The Latest Breaking News from the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is going to the polls this weekend. The incumbent Labor government is under serious challenge from a rejuvenated Country Liberal Party (CLP) opposition, led by Lia Finocchiaro. This is an election mainly about crime and the state of the economy, and neither issue is good for Labor.

In 2021, Australia was one of 141 nations pledging to end deforestation by 2030 – just over five years from now.

Killings of four Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory have put the spotlight back on domestic and family violence just days out from the election.

Lia Finocchiaro is promising to reinstate the use of spit-hoods on children in custody if elected chief minister at the Northern Territory election.

Labor's campaign to win a third consecutive term in the Northern Territory is being led by a former school principal who has spoken of her dislike for politics.

A "turbulent" period in the Top End has some experts predicting a change in government in the Northern Territory as voters prepare to go to the polls.

The future of the Northern Territory's largest fracking project is on the line as a conservation group challenges ministerial approval for the project.

An Indigenous land rights case is being brought to "redress past wrongs", a lawyer for the Gumatj Clan has told High Court justices.

Arrernte lawyer’s challenge is to restore an organisation reeling from accusations of racism and multiple internal investigations

Defence and police are working to recover part of an Italian fighter jet that crashed in a remote part of the Northern Territory during military exercises.

Indigenous leaders travelled to the US to repatriate 20 culturally significant artefacts that will be returned to traditional owners in the Northern Territory.