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Police have charged the 17-year-old with a string of offences after he allegedly stabbed two girls, including his 16-year-old partner, in the remote community of Yuendumu.

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Defence force dogs have been side-by-side with troops for decades, including when a rescued kelpie started saving diggers' lives after the Bombing of Darwin. Now they're finally getting their due.

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For generations, both the Yolŋu people from Australia's Northern Territory and Indigenous groups from Taiwan have maintained ancient cultures despite colonisation, with the shared experiences of the groups in focus as part of a new cross-cultural performance.

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The 17-year-old from Western Australia has fought incredible odds of distance and disability to bring her debut album to the national stage.

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Central Australia's snakes are on the move after a drop in temperature and recent rain, with an Alice Springs snake catcher warning residents that numbers could boom after a dry and brutal summer.

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There are growing concerns that many young Australians in jail are living with undiagnosed fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

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Youth workers say the closure of a long-running school in the Alice Springs youth prison will hinder young people's rehabilitation, as the NT's record-high prison population continues to rise.

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Many children in Australia with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder — or FASD — won't be diagnosed until they are involved in the criminal justice system. But with the right supports, kids can thrive.

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The Northern Territory government has announced two new options for private postnatal care for families affected by the shock closure of birthing services at Darwin Private Hospital

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A 17-year-old charged over a home invasion in Alice Springs that left a baby with a fractured skull, fled after being flown to the remote community of Lajamanu for a funeral.

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A local football program in Central Australia has received a whopping $57 million private donation from Queensland construction magnates.

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Northern Territory prison officers have returned a resounding no-confidence vote in the NT's corrections commissioner, amid pushback over a plan to hire private and interstate guards to help staff prisons.

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Truancy officers have been sent to Katherine High School to patrol the grounds at recess and lunch, in response to a recent rise in violent schoolyard fighting.

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Expectant mothers face an "upheaval, emotionally and logistically", one doctor says, after a maternity service provider's shock exit from Hobart and Darwin hospitals.

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The Foyer Foundation has identified the 20 toughest places for young people to find stable housing. Advocates say with unaffordable housing on the rise Australia is amid a youth homelessness crisis.

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Maternity services at Healthscope private hospitals in Hobart and Darwin will be closed, restricting access to private birthing services and putting pressure on the public system.

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These distillers are adding native ingredients like river mint and green ants to create fresh mixed drinks.

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Police have declared a major investigation into the death of 40-year-old Veronica Wellings, involving the major crime and domestic violence units, after her death at Darwin's largest hospital on Monday.

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There's was a 22 per cent decline in the number of workers starting an apprenticeship between 2022 and 2023, contributing to a lack of housing stock.

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The Balanggarra Rangers have fought the cane toad for over a decade and are finally seeing native flora and fauna make a comeback.

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Eighty-three years after the bombing of Darwin — the largest attack carried out by a foreign power on Australian soil — experts say the event marked a turning point in Australia's alliance with the United States.

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A new report says a national shortage of construction workers is impacting on Australia's housing supply, with the issue shaping up to be a key concern for voters this federal election.

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An Aboriginal leader who works to keep children from being taken away from her community into non-Indigenous care wants the Northern Territory government to scrap plans to make a controversial child protection law change.

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A German man and his British partner who were arrested by Australian Border Force allegedly trying to flee the nation with a fugitive have faced court in Darwin.

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Currently, every state and territory requires Indigenous kids to be put into Indigenous child protection placements where possible.

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NT judges have met to discuss "concerning" waits in police custody amid concerns people are effectively "disappearing into the bowels of the system" as they wait days for bail applications to be heard.

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A small group of insect enthusiasts have been given a glimpse of an unseen collection at the Northern Territory's most significant library of insects.

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A woman has died after being rushed from a rural property in Humpty Doo to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical condition. Police have arrested a man they say is known to the woman.

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Young people are more than twice as likely to get forms of bowel cancer than older Australians were at the same age, and researchers have a few clues as to why.

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The Northern Territory's most significant collection of preserved insects has opened its doors to the NT Field Naturalists' Club in the hopes of deepening ties between experts and citizen scientists.

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Dating in the bush isn’t easy, especially with a limited dating pool. But instead of giving up, one young woman built a dating app to change that.

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The Northern Territory has joined all other jurisdictions in establishing a lobbyist register. It comes as the government also defunds two influential environmental groups.

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Dating in the bush isn’t easy, especially with a limited dating pool. But instead of giving up, one young woman built a dating app to change that.

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'Student Spotlight' boasts 20 student reporters, editors and graphic designers and was inspired by the defiance of protesters in Hong Kong.

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Donald Trump loves tariffs, but he also loves affordable hamburgers, which is one reason why Australia's cattle industry is feeling confident about the year ahead.

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They may be the TikTok generation, but a group of Darwin teenagers are breathing new life into the traditional student magazine. And as youth crime dominates news headlines, they say it's more important than ever to tell positive stories.

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The Northern Territory's Museum and Art Gallery is holding an exhibition to honour the work of Australia's war photographers.

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Twenty Northern Territory communities are currently signed up to the Local Decision Making program, which the CLP government has confirmed won’t continue after the agreements expire.

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An ASX-listed agribusiness will develop 24,000 hectares east of Darwin for cropping and horticulture.

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The Northern Territory coroner has handed down her findings into the death of a Tiwi Islands woman at Royal Darwin Hospital in 2021, finding staff failures and miscommunications were among the contributing factors.

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The Northern Territory government says it will keep its election promise to fund generous retention bonuses to long-serving NT police officers, after signs it was backpedalling on the pledge.

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The NT Police Association says the backpedal will 'divide the membership' and fails to recognise officers who have dedicated their careers to serving the community.

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Dynamic pricing means AFL fans in Adelaide may pay double what they would pay for a general admission ticket at the MCG or Docklands Stadium, as the federal government considers feedback on plans to ban the practice.

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Up to 20 staff will be axed and funding cut to all departments at Charles Darwin University, after a much lower intake of international students this year.

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Each year Australians waste more than seven million tonnes of food at a cost of $36.6 billion to the economy. A Darwin enterprise is doing its bit to change that.

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Up to 20 staff will be axed and funding cut to all departments at Charles Darwin University, after a much lower intake of international students this year.

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A nationwide cap on new international student enrolment has forced Charles Darwin University to cut department budgets, stall expansion plans and axe up to 20 staff positions.

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Finding your soulmate in the outback can be a lonely street. But Maree and Franco found love at the Heartbreak Hotel.

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The Country Liberal Party has continued implementing its tough-on-crime and pro-development agenda in the first NT parliamentary sitting week of 2025.

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A woman who knew the victim of Alice Springs' latest alleged domestic violence homicide on Sunday says survivors are "petrified" and crying out for help.

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