Kalkaringi airstrip death inquiry begins
The head of an Aboriginal health board has told a coronial inquiry in Katherine that his organisation "could have done better" in preventing the death of a man.
View ArticleSwine flu outbreak forces surgery delays
The Alice Springs Hospital is having to delay some surgeries because of the swine flu outbreak.
View ArticleWave Hill walk-off anniversary celebrated
The Northern Territory Heritage Minister is in Kalkarindji, 350 kilometres south-west of Katherine, today celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off.
View ArticleNT police urge driver care after Kalkaringi fatal
Northern Territory police are reminding drivers to be aware of difficult conditions on Territory roads after the death of an interstate man whose car overturned on the Buntine Highway overnight.
View ArticleKilled driver 'not wearing seatbelt'
A 19-year-old man who died after his car overturned on Saturday night was not wearing a seatbelt, police say.
View ArticleWoman survives after car swept into creek
A woman has survived after her car was swept into a flooded Northern Territory creek - the second such incident in two days.
View ArticleAborigines 'forced to work 30 hours for $195'
Jenny Macklin orders probe into claims Aboriginal people on a work-for-the dole program are working long hours for little money.
View ArticleGroup protests against CDEP cuts, intervention
About 150 people are protesting in the Northern Territory community of Kalkaringi against the federal intervention in remote Indigenous communities.
View ArticleLingiari grandson forms Aboriginal political party
A descendant of the Aboriginal stockman who led the protest credited with giving birth to the land rights movement is about to realise a long-held dream.
View ArticleFloodwaters submerge Victoria River Bridge at Kalkaringi in central-west...
Floodwater submerges Victoria River Bridge at Kalkaringi in central-west Northern Territory on March 23, 2011, after 260 millimetres of rain fell in 24 hours.
View ArticleWave Hill walk-off remembered as rights landmark
Two remote communities south of Darwin are commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off this weekend.
View ArticleCamp dogs hound NT as Victoria cracks down
Local Government Minister Malarndirri McCarthy says problems with camp dogs in remote Northern Territory communities will not be solved overnight.
View ArticleEscape bid dampened in croc-infested river
Northern Territory Police say an officer had to jump into a crocodile-infested river to save a man trying to escape arrest.
View ArticleAction call on remote morgues shock report
An investigation of morgue facilities in Northern Territory remote communities has revealed incidences of bodies being stored in sheds, court rooms and even kitchens.
View ArticleLabor threatens to challenge Stuart vote result
Country Liberals candidate Bess Price still leads against Labor's Karl Hampton in counting for the Northern Territory seat of Stuart.
View ArticleMore communities refuse to sign leases
First Nations Political Party founder Maurie Japarta Ryan says three more Northern Territory communities are refusing to sign new federal leases over their land.
View ArticleShout ends as Kalkarindji sticks with light beer
The full-strength beer tap is officially being turned off at the Northern Territory community of Kalkarindji, on the northern edge of the Tanami Desert.
View ArticleCommunity seeks to cash in on container deposits
Residents of a remote Northern Territory community are hoping the cash-for-containers scheme is made permanent so Aboriginal people can profit from recycling.
View ArticleCommission calls for more local control of grog
The Northern Territory Licensing Commission says two remote communities plagued by grog problems should set up a locally-controlled system to allow more residents get alcohol permits.
View ArticleNo apology after body decomposes in NT morgue
The family of a man whose body was left badly decomposed after a morgue's refrigeration system failed says it is still waiting for an apology.
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