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It's all in the name for the outback town of Humpty Doo

It's not clear how a Top End town came to be called Humpty Doo, but locals aren't fussed and a pub is cashing in on the stand-out name.

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Huge croc caught near tourist spot prompts warnings

Exceptional wet season rainfall is driving increased crocodile movement across the Top End, prompting renewed warnings for people to be "crocwise" around water.

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Residents glad to see back of tree-felling cyclone Fina

After a scary night sitting out a howling storm, residents of the Top End have emerged from their homes to marvel at huge trees felled overnight.

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Top Enders thanked for heeding cyclone advice

Top End residents want to clean up and get back to business as usual after enduring a noisy and worrying night as tropical cyclone Fina passed through.

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Rough night for Top Enders riding out damaging cyclone

Top End residents have hunkered down for the first cyclone of the season, as they are warned to expect damaging winds and possible flooding.

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Residents stock up on supplies to ride out storm

Bottled water, bread, canned foods and other household goods have moved off supermarket shelves at a fast rate as residents prepare for a tropical cyclone.

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'Thick as thieves': outback brotherhood ended by crash

A fatal helicopter crash prompted a court case that exposed the cowboy world of crocodile-egg collecting in the Top End, tearing apart an outback brotherhood.

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Mad Max meets heavy metal in Top End artist's backyard

An artist who sculpts junk metal into demonic creatures will spend 10 days trekking across central Australia to show his works at a coastal exhibition.

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Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago

Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterways

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Border enforcement call after men left on remote island

A Top End land council wants border protection bolstered after a foreign fishing vessel smuggled four men to a remote island.

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Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Tropical Cyclone Megan is now a category three system as it moves toward the Northern Territory coast, with the possibility it could intensify to category four.

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Flood-hit regions brace for more rain, Cyclone Kirrily

Australia's flood-hit regions are bracing for a second natural disaster in barely a month as Cyclone Kirrily threatens to form off the coast.

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More wet weather forecast for Sydney as northern Australia braces for monsoonal rain and strong winds

Surf ironman and ironwoman competitors save 25 swimmers from a rip at Maroubra as severe weather warning issued for the Top End

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Darwin shaken by magnitude-6.2 earthquake in Banda Sea

Darwin has been shaken after an earthquake in the Banda Sea was felt across the Top End region.

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Worker shortage ends in NT pubs as backpacker visa changes see travellers flock to hospitality

Pubs in Australia's Top End are filling all bar positions this tourist season following a years-long, COVID-induced workforce shortage. It comes as changes to working holiday visas take effect in northern Australia.

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Labor declares by-election victory for Manuel Brown in Northern Territory seat of Arafura

The government says Maningrida-based Manuel Brown has held on to the remote Top End seat for Labor.

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Wet season delivers welcome rain for Barkly and Top End cattle stations, despite floods

Cattle stations across the Top End and Barkly regions are experiencing one of their best wet seasons in recent memory, but the rain has come too heavy and fast for some.

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School bus swept into river near Batchelor, south of Darwin, three students rescued

Northern Territory Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a school bus being swept off a flooded causeway in the Top End yesterday.

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As Australia's military ties with the US deepen, the Top End becomes even more vital to our security

There are several challenges making Australia’s national security strategy more complicated these days – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of climate change, our green energy transition and economic uncertainty.

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Remote NT communities isolated by tropical low

A number of remote communities in the Northern Territory are bracing for more intense rainfall as a tropical low makes its way across the Top End.

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Flooding, severe weather alerts for Northern Territory's Top End as Bureau of Meteorology forecasts heavy rainfs to continue

More alerts for flooding and severe weather have been issued for parts of the region, as residents at one outstation that has been cut off call for evacuations.

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Kakadu park rangers and traditional owners burning in the Top End's wet season

Northern Australia's tropical savannas are among the most fire-prone regions in the world, but rangers and traditional owners are working to reduce the impacts of fire and climate change.

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BOM NT forecasts possible minor flooding for Katherine, as monsoon trough brings heavy rain, Top End storms

Multiple flood warnings and watches have been issued for northern parts of the NT following heavy rainfall overnight, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting more to come.

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Officials will not confirm whether US bombers in Australia carry nuclear weapons

US B-52 bombers may carry nuclear weapons when in the Top End, but the government says it will not ask the United States to confirm or deny if that is the case.

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