWII shell detonated on beach
A dog walker and his friend chanced across the ordnance while going for a midnight stroll on Wurtulla Beach.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two years ago, Alice Springs paramedic Abbey Studley was brutally attacked on the job. Despite a brain injury, she's now back at work — and when the ABC tagged along with ambulance crews, the team recorded its 100th attack for the year.
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On duty just after 6pm, these paramedics' shift is about to go bad
Two years ago, Alice Springs paramedic Abbey Studley was brutally attacked on the job. Despite a brain injury, she's now back at work — and when the ABC tagged along with ambulance crews, the team recorded its 100th attack for the year.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A senior staffer with the Northern Territory's Department of Children and Families in Central Australia spent almost three years as the sole director of a private NDIS provider in Alice Springs.
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Complaint over senior NT public servant who ran private NDIS provider
A senior staffer with the Northern Territory's Department of Children and Families in Central Australia spent almost three years as the sole director of a private NDIS provider in Alice Springs.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From laksa cheesecake to toasties and deep fried ice cream, Darwin's annual laksa festival has something for all palettes. And while it might sound "weird", those cooking up a storm promise "it tastes way better than it sounds".
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The quirky laksa-inspired creations competing at Darwin foodie festival
From laksa cheesecake to toasties and deep fried ice cream, Darwin's annual laksa festival has something for all palettes. And while it might sound "weird", those cooking up a storm promise "it tastes way better than it sounds".
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Humpty Doo childcare centre has pleaded guilty to inadequately supervising children and inadequately protecting children from harm following the death of toddler Ebony Thompson in 2023.
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Darwin childcare centre guilty of supervision breach before child's death
A Humpty Doo childcare centre has pleaded guilty to inadequately supervising children and inadequately protecting children from harm following the death of toddler Ebony Thompson in 2023.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Monosporascus cannonballus is detected on two NT properties, marking the first cases in Australia.
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Australia records first detections of 'devastating' plant disease
Monosporascus cannonballus is detected on two NT properties, marking the first cases in Australia.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bus service that has transported people and critical medical supplies to remote Indigenous communities from Alice Springs for three decades has been forced to reduce its services following a funding cut earlier this year.
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NT remote Indigenous bus service reduces routes after funding cut
A bus service that has transported people and critical medical supplies to remote Indigenous communities from Alice Springs for three decades has been forced to reduce its services following a funding cut earlier this year.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A teenager who allegedly posted "pro-Nazi, anti-immigration, anti-trans and white nationalist" content on Instagram has faced the Youth Justice Court on a string of Commonwealth charges.
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Teenager faces youth justice court over 'pro-Nazi' Instagram posts
A teenager who allegedly posted "pro-Nazi, anti-immigration, anti-trans and white nationalist" content on Instagram has faced the Youth Justice Court on a string of Commonwealth charges.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More than 30 wildlife-tracking cameras have been filming in Litchfield National Park for almost 12 months, but researchers are yet to spot the endangered northern quoll.
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30 wildlife cameras fail to spot 'quite cute' native after year of filming
More than 30 wildlife-tracking cameras have been filming in Litchfield National Park for almost 12 months, but researchers are yet to spot the endangered northern quoll.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Leaders in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye say they hold "grave concerns" for people's safety amid ongoing clan violence and fear it is only a matter of time before someone is killed.
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'They can't stop': Wadeye elders desperately try to end violent feud
Leaders in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye say they hold "grave concerns" for people's safety amid ongoing clan violence and fear it is only a matter of time before someone is killed.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lawyers for federal MP Luke Gosling say they will write to Sophie Callan SC urging the newly appointed prosecutor to withdraw assault charges relating to an incident involving Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly.
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MP Luke Gosling's lawyer calls on prosecutors to drop assault charges
Lawyers for federal MP Luke Gosling say they will write to Sophie Callan SC urging the newly appointed prosecutor to withdraw assault charges relating to an incident involving Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Australian Education Union (AEU) says half a million dollars will not be enough to cover all necessary infrastructure upgrades at the new Alice Springs high school merger.
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Union, community say $500k 'woefully inadequate' for Alice Springs College
The Australian Education Union (AEU) says half a million dollars will not be enough to cover all necessary infrastructure upgrades at the new Alice Springs high school merger.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The federal government is cracking down on NDIS providers offering residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities gifts, including food, alcohol and tobacco.
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Government moves on NDIS providers offering gifts in remote NT communities
The federal government is cracking down on NDIS providers offering residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities gifts, including food, alcohol and tobacco.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sydney-based barrister Sophie Callan SC has been appointed to prosecute the assault case against federal Labor MP Luke Gosling. Mr Gosling denies two charges of assaulting the NT administrator and one charge of breaching his bail.
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Sydney-based Senior Counsel to prosecute case against federal MP Luke Gosling
Sydney-based barrister Sophie Callan SC has been appointed to prosecute the assault case against federal Labor MP Luke Gosling. Mr Gosling denies two charges of assaulting the NT administrator and one charge of breaching his bail.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A woman who Northern Territory Police allege was stabbed in the chest by her partner earlier this month has died in hospital.
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Woman dies days after partner allegedly stabs her in the chest
A woman who Northern Territory Police allege was stabbed in the chest by her partner earlier this month has died in hospital.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An Alice Springs carpentry apprentice says he is devastated course delays at Charles Darwin University could set back his qualification by up to a year.
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Carpentry apprentice 'devastated' by CDU course delay
An Alice Springs carpentry apprentice says he is devastated course delays at Charles Darwin University could set back his qualification by up to a year.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Northern Territory hip hop artist Yung Milla is crowned the winner of The Voice Australia, with many fans resonating with the artist's candid telling of his difficult upbringing and his pride for his Aboriginal culture.
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Darwin hip hop artist Yung Milla wins The Voice Australia
Northern Territory hip hop artist Yung Milla is crowned the winner of The Voice Australia, with many fans resonating with the artist's candid telling of his difficult upbringing and his pride for his Aboriginal culture.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Twelve-year-old Leela Lord has returned from a national Indigenous boxing camp at the Australian Institute of Sport with bigger ambitions for her future in the ring.
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Young Arrernte boxer sets sights on Olympics after AIS opportunity
Twelve-year-old Leela Lord has returned from a national Indigenous boxing camp at the Australian Institute of Sport with bigger ambitions for her future in the ring.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A Darwin teenager who started playing soccer in his neighbourhood is set to represent Australia at an international tournament in Azerbaijan.
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Darwin teen set to represent Australia in FIFA under-15 World Cup
A Darwin teenager who started playing soccer in his neighbourhood is set to represent Australia at an international tournament in Azerbaijan.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fifty years after Trevor Wheeler vanished into the remote Northern Territory bush, DNA and a heart-shaped tattoo bearing a name led police straight to the woman who knew him as a teenager.
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Who was Trevor? A cold case, 'homemade' tattoos and 50 years of silence
Fifty years after Trevor Wheeler vanished into the remote Northern Territory bush, DNA and a heart-shaped tattoo bearing a name led police straight to the woman who knew him as a teenager.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After more than two decades in the air, the Australian Defence Force's $1.1 billion fleet of attack helicopters, known as the Tigers, will be retired this month.
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ADF retires attack helicopter fleet to make way for Apaches
After more than two decades in the air, the Australian Defence Force's $1.1 billion fleet of attack helicopters, known as the Tigers, will be retired this month.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After 30 days at sea, Digby Campbell was down to his last can of beer and two Red Bulls when three strangers saved the 75-year-old sailor adrift off Darwin Harbour.
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'I was buggered': Stranded sailor in dramatic rescue off Darwin Harbour
After 30 days at sea, Digby Campbell was down to his last can of beer and two Red Bulls when three strangers saved the 75-year-old sailor adrift off Darwin Harbour.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The last time Delvene Delaney visited Kakadu was during the filming of Crocodile Dundee and its sequel Crocodile Dundee II — both co-written and produced by her late husband John Cornell. That was 40 years ago, and now she's returned to reminisce.
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Delvene Delaney returns to Kakadu 40 years after Crocodile Dundee
The last time Delvene Delaney visited Kakadu was during the filming of Crocodile Dundee and its sequel Crocodile Dundee II — both co-written and produced by her late husband John Cornell. That was 40 years ago, and now she's returned to reminisce.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Former senior Northern Territory Labor politicians have claimed members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church — also known as the Exclusive Brethren — helped campaign for the Country Liberal Party ahead of the 2025 federal election.
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Brethren members campaigned across NT during 2025 election, inquiry hears
Former senior Northern Territory Labor politicians have claimed members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church — also known as the Exclusive Brethren — helped campaign for the Country Liberal Party ahead of the 2025 federal election.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Graham Abbott, 27, has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison after assaulting a woman and two security guards at an Alice Springs casino.
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Man sentenced over Lasseters Casino hatchet attack
Graham Abbott, 27, has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison after assaulting a woman and two security guards at an Alice Springs casino.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The National Farmers Federation and the federal government have reached a short-term agreement to fast-track urgent visa requests for backpacker workers.
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Farmers cut deal with government over backpacker visa delays
The National Farmers Federation and the federal government have reached a short-term agreement to fast-track urgent visa requests for backpacker workers.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Northern Territory's largest date farm looks to bounce back stronger after flooding at the start of 2026 devastated its annual crop.
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Outback date farm bounces back after crop destroyed by rain
The Northern Territory's largest date farm looks to bounce back stronger after flooding at the start of 2026 devastated its annual crop.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Former Northern Territory Police assistant commissioner Janelle Tonkin takes her old colleagues to court for sharing an AI- generated sexually explicit video that used her professional photograph.
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NT police members allegedly circulated explicit AI video of senior officer
Former Northern Territory Police assistant commissioner Janelle Tonkin takes her old colleagues to court for sharing an AI- generated sexually explicit video that used her professional photograph.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Four of Labor's six politicians in the Northern Territory parliament are personally opposed to fracking, contradicting the opposition's official position.
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NT Labor fracking stand-off emerges as caucus members voice opposition
Four of Labor's six politicians in the Northern Territory parliament are personally opposed to fracking, contradicting the opposition's official position.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A remote Aboriginal corporation has temporarily suspended some services in the community of Arlparra following unrest that has prompted calls for a curfew and increased police presence.
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Unrest in remote Central Australian community prompts calls for curfew
A remote Aboriginal corporation has temporarily suspended some services in the community of Arlparra following unrest that has prompted calls for a curfew and increased police presence.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Months on from the worst flooding Katherine has seen in almost three decades, the regional Northern Territory town has welcomed a $13.3m government promise to establish a new levee.
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Katherine promised new $13.3m levee after town's worst flood in 28 years
Months on from the worst flooding Katherine has seen in almost three decades, the regional Northern Territory town has welcomed a $13.3m government promise to establish a new levee.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Northern Territory Police are investigating the death of a nine-year-old boy who drowned in a drainpipe in the remote town of Katherine.
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Boy, 9, drowns after entering drainpipe in Katherine
Northern Territory Police are investigating the death of a nine-year-old boy who drowned in a drainpipe in the remote town of Katherine.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A 14-year-old girl allegedly stabbed a police officer before being tasered and arrested at the scene In Darwin city yesterday, along with two other youths aged 16 and 13.
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Girl, 14, allegedly stabs police officer in Darwin CBD before being tasered
A 14-year-old girl allegedly stabbed a police officer before being tasered and arrested at the scene In Darwin city yesterday, along with two other youths aged 16 and 13.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A British backpacker was on a Greyhound bus from Alice Springs to Adelaide when she was left at a toilet stop in the middle of the night.
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British backpacker left by Greyhound bus in outback roadhouse
A British backpacker was on a Greyhound bus from Alice Springs to Adelaide when she was left at a toilet stop in the middle of the night.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Northern Territory mango farmers have raised the alarm about the federal government's cuts to the working holiday visa program, arguing they could have a devastating impact on the industry.
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NT mango farmers raise alarm on cuts to working holiday visa program
Northern Territory mango farmers have raised the alarm about the federal government's cuts to the working holiday visa program, arguing they could have a devastating impact on the industry.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The City of Darwin has confirmed it will consider permanently moving its annual hard rubbish collection to May, after the wet season.
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A move by the City of Darwin to postpone the annual pre-cyclone clean-up has received mixed reviews from locals.
The City of Darwin has confirmed it will consider permanently moving its annual hard rubbish collection to May, after the wet season.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
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Darwin council considering permanent pre-cyclone clean-up move to May
The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Darwin teacher Bindi Isis is challenging a preliminary decision by the Northern Territory's Teacher Registration Board to suspend her registration. The board argues its decision was "reasonable", pending an inquiry.
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Darwin teacher takes registration board to tribunal after her suspension
Darwin teacher Bindi Isis is challenging a preliminary decision by the Northern Territory's Teacher Registration Board to suspend her registration. The board argues its decision was "reasonable", pending an inquiry.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has found a Hermannsburg mother-of-three was given "too many drugs and too little care" before her preventable death at the Alice Springs Hospital in 2023.
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Woman given 'too many drugs, too little care' before death, coroner finds
Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has found a Hermannsburg mother-of-three was given "too many drugs and too little care" before her preventable death at the Alice Springs Hospital in 2023.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remote Territorians Charlie Yebarrarr Dhamarrandji and Evonne Mitja Wunungmurra need dialysis treatment in Darwin several times a week, but the short-stay accommodation facility where they've sought refuge is about to close its doors.
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'Sleeping on the ground': Fears for dialysis patients safety as shelter closes
Remote Territorians Charlie Yebarrarr Dhamarrandji and Evonne Mitja Wunungmurra need dialysis treatment in Darwin several times a week, but the short-stay accommodation facility where they've sought refuge is about to close its doors.
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ABC News NT 🤖 (unofficial) @abcnews-nt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Live music fans from across Australia and the world have banded together to raise the $1 million needed to save beloved Alice Springs venue The Black Wreath after the building's owner put it on the market.
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Live music fans from across Australia unite to save beloved outback venue
Live music fans from across Australia and the world have banded together to raise the $1 million needed to save beloved Alice Springs venue The Black Wreath after the building's owner put it on the market.
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