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23/07/2025

Interstate investors are targeting homes across the Northern Territory and buying them up hours before they hit the market, as recent data shows Darwin has the tightest rental market in the country.

🎤 Roxanne Fitzgerald

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22/07/2025

Thousands of people flocked to the Tiwi Islands over the weekend to cheer on local teams at the islands' biggest event of the year, the revered annual footy grand final.

📸 Sam Parry

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22/07/2025

First Nations people living in the remote Northern Territory are still not expected to reach their 70th birthday. A rare visit inside one of the NT's oldest bush clinics demonstrates why.

🎤 Samantha Dick

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21/07/2025

Twenty-four years ago, the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio sent shockwaves through Central Australia.

The ambush left locals wondering "how something so evil could happen" on their doorstep, and it's a mystery that still haunts the community today.

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Twenty-four years ago, the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio sent shockwaves through Central Australia. The ambush left locals wondering "how something so evil could happen" on their doorstep, and it's a mystery that still haunts the community today.

20/07/2025

Mara Jean Quinn, 35, has spent all her money making a movie.

Her film, Andamooka, is about a woman whose life crumbles before her 30th birthday, so in search of comfort and clarity, she sets out to spend the milestone in the outback.

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Most Australian indie films disappear after they do the festival circuit, but a creative director says Aussie movies should be given "a leg up" with a quota system in cinemas.

19/07/2025

As the world comes to grips with Murdoch's death from terminal cancer this week, details are emerging about what the 67-year-old killer was like behind bars.

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Bradley Murdoch spent the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio. Those who knew him behind bars say he was a "lone wolf" and a master manipulator, who was uncooperative until the end.

18/07/2025

An Australian Army helicopter participating in the multinational Talisman Sabre exercise in the Northern Territory has been damaged in a "hard landing".

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An Australian Army helicopter participating in the multinational Talisman Sabre exercise in the Northern Territory has been damaged in a "hard landing".

18/07/2025

Northern Territory Parks is reminding hikers to carry personal location devices and be well prepared when they head into the outback.

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Northern Territory Parks is reminding hikers to carry personal location devices and be well prepared when they head into the outback.

16/07/2025

ANALYSIS: The Walker Inquest found the constable who shot Walker in Yuendumu in 2019 and was acquitted of all charges, Zachary Rolfe, held racist views. Walker's death "was avoidable", it found, and "a stark example of officer-induced jeopardy."

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The Kumanjayi Walker Inquest backs Aboriginal-led solutions and restoring Warlpiri self-determination, which his family says will "prevent deaths in custody".

16/07/2025

A sergeant who responded to the "bizarre" dead-of-night call about Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees being ambushed in remote NT has spoken exclusively with the ABC, saying she had no idea how much global attention the case would attract at the time.

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A sergeant who responded to the "bizarre" dead-of-night call about Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees being ambushed in remote NT has spoken exclusively with the ABC, saying she had no idea how much global attention the case would attract at the time.

16/07/2025

Notorious outback killer Bradley John Murdoch dies in palliative care at Alice Springs Hospital, taking key information to his grave about his murder of Peter Falconio.

🎤 Samantha Dick

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16/07/2025

A 76-year-old man has died at the scene of a major crash on the Victoria Highway about 50 kilometres outside of Katherine.

Three other occupants of the car, aged in their 60s and 70s, survived the crash and were taken to Katherine Hospital in a “critical” condition, police said.

Another 25-year-old man was also taken to hospital in a “stable” condition.

The Victoria Highway was closed this afternoon, though a dirt detour was available for four-wheel drives.

The Territory’s road toll for 2025 has now risen to 23.

✍🏽 James Elton

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