Matt Garrick

With the Northern Territory's net debt heading towards a staggering $14 billion, will the returned Albanese government consider a bailout?

With net debt to soon surpass $12 billion, the Northern Territory government's latest budget is headlined by record funding for corrections but little for new infrastructure projects.

Arnhem Land leader Mr B Yunupiŋu will be remembered as a softly spoken man of honour and wisdom, after his death following an alleged attack in his home community.

A mourner of grocer Linford Feick, who was fatally stabbed last month, was taken to hospital with an eye injury after being struck by a brick thrown from a moving car.

The Northern Territory government says it's in negotiations with a university to open a prison work camp at a research farm north of the town of Katherine.

It wasn't a Donald Trump-inspired cap that swayed votes in the Northern Territory on election night. The issues faced on the ground are far bigger.

The ABC has called the Northern Territory seats of Lingiari and Solomon for Labor, holding off a challenge from the Country Liberal Party largely focused on crime concerns.

Members of Darwin's Chinese community are calling for federal Labor and the Coalition to reconsider their election promises to take back the lease of the Darwin Port.

The unstaffed Nightcliff Police Station stands opposite to where 71-year-old supermarket owner Linford Feick was fatally stabbed last week.

The organisation representing Darwin's Aboriginal traditional owners is urging remote community leaders, alongside the territory’s land councils, to join forces to help stamp out violent crime in the NT capital.

Linford Feick is remembered as a "true legend" with a "heart of gold", as the Darwin community gathers to remember the local grocer who was stabbed to death at his store. 

The Northern Territory government has dismissed calls for an independent inquiry into allegations over the misuse of public funding at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation.

Phil Scott was a prominent anti-fracking activist prior to running for the NT seat of Solomon, with Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price accusing him of behaving "like a petulant child".

Crossbench politicians in the Northern Territory are calling for a ban on gifts from corporate bookmakers to members of the NT’s gambling regulator, after revelations its chair declared he had accepted hospitality from gambling companies.

For years, Australia’s de facto online gambling regulator has been based in the Northern Territory. Advocates say that’s a problem and are urging the next federal government to take action.

It was the dream of two former Australians of the Year. Now, a world-class, Aboriginal-led tertiary education precinct is on the cusp of being brought to life in north-east Arnhem Land.

A former NT minister has defended the 99-year lease of the Darwin port to a Chinese-owned company, as both the Coalition and Labor promise to return it to Australian hands.

Darwin port’s lease to a Chinese-owned company has outlasted successive prime ministers. So why are the major parties talking about cancelling it now?

The Northern Territory seat of Solomon has been held relatively safely by Labor for nearly a decade. But social, economic and political factors could see it in play this election.

NT Police say there's been a significant drop in the rates of illegal alcohol supply in Gove, as authorities move to keep liquor restrictions going into the future.

In the face of a police scandal this week, the new Country Liberal Party government still managed to notch up a major win.

Allegations of abuse of power and malicious conduct by the NT Police against former children's commissioner Colleen Gwynne have ultimately ended without findings of improper conduct.

Michael Murphy had planned to deliver a second apology to Aboriginal people in the remote Northern Territory. But after his sudden departure, there’s no certainty it will happen.

The Northern Territory's corruption watchdog has been accused of being a toothless tiger. But after millions of dollars and a rocky first few years, there's an argument that it's finally doing its job.

An ICAC report which uncovered corrupt conduct against an unnamed senior executive in the NT public service has stayed largely out of the spotlight since its release in February.