The balmy Aussie town with something better than beaches

The balmy Aussie town with something better than beaches

I wouldn’t be surprised if Katherine,a township 320 kilometres south-east of Darwin,has the highest rate of pool-noodle ownership in the country.

  • byJulia D'Orazio

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Pen pals:One’s in prison,the other is with his daughter in hospital

Pen pals:One’s in prison,the other is with his daughter in hospital

A young Indigenous man serving a controversial life sentence corresponded for years with a Sydney journalist – then came an unexpected twist.

  • byDan Box
Northern Territory records first case of COVID-19 community transmission

Northern Territory records first case of COVID-19 community transmission

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner held a late-night press conference to announce the first case of COVID-19 community transmission and a lockdown for Katherine.

  • bySarah McPhee
Indigenous vaccination rates lag despite priority status assurance

Indigenous vaccination rates lag despite priority status assurance

Vaccine rollout to Aboriginal people lags mainstream Australia despite priority status,amid call for Indigenous sport stars to front education campaign.

  • byCameron Gooley
Fears for ‘very serious’ situation in NT as Darwin enters lockdown

Fears for ‘very serious’ situation in NT as Darwin enters lockdown

The NT’s peak Aboriginal medical body is urging Indigenous people to get vaccinated as the Territory records a new case of COVID-19.

  • byCameron Gooley
Federal government settles years-long PFAS contamination class actions

Federal government settles years-long PFAS contamination class actions

An'in-principal'agreement has been reached between the Defence Department and residents of three towns in Queensland,New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Fractured future:Water fears as drilling for gas begins in the NT

Fractured future:Water fears as drilling for gas begins in the NT

Giant coal projects like the Adani mine have dominated the climate change debate,but plans for fracking in the Northern Territory can no longer be ignored.

  • byMiki Perkins
Hazards of nature:a bog frog in the throat and a man-eating camera thief

Hazards of nature:a bog frog in the throat and a man-eating camera thief

IMAX documentary maker Nick Robinson has discovered that filming in the Top End is not for the faint-hearted.

  • byKarl Quinn
How we bagged a monster:NT ranger tells of 10-year croc hunt

How we bagged a monster:NT ranger tells of 10-year croc hunt

“We put traps in,conducted numerous spotlight checks over the years … he was was just much smarter than us."

  • byRoxanne Fitzgerald
'Appalling':Government won't budge on polluted land buyout

'Appalling':Government won't budge on polluted land buyout

Government won't buy out owners of the polluted land around military bases in spite of"fairly consistent evidence"linking them to a slew of health effects.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Hiking the Jatbula Trail through Nitmiluk National Park,Northern Territory

Hiking the Jatbula Trail through Nitmiluk National Park,Northern Territory

Trekking for kilometres is made a whole lot easier when you know a blissfully cool and croc-free swim awaits.

  • byAndrew Bain