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The Latest Breaking News from the Northern Territory

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Incarceration and recidivism rates in the Northern Territory are the highest in the nation, with corrections facilities at capacity and temperatures high.

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Heatwave conditions over New Year's break

Heatwave conditions are set to hit the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia with the mercury likely to hit high 40s in several areas.

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New leader vows integrity overhaul after shares scandal

The Northern Territory's new leader will review conflict of interest rules after Natasha Fyles quit the top job following a string of controversies.

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Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has resigned. How did we get here?

When it was announced this afternoon that the Northern Territory’s Chief Minister Natasha Fyles had resigned, few could say it was unexpected.

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National Parks' get-out-of-jail-free card in High Court

The High Court has begun hearing a case to decide whether the Commonwealth can avoid criminal penalties for damaging sacred sites in the Northern Territory.

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Pilot's body found after fatal helicopter crash

An investigation has begun into a fatal helicopter crash in the Northern Territory shortly after the pilot signalled his intention to land.

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Net zero policy for new gas projects abandoned after industry objected

Exclusive: The gas industry was the only stakeholder consulted before policy proposal was ditched by the Northern Territory government, FoI documents show

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Extra senators for ACT and NT will benefit left but increase malapportionment

The Poll Bludger has summarised the final report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) that was released Monday. The most contentious recommendation is that the number of senators for both the ACT and the Northern Territory be increased from two to four.

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Parliamentary inquiry recommends more senators for the ACT and Northern Territory

The government is considering whether voters in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory should be given extra senators.

The Conversation

Outback Wrangler 'devastated' at co-star's death cause

A lack of fuel on a poorly maintained helicopter likely caused a crash that killed an Outback Wrangler star who plunged to his death collecting crocodile eggs.

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NT government Middle Arm submission 'laughable': elders

Traditional owners and environmentalists have hit back at the Northern Territory government's submission to the Middle Arm Senate inquiry.

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Youth worker named NT Australian of the Year

A youth advocate who was instrumental in reducing substance abuse in the Northern Territory has been named the NT's Australian of the Year.

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No back door for 5 years: remote community's High Court win is good news for renters everywhere

It took seven years, but a tiny remote community in the Northern Territory had a major legal win yesterday.

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'Cheap police': Four Corners shows the dangers of private policing in the NT and why First Nations people are more at risk

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people and mentions of discrimination and violence against First Nations people.

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Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Independent modelling suggests governments have underestimated emissions from the Northern Territory's proposed Beetaloo Basin project and a Darwin Harbour hub.

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Pro-Palestine activists block entry to Pine Gap base

Activists have blocked the entry to a joint US-Australia military base in the Northern Territory to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

The Hindu

Australian delegation signs MoU with State

A delegation from Australia’s Northern Territory led by Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison visited Kerala and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Northern Territory and Kerala governments for increased cooperation between the two regions.

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Final Voice polls have 'no' leading by sizeable to landslide margins

The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm AEDT in the south-eastern states, 6:30pm in South Australia, 7pm in Queensland, 7:30pm in the Northern Territory and 9pm in Western Australia.

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NT not a 'failed state' says chief minister

John Howard and Tony Abbott have criticised the Northern Territory government's handling of the education and health of Indigenous Australians.

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Voice support falls in Newspoll to new low, but is up in Resolve though still well behind

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'Never seen anything like it': four kids among six dead

A 4WD carrying six people, including four children, ignited into a fireball that burned for hours after colliding with a road train in the Northern Territory.

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Passengers in 4WD killed in fatal outback crash

Multiple passengers in a four-wheel drive were killed when the vehicle collided with a truck near a small town in the Northern Territory.

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US actor Steve Martin backs Australian film on Indigenous art movement

Comedian announced as executive producer on Honey Ant Dreamers, about the evolution of the Papunya Western Desert art movement, to be filmed across the Northern Territory

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Hundreds rally for domestic violence 'system in crisis'

A day of action has been held against domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory, where organisers say the system is in crisis.

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Crepe attack on NT chief hard to swallow for angry PM

The attack on the Northern Territory's chief minister should not be dismissed as something light-hearted, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.

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