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Draft Assessment Finds Middle Arm Project Would Remove 86 Percent of Endangered Herb Population
The Northern Territory government's draft environmental impact assessment states that the planned Middle Arm Precinct would eliminate 86 percent of the known population of Typhonium sp. Cox Peninsula. The assessment also identifies significant impacts on endangered mammals and sh…
Adelaide River War Cemetery Groundskeeper Maintains Graves After March Floods
Rob Thorne tends 435 graves at the Adelaide River War Cemetery, located about an hour south-east of Darwin. The site holds remains from World War II and later conflicts, including unknown civilians killed in the 1942 bombing of Darwin.
Darwin Hospitality Businesses Report Lower Bookings and Higher Costs
Several Top End operators say visitor numbers have fallen and fuel prices have risen ahead of the peak tourism season. One Darwin restaurant closed after two years, while others seek renewed government support measures.
Man Charged With Arnhem Land Murder Granted Bail to Tiwi Islands
A 20-year-old man charged with murder in Milingimbi appeared in the Northern Territory Supreme Court and was granted bail to live with family on Bathurst Island. The court imposed electronic monitoring and other strict conditions. He is scheduled to return to court in July.
Northern Territory Police Officer on Trial for Alleged Attempt to Pervert Course of Justice
A Northern Territory police officer is standing trial in the Supreme Court on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Prosecutors allege he pressured his former partner to withdraw an aggravated assault complaint.
bbc.co.ukDeath of Five-Year-Old Aboriginal Girl Prompts Review of Northern Territory Child Protection
The body of Kumanjayi Little Baby, a five-year-old Warlpiri girl, was found five days after she went missing in April from the Old Timers town camp near Alice Springs. An Aboriginal man has been charged with her murder. The case has led to a promised review of the Northern Territ…
Vigils Held Across Australia One Week After Death of Five-Year-Old Girl in Alice Springs
Memorials are scheduled in multiple locations on May 7, 2026, with many attendees wearing pink at the family's request. Northern Territory officials confirmed three child protection staffers were stood down, two later reinstated, as politicians and advocates highlight systemic fa…
Rescuers Respond to Mass Flying Fox Pup Deaths After Cyclone in Northern Territory
Hundreds of juvenile flying foxes have died or are dying in Katherine and Pine Creek following ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle last month. Wildlife rescuers and volunteers are conducting daily missions to save surviving pups, but a request to transfer them interstate for specialist c…