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Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’.
Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates hav…
Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’
Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’. Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates hav…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Analysis says $30bn given to expand existing coal, oil and gas projects. Follow today’s news live. Homelessness advocate welcomes expansion of NSW crisis accommodation A Salvation Army leader working first-hand with homelessness has said the NSW government’s crisis accommodation announcement respo…
Australia news live: big banks lend $43bn to fossil fuel companies; NSW to spend $130m on beds for homeless
Analysis says $30bn given to expand existing coal, oil and gas projects. Follow today’s news live. Homelessness advocate welcomes expansion of NSW crisis accommodation A Salvation Army leader working first-hand with homelessness has said the NSW government’s crisis accommodation announcement respo…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Wayne Hunt didn’t receive full medical assessment after seizure in cell and died days later, coroner hears.
Confronting footage of a disabled inmate being roughly handled and placed in a spit hood by prison guards after an epileptic seizure has been played at an inquest into his death. Wayne Hunt …
Footage of guards holding down and putting spit hood on disabled NT prisoner shown at inquest
Wayne Hunt didn’t receive full medical assessment after seizure in cell and died days later, coroner hears. Confronting footage of a disabled inmate being roughly handled and placed in a spit hood by prison guards after an epileptic seizure has been played at an inquest into his death. Wayne Hunt …
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The protesters have tried to block workers from accessing the facility, which they claim is aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks with seni…
The rising resistance to Pine Gap - podcast
Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The protesters have tried to block workers from accessing the facility, which they claim is aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks with seni…
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November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wayne Hunt was kept in detention after a seizure instead of being taken to hospital, coroner hears.
An inmate who suffered a seizure was put in handcuffs and a spit hood by prison guards who left him naked in an “at-risk cell” before he died two days later. At an inquest into his death in Darwin o…
Disabled NT man died naked in cell wearing spit hood and cuffs, inquest told
Wayne Hunt was kept in detention after a seizure instead of being taken to hospital, coroner hears. An inmate who suffered a seizure was put in handcuffs and a spit hood by prison guards who left him naked in an “at-risk cell” before he died two days later. At an inquest into his death in Darwin o…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Liberal senator ‘tarnished’ reputation of Central Land Council chief, court hears, but she says there was public interest.
A Liberal senator accused of defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council was an evasive witness who made baseless allegations and gave “illogical and self-serving…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ‘didn’t care’ about making false claims, defamation trial told
The Liberal senator ‘tarnished’ reputation of Central Land Council chief, court hears, but she says there was public interest. A Liberal senator accused of defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council was an evasive witness who made baseless allegations and gave “illogical and self-serving…
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A protest over Pine Gap’s claimed role in genocide has refocused attention on the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs.
Straight and bare, Hatt Road runs south-west from Mparntwe-Alice Springs before it suddenly swings north through a narrow gap in the MacDonnell Ranges. It is what lies …
A remote spy base and a ‘criminal’ blockade raise questions about Australia’s complicity in Gaza war
A protest over Pine Gap’s claimed role in genocide has refocused attention on the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. Straight and bare, Hatt Road runs south-west from Mparntwe-Alice Springs before it suddenly swings north through a narrow gap in the MacDonnell Ranges. It is what lies …
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October 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner alleges the Liberal senator defamed him in a 2024 press release.
Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should have verified claims about the head of an Aboriginal land council before publicly harming his reputation, a defamation trial has heard…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shouldn’t ‘just parrot’ claims without verifying, defamation trial hears
Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner alleges the Liberal senator defamed him in a 2024 press release. Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should have verified claims about the head of an Aboriginal land council before publicly harming his reputation, a defamation trial has heard…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states.
October heat records have been broken in several states this week as authorities in New South Wales prepare for “temperatures way above the norm” to hit Sydney and the east coast of A…
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures ‘way above the norm’
Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states. October heat records have been broken in several states this week as authorities in New South Wales prepare for “temperatures way above the norm” to hit Sydney and the east coast of A…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
High-profile lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC is representing the Central Land Council boss in the case against NT senator.
Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with a school principal to oust the chief executive of an Aboriginal land council she defamed in a media release, a court has been t…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with school principal to oust CEO of land council, court hears
High-profile lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC is representing the Central Land Council boss in the case against NT senator. Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with a school principal to oust the chief executive of an Aboriginal land council she defamed in a media release, a court has been t…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ameeta Patel was introduced to a seemingly alpha male called ‘Jungle Jim’. When he talked about his psychologist, she did a double take.
At 40 I was a divorced mother of two. I uprooted myself from New South Wales and headed to Alice Springs to work as a GP. A year later we were all so happy we de…
The moment I knew: he was so open and vulnerable, even as a bloke’s bloke
Ameeta Patel was introduced to a seemingly alpha male called ‘Jungle Jim’. When he talked about his psychologist, she did a double take. At 40 I was a divorced mother of two. I uprooted myself from New South Wales and headed to Alice Springs to work as a GP. A year later we were all so happy we de…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Inquest is hearing evidence about the 2023 death of Mitchell Thomas at Larapinta in Alice Springs. Warning: This article contains an image and reference to an Indigenous Australian who has died An inquest in the Northern Territory will examine whether faulty electrical wiring in social housing cau…
Death of three-year-old boy in social housing fire could have been caused by faulty electrical wiring, inquest hears
Inquest is hearing evidence about the 2023 death of Mitchell Thomas at Larapinta in Alice Springs. Warning: This article contains an image and reference to an Indigenous Australian who has died An inquest in the Northern Territory will examine whether faulty electrical wiring in social housing cau…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Film-maker Rachel Perkins says Larrakia people ‘would have never agreed’ to the planned 11-storey building.
A legislative change that will allow a multi-storey hotel to be built over a sacred site on Darwin’s waterfront without triggering a new heritage assessment is “appalling” and an act of “leg…
‘An act of bastardry’: NT overruled Aboriginal authority to allow hotel on sacred site, advocates say
Film-maker Rachel Perkins says Larrakia people ‘would have never agreed’ to the planned 11-storey building. A legislative change that will allow a multi-storey hotel to be built over a sacred site on Darwin’s waterfront without triggering a new heritage assessment is “appalling” and an act of “leg…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Walking the rocky and remote Northern Territory terrain, Tegan Forder finds lush ravines, undulating trails, delicate native flowers and stunning sunsets.
The first day of a multi-day hike is often filled with optimism, despite the heavy load on your back. You’re leaving a busy life behind and ven…
Vast and spectacular: a five-day hike to Smitt Rock and Eighth Gorge in Nitmiluk national park
Walking the rocky and remote Northern Territory terrain, Tegan Forder finds lush ravines, undulating trails, delicate native flowers and stunning sunsets. The first day of a multi-day hike is often filled with optimism, despite the heavy load on your back. You’re leaving a busy life behind and ven…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrian.
The Northern Territory’s attorney general, Marie-Clare Boothby, has faced criticism after confirming she is related to a man who was spared prison last week over …
NT attorney general criticised after confirming family link to hit-and-run driver
Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrian. The Northern Territory’s attorney general, Marie-Clare Boothby, has faced criticism after confirming she is related to a man who was spared prison last week over …
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Just weeks after giving birth to her second child, the actor and writer discusses Darwin, her first love and her commitment to creating complicated Indigenous characters.
It’s an unusually hot afternoon in Surry Hills and the actor Miranda Tapsell is standing outside Belvoir Street Theatre, squint…
Miranda Tapsell: ‘I put pressure on myself: will this help or hinder my mob?’
Just weeks after giving birth to her second child, the actor and writer discusses Darwin, her first love and her commitment to creating complicated Indigenous characters. It’s an unusually hot afternoon in Surry Hills and the actor Miranda Tapsell is standing outside Belvoir Street Theatre, squint…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Children’s commissioner says young Indigenous person kept in isolation for 12 hours longer than permitted under NT youth justice laws because they refused to move cell blocks.
A young Aboriginal person detained at the Don Dale detention centre was kept in isolation for 84 hours, unable to leave th…
Don Dale detainee isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds
Children’s commissioner says young Indigenous person kept in isolation for 12 hours longer than permitted under NT youth justice laws because they refused to move cell blocks. A young Aboriginal person detained at the Don Dale detention centre was kept in isolation for 84 hours, unable to leave th…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Having overcome childhood adversity and language barriers, McGrath is using his platform to help address the root cause of health inequality in Indigenous communities.
At 14, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath made a radical decision that would change the course of his life. Orphaned at 12, he had spent years …
Stuart Yiwarr McGrath’s journey to become the first Yolŋu registered nurse: ‘None of us are in the health system’
Having overcome childhood adversity and language barriers, McGrath is using his platform to help address the root cause of health inequality in Indigenous communities. At 14, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath made a radical decision that would change the course of his life. Orphaned at 12, he had spent years …
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum.
For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country. Finally, an extraordinary collection of weapons and ceremonial objects taken…
Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia
Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum. For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country. Finally, an extraordinary collection of weapons and ceremonial objects taken…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In federal court documents, the 24-year-old’s family claim officers acted unlawfully in apprehending him and ‘applying force to him such as to cause the loss of his life’.
The mother of Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man who died after being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket by police, is su…
Kumanjayi White’s family sues NT government for ‘unreasonable’ use of force over his death
In federal court documents, the 24-year-old’s family claim officers acted unlawfully in apprehending him and ‘applying force to him such as to cause the loss of his life’. The mother of Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man who died after being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket by police, is su…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reality TV star accused of trying to cover up evidence following the February 2022 crash that killed co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson.
Reality TV star Matt Wright has been found guilty of two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice after a deadly helicopter crash. But a supreme court ju…
Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright found guilty on two charges after fatal helicopter crash but jury deadlocked on third
Reality TV star accused of trying to cover up evidence following the February 2022 crash that killed co-star Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson. Reality TV star Matt Wright has been found guilty of two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice after a deadly helicopter crash. But a supreme court ju…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The reality TV star Matt Wright’s home was bugged with listening devices and phone taps for three months as police sought evidence of a cover-up following a fatal helicopter crash, a jury has heard. …
Outback Wrangler star agreed helicopter pilot had ‘thrown everyone under the bus’ in covert recording played in court
Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The reality TV star Matt Wright’s home was bugged with listening devices and phone taps for three months as police sought evidence of a cover-up following a fatal helicopter crash, a jury has heard. …
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reality TV star Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Reality TV star Matt Wright told an associate to collect the phone of a severely injured pilot following a fatal helicopter crash, a jury has heard. The Outback Wrangler star has ple…
Outback Wrangler star asked colleague to take paralysed pilot’s phone from hospital after fatal crash, court told
Reality TV star Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Reality TV star Matt Wright told an associate to collect the phone of a severely injured pilot following a fatal helicopter crash, a jury has heard. The Outback Wrangler star has ple…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sebastian Robinson accused of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours.
A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting “absolute falsehoods” that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a ju…
Pilot denies making up claims against Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright, helicopter crash trial hears
Sebastian Robinson accused of concocting a story that Wright had asked him to manipulate helicopter flying hours. A helicopter crash pilot has been accused of concocting “absolute falsehoods” that reality TV star Matt Wright tried to get him to falsify flying hours and deleted phone messages, a ju…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Text messages from Sebastian Robinson’s phone were read out in Darwin’s supreme court, detailing regular exchanges about the alleged supply of cocaine.
A pilot who was seriously injured in a deadly helicopter crash has denied being a drug dealer but admitted to sourcing small amounts of cocaine fo…
‘Footie players in town and want bags’: pilot who flew for Outback Wrangler denies supplying cocaine, court hears
Text messages from Sebastian Robinson’s phone were read out in Darwin’s supreme court, detailing regular exchanges about the alleged supply of cocaine. A pilot who was seriously injured in a deadly helicopter crash has denied being a drug dealer but admitted to sourcing small amounts of cocaine fo…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM