Joseph Hathaway-Wilson

Parts of the Northern Territory have been issued a cyclone watch with Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle expected to make landfall on Groote Eylandt from Saturday as a category three system. 

Private investment in the Northern Territory plummeted in 2025, knocking the government's ambition to "rebuild the Territory economy". Now, as the government waits on large infrastructure projects like the Beetaloo Sub-basin to come to life, local businesses want to ensure they're not left behind.

A Northern Territory government backbencher accused of bullying has faced a bid for a parliamentary inquiry into his alleged conduct, as well as an extraordinary berating from the NT Speaker.

Charles Darwin University has ditched its plan to establish a campus in London after investing nearly $2 million in the proposal. 

Charles Darwin University's vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has resigned following an accreditation scandal that has impacted almost 300 of the university's TAFE students. 

A new report reveals NT residents felt less safe over the past year, despite a government crackdown on crime. 

Communities across the country are marking Australia Day with citizenship ceremonies, traditional dances, smoking ceremonies and fun runs, as the prime minister calls for "unity not division" during a speech in Canberra.

Northern Territory Indigenous leaders and legal groups are frustrated the Northern Territory Government is far from fulfilling its promise to fund Law and Justice Groups that will work to keep locals out of prison in 20 remote communities. 

Despite the NT government signing on to establish 20 Aboriginal Law and Justice Groups by 2027, just five are up and running with less than 12 months to go.

The Northern Territory coroner has determined a series of human errors contributed to the 2022 death of an Indigenous woman at Royal Darwin Hospital, in the weeks after she sought a routine surgery.

Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington announces the withdrawal of public funding for puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children, labelling them "dangerous, ideologically driven practices".

Two politicians allege NT children in youth detention are being moved from Alice Springs to Darwin without their families' knowledge.

In the final hours of parliament for the year, the government has extended the time a person issued with a Banned Drinker Order is prevented from drinking alcohol.

The officials who manage the Northern Territory's prison system say a new framework will replace a "fragmented" rehabilitation model that was not based on evidence, as the department moves "from crisis to reform".

As the NT's prison population soars to new highs, Anindilyakwa elders on Groote Eylandt are delivering a unique rehabilitation program that provides participants with physical and psycho-educational programs, as well as new skills and employment opportunities.

With more than half of all inmates in the Northern Territory's largest prison on remand, legal experts are calling for more funding for legal services and courts to keep up with demand. 

As the Northern Territory prison population continues to reach all-time highs, data reveals a majority of the NT's rehab program are being cancelled more often than they are being delivered.

Timothy Hunt is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of missing Darwin man Tony Rowe, in what Justice Sonia Brownhill described as a "bizarre, brutal and cowardly attack".

Renters and experts are calling for change in one of just two Australian jurisdictions where renters can be evicted for no reason and the only place where landlords can raise rents more than once a year.

Darwin man Timothy Hunt has been convicted of murdering Tony Rowe, whose remains were found on the city's outskirts in May 2023, one year after he was reported missing. 

NT police data show crime rates in the NT are moving in two directions, with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. 

The Northern Territory government urgently passes legislation to establish a new police rank this week, after pulling anti-discrimination reforms from the agenda.

Solar-powered vehicles designed by university students from around the world have descended on the Northern Territory's remote outback, bringing a sense of science fiction to the sparse landscape as they race from Darwin to Adelaide.

More than 1,500 First Nations artists from across Australia participated in this year's Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. It is estimated the fair generates more than $4 million in revenue every year, all of which is returned to communities.

When it comes to suicide prevention, Samantha McIntosh knows more than most, and senior lecturer Dr Anton Isaacs believes her lived experience is essential to turning the tide in Australia's mental health space.