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These lonely sentinels are an anachronism when every commercial ship navigates using now-ubiquitous electronic global positioning, but they retain a special place in the hearts of seafarers.

A cold front moving across south-eastern states is dumping snow, with strong, damaging winds bringing down trees and power lines.

Three people have died at the scene of a two-car collision on the Stuart Highway, about 160 kilometres south of Darwin.

Northern Territory charities say they are struggling to keep up with demand for services due to volunteer shortages, with high costs of living and rising pressures on people's time major factors.

A radical sovereign citizen group co-invented by a fugitive mother is using a fake court to justify attempted child abduction, extortion, and intimidation of court officials.

Disease authorities say there is potential for the arrival of a bird flu strain that has already been detected in Asia and Antarctica.

The Northern Territory covers more than 1.3 million square kilometres, but the battle to be the jurisdiction's next leader is being fought in neighbouring seats. People say these are the issues which will sway their vote.

The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania has shocked the world, but US presidents are no strangers to attempts on their lives. 

For 11 years the Epenarra Saints were a forgotten team at the end of a far-flung road. But humming car radios, sideline conversations, scampering camp dogs – as about 50 players kick up dirt on the Saints' red oval – signal the club's resurrection.

As another curfew ends in Alice Springs and debate rages over the next steps for the embattled town, a local Indigenous-led program is working hard to lower crime rates in the community.

A rapidly deepening low-pressure system in the Tasman Sea will track towards the coast this weekend, the precursor to a bout of severe winter weather across eastern Australia.    

One Indigenous-led program says the Alice Springs region won't see real change until people are supported to stay on country.

The Northern Territory Police Commissioner has chosen not to extend the snap 72-hour curfew imposed on Alice Springs.

Animal rights activists have been left angered after the NT Supreme Court again delayed sentencing prominent crocodile expert Adam Britton.

The Northern Territory government has announced the Alice Springs curfew will not be extended, following a request from the police commissioner.

This NAIDOC Week, in the year of an election, discussions about treaty are continuing in the Northern Territory. But some First Nations people are shifting their priorities. 

Weapons have been seized by police in Alice Springs as the town prepares to enter its third night of curfew.

The Northern Territory's police minister is set to announce this morning whether a 72-hour snap curfew in Alice Springs will be extended.

The head of a remote Northern Territory land council, Mark Hewitt, has been referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission due to allegations of conflicts of interest.

Police say the crocodile was shot by local rangers on Sunday then resurfaced on Tuesday, when it was confirmed to be the animal that attacked the girl.

This year, Adrian Jangala Robertson became the first Aboriginal artist to be a finalist for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in the same year. Now he's taking his art overseas.

As Alice Springs approaches its third and potentially final night of a snap 72-hour curfew, frontline services say they're deeply concerned for those sleeping rough.

A spectacular nova may be about to light up our night sky in the constellation Corona Borealis. If it does, Australians will only have a short window to catch it.

Neil Mellon has been sentenced to eight months behind bars after pleading guilty to a string of offences, including destroying evidence related to a 2022 helicopter crash that killed Netflix star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson.

The first of a three-night curfew passed without incident last night with police making no arrests in Alice Springs.