Darwin - Be alert for mozzie viruses

TOP Enders have been warned to protect themselves against mosquitoes carrying the Ross River virus as the wet season takes hold.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 04:16PM

Darwin - What made us hopping mad in 1984

IN 1984, cane toads were wreaking havoc, Medicare came into effect and no political scandals were happening in the NT.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 04:11PM

Darwin - Madness in his meth mix

THE “ringmaster” of a pathetic attempt to cook methamphetamine has been sentenced in the NT Supreme Court.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 03:53PM

Darwin - Thief too drunk to run

A SHAMEFUL drunk passed out with about $7000 of stolen grog in a wheelie bin at his feet just metres from the scene of the crime.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 03:42PM

Darwin - Booze cruise hopes scuttled

THE Northern Territory Licensing Commission has rejected an application from Sealink to serve alcohol on its ferry services.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 03:50PM

Darwin - Ready to dive as DNA taken

UPDATES: Divers and a team of investigators are searching for the wreckage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 again, as DNA samples were taken to help identify victims’ bodies.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 12:13PM

Darwin - Is this a saltwater crocsucker?

EVERY Territorian’s favourite iced coffee brand has embarked on a questionable advertising campaign .



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 01:58PM

Darwin - Top End monsoon to stick around

DARWIN Airport has already received 134.8mm of rain since the monsoon arrived in the Top End on New Year’s Eve and it is expected to continue.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 12:37PM

Darwin - NYE sinking feeling for family

NEW Year’s Eve ended with ‘that sinking feeling’ for one Top End family when they went cruising in a tinny.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 10:09AM

Darwin - Blunder bust as property seized

A MAN has been charged with 218 offences after police seized more than $250,000 worth of property from three locations around Darwin.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 11:15AM

Darwin - Monsoon couldn’t stop first meet

THE first race meeting of the year at Fannie Bay is still scheduled to go ahead despite the torrential downpour.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 11:39AM

Darwin - CIA reveals the truth behind UFOs

THE truth is out there. America’s Central Intelligence Agency has finally come clean about UFOs. Cue creepy music.



via Darwin and Local News January 01, 2015 at 01:50AM

Darwin - Killer hubby: Why I took wife’s life

IGNORING the pleas of loved ones, a man shot dead his wife before turning the gun on himself. He explained on Facebook why he did it.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 11:18PM

Darwin - Storms halt search as QZ8501 wreckage found

RELATIVES of those lost on QZ 8501 face another night of agony as storms force searchers to suspend operations early after divers recovered seven bodies from the Java Sea.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 04:50PM

Darwin - Fraud detectives seize property

A SEARCH warrant on a Darwin-based travel agency was executed by detectives from the Northern Territory Police Fraud Squad.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 04:29PM

Darwin - Nephew ‘used’ as uncle’s drug mule

IT is the shocking image of childhood innocence sacrificed to the city’s evil drug trade — a five-year-old boy allegedly finalising his uncle’s heroin deal at a Woolloomooloo housing commission block.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 10:30PM

Darwin - Woman charged with trying to kill two children

A QUEENSLAND woman has been charged with the attempted murder of two young children in a house fire.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 06:22PM

Darwin - Record year of NT fatal croc attacks

MORE people were killed by crocodiles in the Northern Territory in 2014 than any other year since records began, a wildlife ranger says.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 02:41PM

Darwin - Arrest as cyclist hurt in collision

A 30-YEAR-old Alice Springs woman has been arrested after allegedly hitting a cyclist and making a low-speed getaway out of town.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 12:38PM

Darwin - $250,000 in stolen property seized

POLICE investigating strings of unlawful entry and theft have made an arrest.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 12:32PM

Darwin - Alleged SexyLand rapist faced court

THE alleged predator charged with the brutal rape and kidnap of a Darwin sex shop worker has faced court.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 12:21PM

Darwin - Alleged SexyLand abductor charged

A 19-YEAR-old man is in custody following the abduction of a woman from SexyLand in Stuart Park.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 10:06AM

Darwin - All the trappings of a hectic year

CHUNKS of juicy, rotting pork proved to be irresistible to the three crocs lured into traps close to Darwin.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 09:04AM

Darwin - Make parents pay for kid crime: elder

LARRAKIA elder Dorothy Fox wants the Government to force parents to pay the price for children who damage property.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 08:52AM

Darwin - Apple reveals next big thing

US PATENT 8,922,530. That’s the number behind what Apple hopes will be 2015’s next big tech device - And Steve Jobs rubbished it way back in 2007.



via Darwin and Local News December 31, 2014 at 07:31AM

Darwin - Suspect caught with pants down

AFTER an hourlong manhunt through wetlands in Ludmilla, Police arrested a man for allegedly being involved in an assault.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 04:39PM

Darwin - How not to use an ATM

A DARWIN man has given the people of the Northern Territory a visual guide on how not to use an ATM.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 02:29PM

Darwin - Alleged SexyLand abductor arrested

A 19-YEAR-old man is in custody following the abduction of a woman from SexyLand in Stuart Park.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 04:17PM

Darwin - Tears mark DJ’s last gig

NOT a soul was left untouched when Mitchell Russell’s younger brother told hundreds of people: “It still doesn’t feel real.”



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 03:56PM

Darwin - Man surrenders after carpark assault

TWO cops went for their tasers - one almost drew his gun - when a man threatened them with an irrigation spike outside a Darwin city takeaway shop.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 02:44PM

Darwin - Partiers urged to take free bus rides

FREE buses will be available all night to get New Year’s Eve revellers home safely.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 02:50PM

Darwin - Abducted SexyLand worker escapes

A WOMAN was reportedly abducted after finishing work at Sexy Land in Stuart Park and was hospitalised after escaping from her abductors.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 09:01AM

Darwin - “I’m here to feed the pigs”

A WOMAN walked into a police department and told an officer she was there “to feed the pigs” before smearing raw meat on the counter.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 11:27AM

Darwin - Hoppy meal for lucky python

AN olive python managed to get his coils around some fast food in the form of an agile wallaby joey in the Nitmiluk National Park near Katherine.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 09:51AM

Darwin - Fallen branch misses playground

LUCKILY no one was eating at this picnic table, or else it may have been their last supper.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 09:24AM

Darwin - IS praises Sydney siege attack

THE Islamic State group has published an interview online with the Jordanian pilot who they recently captured, and also praised the Sydney siege attack.



via Darwin and Local News December 30, 2014 at 09:02AM

Darwin - We’ll f**king swear if we want to!

Territorians are a f****ing foul-mouthed lot who have been fined close to $50,000 for their poor vocabulary, according to new figures released by the NT Justice Department.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 05:59PM

Darwin - Monsoon coming to Top End

A RELIEVING monsoon is forecast to join the Northern Territory in its New Year celebrations



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 04:56PM

Darwin - Man ‘killed by shark’ at Cheynes Beach, Albany

BREAKING: A man has been killed at Cheynes Beach, 70km east of Albany, with police confirming the man suffered horrific injuries “consistent with a shark bite’’.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 02:26PM

Darwin - Four people killed on SA roads in 24 hours

FOUR people have been killed on the state’s roads in 24 hours in fatal crashes in the Barossa Valley, Clarendon and near Whyalla.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 01:28PM

Darwin - Inside our hi-tech search plane

WITH 12 highly trained search and rescue specialists, powerful radars and cameras to scour for signs of life or debris, this is how Australia is helping to find the missing AirAsia plane.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 12:20PM

Darwin - Ute pulled into croc infested waters

A UTE and trailer were pulled into the cocodile infested Buffalo Creek on Sunday night by a strong current, police have said.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 11:34AM

Darwin - Boozehound toad goes arse up

A POSSIBLY chronic alcoholic, boozehound cane toad has fallen arse over tit into a stubby holder.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 11:14AM

Darwin - Big Brother wears blue

BIG Brother is watching closer than ever with NT Police wearing cameras on their uniforms in a three-month trial.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 10:12AM

Darwin - Puppy ‘thrown against the wall’ for fun

ANIMAL Welfare workers are powerless to help abused and neglected dogs unless an owner can be identified — despite horror reports of camp dog cruelty in a Northern Territory community — a government bureaucrat has said.



via Darwin and Local News December 29, 2014 at 09:43AM

Darwin - The tiny tarts of the outback

THE smallest marsupial in Australia has a secret sordid life. Basically, the species’ blokes are the tarts of the Outback.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 04:25PM

Darwin - Hospital fines will be waived

THE company in charge of enforcing paid parking at Royal Darwin Hospital has back-pedalled on Christmas Day fines imposed on people visiting sick loved ones.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 04:04PM

Darwin - Bureaucrat’s apology for Facebook

A NT GOVERNMENT bureaucrat has publicly apologised to a teacher for reputation damage and professional sabotage after impersonating him on Facebook.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 02:38PM

Darwin - Air Asia jet loses contact with air traffic control

A MAJOR search operation is underway after an Air Asia jet with 161 people on-board lost contact with air traffic control while flying from Indonesia to Singapore.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 03:10PM

Darwin - Air Asia jet loses contact with air traffic control

AN Air Asia jet has reportedly lost contact with air traffic control. The jet was travelling from Indonesia to Singapore when contact was lost.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 02:19PM

Darwin - Air Asia jet loses contact with air traffic control

AN Air Asia jet has reportedly lost contact with air traffic control. The jet was travelling from Indonesia to Singapore when contact was lost.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 01:22PM

Darwin - ‘Flying dinosaur’ shocks Taiwan

POLICE in Taiwan were stunned to receive a call that people had just seen a “flying dinosaur”.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 01:12PM

Darwin - Tribunal lets sex claim GP work on

A Darwin GP who pursued a patient suffering mental health issues on a dating website has been allowed to keep practising despite facing an ongoing investigation over claims of sexual misconduct.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 11:47AM

Darwin - Vandal having his way with a wall

NT Police are fairly open-minded folk when it comes to graffiti art — when it’s not talentless and illegal.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 11:30AM

Darwin - Stimulant drugs kill 1,000 in five years

AUSTRALIA’S epidemic of stimulant drug abuse has been linked to more than 1000 deaths in five years.



via Darwin and Local News December 28, 2014 at 10:36AM

Darwin - Lost piggie finds sanctuary on farm

A PIG that escaped potential death by spit roast has found sanctuary on a property in the Darwin rural area.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 04:31PM

Darwin - Vigilante war on crime epidemic

FED up with rampant crime and turnstile justice for young offenders, Darwin and Palmerston residents have formed “vigilante” groups.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 03:38PM

Darwin - Territory recycling efforts rubbished

“DISAPPOINTING” efforts at recycling in the Northern Territory show governments are “blind” to successful initiatives used in the rest of the country.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 03:44PM

Darwin - CLP slush fund ties revealed

DARWIN-based developers with strong CLP ties paid up to $55,000 each to alleged CLP slush fund Foundation 51.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 03:31PM

Darwin - Cathedral provides reminder of horror

ANOTHER permanent marker to commemorate those lost in Cyclone Tracy has been unveiled at a special ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 03:49PM

Darwin - Animals need some holiday cheer

A HIGHER number of animals are surrendered to the RSPCA during the Christmas period. Before buying a pet remember they are forever.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 03:18PM

Darwin - Free, easy gift to save a life

29-YEAR-old Lisa Stewart has received more than 50 transfusions over a four-month period as part of her treatment for aplastic anaemia.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 04:06PM

Darwin - Heavy Rain followed by beaming Sunshine

THE Middleton family will never forget Christmas Day, which started with the arrival of a massive Rain, followed by beaming Sunshine and happiness.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 10:12AM

Darwin - Surge of complaints against Health

SERIOUS complaints against the Northern Territory Health sector have increased by an alarming 66 per cent in the 2013-14 financial year.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 10:35AM

Darwin - Siege victim ‘hit by police bullet’

NEW details of Martin Place gunman Man Haron Monis’s long-standing grudge against Channel 7 have emerged as it’s reported one of the victims of the siege may have been struck by a police bullet.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 10:51AM

Darwin - Surge of complaints against Health

SERIOUS complaints against the Northern Territory Health sector have increased by an alarming 66 per cent in the 2013-14 financial year.



via Darwin and Local News December 27, 2014 at 10:33AM

Darwin - Pulsar revhead made to cool heels

A TERRITORY copper has unloaded some universal tips about how to avoid jail in the festive season.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 05:05PM

Darwin - More expats coming home to work

EXPAT Australians are coming home for Christmas and staying to work as there’s jobs up for grabs for them to further their careers.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 10:30PM

Darwin - Tsunami services mark anniversary

TENS of thousands of people have packed mosques, churches and Southeast Asia’s beaches to remember the 230,000 who lost their lives in the Boxing Day tsunami a decade ago.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 09:28PM

Darwin - Chaos as $2.4m spills onto street

CHRISTMAS came early for these motorists after millions of dollars poured out of the back of a van in a busy street.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 08:49PM

Darwin - Girl in the picture tells Tracy tale

YOU have probably never heard of Poppy Papazoglou but chances are you’ve seen her in this iconic photo taken after Cyclone Tracy.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 09:41AM

Darwin - Video games as an Olympic event?

WE could see competitive video gaming included as an event in the Olympic Games if the creator of World of Warcraft has his way.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 04:08PM

Darwin - Boxing Day sales to deliver $25m

AN estimated $25 million is expected to go through the tills of Territory retailers, with bargain hunters flocking to Boxing Day sales.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 02:35PM

Darwin - ATM robbery attempt overheats

A DESPERATE attempt to grab some free cash went up in flames on Christmas Eve for one criminal.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 01:36PM

Darwin - REVIEW: The Water Diviner

IT SEEMS fitting that one of Australia’s biggest exports would focus his directorial ambitions towards something close to home.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 12:26PM

Darwin - Tsunami’s lost souls remembered

MORE than 400 bodies remain unidentified from the Boxing Day tsunami, which swept 230,000 people to their deaths 10 years ago today.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 11:00PM

Darwin - CCTV footage shows cop ‘ambush’

POLICE have released shocking CCTV video that for the first time shows the moment a cop shot dead a black, armed teen at a petrol station. WARNING: GRAPHIC



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 07:13AM

Darwin - Traveller’s meth taxi nightmare

IT WAS a simple mistake that led to every traveller’s worst nightmare: being stitched up in a South East Asian country on a drugs charge.



via Darwin and Local News December 26, 2014 at 09:40AM

Darwin - The 12 biggest myths of Christmas

PRESENTS. Check. Tree. Check. Turkey ... Little wonder people say the true meaning of the festive season has been lost. But is Christmas really what we think it is?



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 12:50PM

Darwin - NT News Christmas gift guide

CHRISTMAS Day is the perfect time to be considering what to buy your loved ones next festive season.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 12:26PM

Darwin - Siege ends after shots fired

A TENSE Christmas Day standoff with police on the Gold Coast is over with a gunman being taken into custody.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 12:26PM

Darwin - A mum tells of cancer at Christmas

IT was about 6.40pm last Christmas Eve when mother-of-four Karen Lowery was diagnosed with breast cancer.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 10:43AM

Darwin - NT police find human remains

NT police have announced human remains, suspected to be Carlie Sinclair’s, have been found in the Berry Springs grave site.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 01:05PM

Darwin - Pig does runner on ham tip off

A PIG escaped it salivating dominant human overlords in Darwin on Christmas Eve when it clicked to plot that was going down over its murder.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 09:53AM

Darwin - What Christmas is like with 34 kids

BREKKIE WRAP: THINK Christmas is busy at your place? Spare a thought for Jeane and Paul Briggs who have 34 children — and two on the way.



via Darwin and Local News December 25, 2014 at 03:48AM

Darwin - Grandmother’s last act of heroism

A HYSTERICAL Rosemary Butler searched frantically for her two-year-old boy among the rubble of her disintegrated home in Moil.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 03:40PM

Darwin - Thieves ruin Christmas

THIEVES across the Territory have been targeting Christmas presents, ruining the holidays for many families.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 03:37PM

Darwin - Patrick’s happy home in shelter

HE IS six months from receiving the all-clear from doctors from cancer, and he is about to celebrate his first Christmas in a homeless shelter.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 03:32PM

Darwin - Terror plot involved ‘guerrilla war’ in the Blue Mountains

DISTURBING details have emerged of a plot to kill innocent people after overnight terror raids saw two men arrested in Sydney.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 03:28PM

Darwin - Patient ‘in isolation’ after returning from Africa

A PASSENGER on a flight from west Africa has been placed in isolation at Westmead Hospital after reporting a low grade temperature.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 11:31AM

Darwin - Former Catholic brother faces 252 child sex charges

A FORMER Catholic brother has been extradited from New Zealand after he was charged with 252 child sexual assault offences.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 02:07PM

Darwin - Badarse daredevil lifts off

WAS this daredevil inspired by the successful Pixar film UP!, that film nobody saw Danny Deckchair or a massive paycheck from Rockstar Energy Drink?



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 12:47PM

Darwin - Bowser prices pumping up again

THE honeymoon price relief at the bowser is over for Territorians as fuel margins have crept back to the highest in the country.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 10:02AM

Darwin - ’All that was left was floorboards’

REVISIT the Darwin of 1974, when Cyclone Tracy wreaked devastation on families celebrating Christmas — and see how different the city looks 40 years on.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 09:57AM

Darwin - Suicide pact to escape IS sex trade

SISTERS in the clutches of Islamic State terrorists have tried to strangle each other to death rather than being sold as wives to the extremists.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 04:48AM

Darwin - ‘I found my son in IS propaganda’

A MUM whose three-year-old son was kidnapped by his father claims to have seen the boy in shocking Islamic State imagery.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 03:29AM

Darwin - ‘When I saw it was him I started crying’

THE distraught brother of an eight-year-old boy who was crushed to death by a concrete slab has described in harrowing detail the events leading up to and after the accident.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 10:03PM

Darwin - PM warns of increased ‘terror chat’

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has warned of a “heightened level of terror chatter” in the wake of last week’s Sydney siege.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 04:35PM

Darwin - Murder charge over Sinclair death

POLICE have charged Danny Deacon with the murder of Carlie Sinclair.



via Darwin and Local News December 24, 2014 at 08:16AM

Darwin - Murder charge over Sinclair death

POLICE have charged Danny Deacon with the murder of Carlie Sinclair.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 05:52PM

Darwin - Digger in hunt for Carlie’s body

THERE has been a series of developments in the Carlie Sinclair murder case.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 01:35PM

Darwin - Refugee ends 51-day hunger strike

AFTER 51 days without food an Iranian asylum seeker at Darwin’s Wickham Point detention facility has ended his hunger strike with an electrolyte drink.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 04:42PM

Darwin - Robertson resigns over Monis letter

NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has resigned after revelations that he signed a letter for Lindt cafe gunman Man Haron Monis two years after the extremist was charged with sending offensive letters to the families of slain diggers.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 03:44PM

Darwin - 5 things you need to do in the NT

IT DREW more local and international visitors in 2014 than any other year. We’ve all heard of Uluru, but what else is there to do in the Northern Territory?



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 03:36PM

Darwin - ‘Anti Islamic’ taunts ‘incite violence’

THREE men went to the Sydney suburb of Lakemba with only one thing in mind. The result was a violent confrontation that left a police officer in hospital.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 04:06PM

Darwin - Baby Breslin Darwin’s Xmas miracle

LITTLE Breslin Lea Sullivan is Darwin’s very own Christmas miracle.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 01:07PM

Darwin - Fair suck of the chilli sauce bottle

A DARWIN sauce company was trolled on social media by southerners because its label apologises for Prime Minister Tony Abbott allegedly being an idiot.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 11:48AM

Darwin - Taylor sentenced for horror crash

JOSHUA Leigh Taylor has been sentenced over a horrific car crash that killed his partner and two of their children.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 12:36PM

Darwin - Peris remembers Cyclone Tracy

CYCLONE Tracy is Senator Nova Peris’s first clear memory of childhood.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 11:56AM

Darwin - Bullet has sights set on a home

ALL this loving blue heeler Bullet wants for Christmas is you.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 09:39AM

Darwin - Alleged ice boss ratted on workers

THE “ringmaster” of a plot to cook methamphetamine in a Darwin motel room ratted on his minions after three of them allegedly bashed him.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 09:07AM

Darwin - Midnight worst time to finish shift

JOHN May was the ABC Radio announcer on duty in Darwin on Christmas Eve in 1974 when Cyclone Tracy hit.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 09:01AM

Darwin - Tributes to blues legend Cocker

RINGO Starr and Paul McCartney lead tributes to Grammy Award-winning singer Joe Cocker after he loses his battle with lung cancer.



via Darwin and Local News December 23, 2014 at 08:49AM

Darwin - Parents warned over Cairns horror

WHILE adults in Manoora are finding it hard enough to stomach Friday’s massacre they are being warned their children are the ones needing the most assurance after the tragedy.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 10:30PM

Darwin - Heartbreaking songs chosen by Katrina���s kids

SIEGE victim Katrina Dawson’s three young children have chosen a song each for their mum to be played at her funeral today.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 11:10AM

Darwin - Custodial order for hammer attack

JUSTIN Osborne waved his arms above his head and shouted a “yeeha” after he bludgeoned a man to death with a sledgehammer in a case of mistaken identity, a court has heard.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 06:12PM

Darwin - Police allege bloke bit officer

A MAN allegedly bit a copper while being arrested over a domestic dispute in a Territory town.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 03:37PM

Darwin - Massacre house to be demolished

THE Cairns house where eight children were stabbed to death will be “removed” to make way for a memorial, MP Gavin King says.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 02:15PM

Darwin - Still no booking trail for plane trip

INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion will not provide paper evidence about his terminated flight to a Northern Land Council meeting because the booking was “done over the phone”.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 02:06PM

Darwin - Grab a bargain and save lives

MORE than 18,000 people in crisis will call Lifeline from Christmas to New Year.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 11:28AM

Darwin - Not guilty due to mental impairment

JUSTIN Osborne waved his arms above his head and shouted a “yeeha” after he bludgeoned a man to death with a sledgehammer in a case of mistaken identity, a court has heard.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 11:05AM

Darwin - Mates involved in fatal crash

The vehicle involved in the horrific crash that took the life of Mitchell Russell was driven by his own mate.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 10:29AM

Darwin - Dad ‘attacked’ ambos saving his son’s legs

THE father of a teen who had his legs severed by a locomotive has allegedly attacked the ambulance vehicle there to save his son.



via Darwin and Local News December 22, 2014 at 08:16AM

Darwin - Police still digging for remains

FORENSIC investigators are more than a metre deep beneath the ground in what they believe is the grave of missing woman Carlie Sinclair.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 06:41PM

Darwin - Car yards hit by rego holiday

Santa may not be delivering new cars to Territorians this Christmas after the Government moved to shut the Motor Vehicle Registry offices from Christmas Day until January 2.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 06:20PM

Darwin - Hot model in ugly NT snubbing

A PROUD Territorian model has been forced to deny her roots in order to take part in a tourism pageant.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 04:01PM

Darwin - A role model for troubled kids

Mitchell Russell’s family have remembered him as a role model for troubled kids.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 03:54PM

Darwin - Katherine exclusion zone now open

A LARGE section of Katherine has been reopened after a “significant” gas leak at a servo saw a 200m exclusion zone set up around the site.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 03:37PM

Darwin - PM doubles women in Cabinet

TONY ABBOTT has unveiled a “significant” shake-up of his ministry, with David Johnston dumped and Sussan Ley becoming the second woman in Cabinet.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 02:41PM

Darwin - Defence Minister axed in reshuffle

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has dumped Defence Minister David Johnston in his reshuffle and promoted Sussan Ley into Cabinet.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 02:03PM

Darwin - Mum charged with murdering 8 children

DETECTIVES have charged a mother with eight counts of murder after children were found dead in Cairns.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 01:37PM

Darwin - Exclusion zone set up around gas leak

POLICE and firies are at the scene of a massive gas leak in Katherine.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 12:54PM

Darwin - Mum charged with murdering 8 children

BREAKING: Detectives have charged a mother with eight counts of murder after children were found dead in Cairns.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 01:06PM

Darwin - Road train fire down The Track

A TRUCKIE noticed smoke billowing from the engine of his road train.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 10:32AM

Darwin - Cut leg from car tree crash

A YOUNG man escaped with a cut leg after crashing his car into a tree in suburban Darwin.



via Darwin and Local News December 21, 2014 at 10:04AM

Darwin - Carlie’s grave dug weeks before murder: Police

POLICE will allege Carlie Sinclair’s grave was dug weeks before her murder.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 09:59AM

Darwin - Darwin man killed by garden disease

A MAN has died after contracting the deadly soil-borne disease melioidosis – also known as Nightcliff gardener’s disease.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 02:49PM

Darwin - Inmates get pet project

LOW-security prisoners are helping some furry inmates make a jailbreak.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 03:20PM

Darwin - Donn’s record mercy flight

DONN Howe had been flying jumbo jets for just four months when the phone rang at his Sydney home on December 28, 1974.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 03:13PM

Darwin - Come all ye frill-ful, let’s party

MILLY the frilly has been warming up her vocal cords for some old-fashioned carolling.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 02:40PM

Darwin - Treatment of young boy "appalling"

VIDEO of correctional services guards forcibly stripping a 13-year-old boy is appalling, the Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner said.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 11:43AM

Darwin - Young biker dies in horror smash

A 23-YEAR-old motorcyclist has died after a crash in Palmerston.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 11:00AM

Darwin - Gillard demands apology

JULIA Gillard has called for an apology after a Royal Commission into trade unions found she did not commit any crime.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 08:01PM

Darwin - ‘It has rocked us to the core’

SUNRISE co-host David Koch has opened up about the tragic outcome of the Sydney siege and the difficulties he’s had returning to work.



via Darwin and Local News December 20, 2014 at 05:38AM

Darwin - Confident we’ve found Carlie’s body: Police

POLICE believe they have located the body of missing Darwin mum Carlie Sinclair. They have also arrested a man in relation to her disappearance.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:42PM

Darwin - Tread carefully, Mr Claus

SANTA will have his hands full when he tries to leave presents for the dingo pups at Crocodylus Park.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:55PM

Darwin - Hunger striker’s last wish

AN asylum seeker who has been on a hunger strike for 47 days has asked to not be resuscitated if he loses consciousness.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 04:07PM

Darwin - Eight kids dead in mass stabbing

POLICE have surrounded a house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora where eight children, all siblings aged from 18 months to 15 years of age, have been slaughtered.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:53PM

Darwin - Our brightest with world at their feet

HONOURS for the highest Year 12 score have gone to an Alice Springs student who was awe-struck by her result.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:21PM

Darwin - Lee yet to pay back election unds

CONVICTED street fighter Larisa Lee has failed to pay back more than $8000 inappropriately received during her election campaign in 2012.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:01PM

Darwin - Tragic killer driver used ‘ice’

A MAN was exhausted from the effects of the drug “ice” when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed - killing his partner and two of their children.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:13PM

Darwin - Sights and sounds of Christmas

AS houses stage a friendly battle with Christmas light displays, one Moil property has taken it up another level.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 03:16PM

Darwin - ‘Tragic event’: Eight children stabbed

BREAKING: A child as young as 18 months is among eight children killed in a mass stabbing in Cairns. A woman, believed to be the children’s mother is in hospital, and police say she is not a suspect.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 02:00PM

Darwin - Croc comes to the crunch

THE bite force of the saltwater crocodile is on full display in a series of photographs taken on a remote Territory beach.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 10:05AM

Darwin - Man cut from car after tree crash

A DRIVER was lucky to escape with relatively minor injuries after he crashed into a tree in Moil last night.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 11:06AM

Darwin - Snapchat dealer dobs in suppliers

AN Inpex worker who dealt party pills from his letter box has dobbed in a bigger fish in exchange for a lighter sentence.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 10:39AM

Darwin - Footage shows Monis stalking his prey

SECURITY footage has emerged which is believed to show gunman Man Haron Monis calmly walking through Martin Place an hour before the siege.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 10:30PM

Darwin - Kids do Christmas shopping wrong

A GROUP of kids armed with a besser brick decided to do their Christmas shopping on the cheap at Kmart Alice Springs.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 08:53AM

Darwin - The stories you need to know today

THE creepy Slender Man case has a new twist with one of the girls charged for stabbing a friend appearing in court again.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 09:15AM

Darwin - ‘It’s the most beautiful thing’

THE partner of Sydney siege victim Tori Johnson has spoken for the first time about his loss.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 07:30AM

Darwin - ‘Where is his heart right now?’

JACQUI Lambie has criticised fellow Senator David Leyonhjelm’s push for more relaxed gun laws in the wake of the cafe siege, asking where his heart is.



via Darwin and Local News December 19, 2014 at 05:57AM

Darwin - Arnhem’s secrets revealed

SOME of Arnhem Land’s best secret fishing spots will be broadcast into the country’s loungerooms.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 04:12PM

Darwin - Life sounds good as device turns up

BERRY Springs local Richard Hall’s family live interstate but for the past 10 years his hearing loss meant staying in touch was virtually impossible.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 03:57PM

Darwin - The Veronicas are back on track

IT is hard to imagine that The Veronicas have spent most of the past seven years away from the spotlight.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 09:18AM

Darwin - Smith avoids captain’s curse

LIVE: Steve Smith posted the highest score in a debut innings by an Aussie skipper in almost 40 years to help Australia fight back in the second Test.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 04:38PM

Darwin - Alleged ATM thieves extradited

THE four Albanian men accused of a string of ATM robberies across four states have arrived at Darwin Airport to be extradited to NSW.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 01:09PM

Darwin - Party-time python to greet Santa

WHILE all good boys and girls are fast asleep on Christmas Eve, one sneaky snake will be up hoping for a glimpse of Santa.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 12:08PM

Darwin - Police dispute Abbott’s gun claims

NSW Police have disputed Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s claim that “madman” Man Haron Monis had a gun licence before he launched his attack at Martin Place.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 05:09PM

Darwin - What happened after the headlines

FROM Rachelle Louise to Baby Gammy, these are the people whose stories stopped the nation in 2014. But what have they been up to since you last read about them? Find out here.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 11:34AM

Darwin - Mass grave of 230 IS victims found

A MASS grave of 230 people murdered by Islamic State fighters has been discovered in Syria — the “vast majority” civilians executed in cold blood.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 04:18AM

Darwin - Friend defence ends in attack

A WOMAN has been assaulted with a pair of scissors after intervening in an alleged fight on a bus between a 16-year-old friend and his girlfriend.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 09:27AM

Darwin - Suspect held after Alice drug lab raid

AN illicit drug laboratory has been raided by police in Alice Springs - the second major bust in just three weeks.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 09:03AM

Darwin - Hot night hits Darwin record

THE mercury hit a roasting 29.7C - Darwin had officially equalled its hottest night ever.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 08:52AM

Darwin - Nigel no-show mystery

RECORDS from Darwin’s air traffic control contradict Nigel Scullion’s claims that problems with a charter flight caused him to cancel a meeting.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 09:08AM

Darwin - The stories you need to know today

A TORONTO man searching for a replacement for his ex-girlfriend on world trip, has found his perfect match.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 08:49AM

Darwin - Australia ‘a nation of victims’

AUSTRALIA is a “nation of victims” because citizens, like the hostages in the Sydney siege, are unable to properly defend themselves, says a pro-guns Aussie Senator.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 06:01AM

Darwin - Horrific games of school massacre killers

TALIBAN gunmen told students they would be safe before lining them up and executing them in front of classmates, a survivor has revealed. Warning: Graphic.



via Darwin and Local News December 18, 2014 at 05:15AM

Darwin - There’s something strange going on in this town

IT’S baffled authorities and left residents in fear. There’s a strange phenomenon going on in this town and no one can explain why it’s happening.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 08:12PM

Darwin - Lion king of festive catwalk

ARAALI has been practising his perfect festive pose since he heard about the NT News’s 12 Critters of Christmas.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 02:42PM

Darwin - ‘I’ve never felt so much relief’

FIVE hours of sheer terror dissipated as relief took over for John O’Brien, the first hostage to escape the Martin Place siege. This is what happened inside the cafe.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 01:35PM

Darwin - Big fella puts on best croc smile

A MONSTER saltwater crocodile was pulled out of Daly River by Parks and Wildlife Commission.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 02:18PM

Darwin - Inpex denies quick flick

INPEX claims sacked workers have been given at least a week’s notice of their demise, despite mounting accounts to the contrary from workers and unions.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 02:27PM

Darwin - Killer amongst us ‘an accident waiting to happen’

THE PM doesn’t understand it. The NSW Premier is outraged. It seems the system has failed us. This is how Man Haron Monis was able to terrorise a city.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 12:22PM

Darwin - Virgin enters Alice for low price

VIRGIN has entered the Alice Springs market with fares on the Darwin and Adelaide routes that are up to 30 per cent cheaper than rival Qantas.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 11:34AM

Darwin - Charges dropped over ATM heists

PROSECUTORS have dropped charges against four Albanian men accused of a plotting a covert hi-tech operation to steal money from a rural Darwin ATM.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 11:39AM

Darwin - Jurrah signs with Darwin team

IT’S official: Liam Jurrah has been signed to play for a Darwin team next year.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 11:10AM

Darwin - Muslim speaks out against evil

DARWIN’S most senior Islamic leader has condemned the Sydney siege, and the gunman who took hostages in Islam’s name.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 10:06AM

Darwin - Remain alert of terror threat: Giles

ALL Territorians must remain alert, but not alarmed, for any potential terrorist situation which could arise, Chief Minister Adam Giles has urged.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 09:00AM

Darwin - Drunk driver “homeless and asleep”

A DRUNK driver has told cops he was homeless and sleeping when they found him stopped on the side of the road in the Northern Suburbs.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 09:08AM

Darwin - Why police wouldn’t negotiate

EVEN though his demands were relatively modest, there was no way police were negotiating with Martin Place terrorist Man Haron Monis — and here’s why.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 10:30PM

Darwin - Virgin enters Alice for low price

VIRGIN has entered the Alice Springs market with fares on the Darwin and Adelaide routes that are up to 30 per cent cheaper than rival Qantas.



via Darwin and Local News December 17, 2014 at 08:45AM

Darwin - Kangaroo Dundee star attacked

“YOU’VE got to understand that big male kangaroos have the potential to disembowel you. I was very lucky,” admits Kangaroo Dundee’s ‘Brolga’.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 08:30PM

Darwin - Ram-raid offenders on the loose

A GROUP of young offenders have been caught on CCTV ram-raiding the Howard Springs bottle shop and stealing alcohol, cigarettes and a charity tin inside.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 04:54PM

Darwin - Heroic hostage fought gunman

THE Lindt cafe manager who was fatally shot in the Martin Place siege is being praised as a hero, responsible for allowing others trapped in the cafe to escape.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 12:30PM

Darwin - Asylum seeker’s 45 day hunger strike

AN Iranian asylum seeker at the Wickham Point detention centre was looking “sick” as a result of a hunger strike that has now lasted 45 days.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 02:12PM

Darwin - Faces of the Martin Place siege

THE youngest of the hostages, 19-year-old Jarrod Hoffman, was forced to pass on gunman Man Horan Monis’s demands to the media over the phone.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 02:32PM

Darwin - Park lays waste to bins

ALL rubbish bins at Litchfield National Park will be removed in a bizarre tactic to stem overflowing rubbish at the popular tourist destination.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 02:36PM

Darwin - Snuggle Dot a cuddle pie

DOT the sugar glider is a known snuggler.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 02:19PM

Darwin - Help find sexy Santa for Mary

ONE Christmas enthusiast got a pash from the man of her dreams - a funny, cheeky man who goes by Santa Claus. Unfortunately for her, she didn’t get his phone number.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 12:14PM

Darwin - Crimestoppers NT chair faces court

DARWIN travel agent Xana Kamitsis has faced courts over accusations she defrauded the NT Government.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 10:55AM

Darwin - Ramraid offenders still on the loose

HOWARD Springs Tavern bottle shop was ramraided with the alleged offenders still on the loose



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 10:42AM

Darwin - Hit-and-run victim “stable”

A YOUNG man is in a stable condition after he was struck by a car on Dickward Drv.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 10:37AM

Darwin - Send your condolences

IT has been a hard 24-hours for Australians everywhere. We were all hoping against hope that those involved in the siege would escape unharmed.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 10:10AM

Darwin - Sydney siege gunman’s final rant

THE man who held several people hostage in a Sydney cafe for over 17 hours is a self-styled ‘sheik’ with a long history of run-ins with law enforcement.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 09:25AM

Darwin - Six big stories you missed yesterday

WHILE the country’s attention was rightly focused on the crisis in Sydney, other imporant news was lost in the shuffle. Here’s what you may have missed.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 06:12AM

Darwin - ‘He is threatening to kill us’

MARCIA Mikhael, huddled with her fellow hostages inside the Lindt Café on Martin Place, sent a chilling plea out early yesterday afternoon.



via Darwin and Local News December 16, 2014 at 04:16AM

Darwin - Police fear for missing Darwin man

POLICE are concerned about a 62-year-old man who has not been seen since late November.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 06:20PM

Darwin - ‘Do you want me to shoot you too?’

A SHAKEN Craig Stoker came face-to-face with the hostage gunman as he walked down Phillip St after buying a coffee from the Lindt cafe.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 04:47PM

Darwin - Lisa and Sam get Hooker classy

BACHELORETTES Lisa Hyde and Sam Frost show Australia their classiest publicity-stunt, taking it to Darwin to finally get credibility.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 04:18PM

Darwin - The Darwin Awards’ penis bias

STUPIDITY can be fatal.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 03:12PM

Darwin - Whip it. Whip it good. Hookers Ball

Darwin’s most infamous event is the Hookers Ball. You can see all the NT News photos in a gallery here.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 02:19PM

Darwin - Turtle quick to nab present

ALBERT the northern yellow faced turtle is helping to deck the halls of Crocosaurus Cove.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 01:15PM

Darwin - Lisa and Sam get Hooker classy

BACHELORETTES Lisa Hyde and Sam Frost show Australia their classiest publicity-stunt, taking it to Darwin to finally get credibility.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 12:32PM

Darwin - ‘Our hearts go out to these people’

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has said he does not know if the Sydney siege is politically motivated, but the business of government must go on.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 11:47AM

Darwin - Alien Conspiracy: Qld stealing UFOs

THERE has been a conspiracy of silence of why there’s been a spike of Queensland UFO sightings yet the Territory UFO tourism industry languishes on its knees.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 11:43AM

Darwin - Faces of fear: ‘I’m just scared’

THE horrified boss of Lindt Cafe says the siege happened when the cafe was at its busiest — with as many as 50 people now being held hostage.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 10:37AM

Darwin - What is The Black Standard flag?

THE black and white flag paraded in the window of the cafe at the centre of the Martin Place siege is a jihadist flag used by Muslim extremists.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 10:20AM

Darwin - Why Martin Place has been chosen

ONE of Sydney’s busiest streets and home to a TV network, Martin Place has long been identified as a potential target for terrorists wanting to make a statement.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 10:06AM

Darwin - Jihadist flag at city centre siege

BREAKING: Up to 50 people are being held hostage at a Sydney cafe in Martin Place and are being forced to stand in front of windows next to a jihadist flag.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 10:12AM

Darwin - Man arrested after early morning Sydney terror raid

A MAN from north west Sydney has been taken into custody for suspected terrorism related offences during a raid this morning by counter terrorism units from the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police.



via Darwin and Local News December 15, 2014 at 08:59AM

Darwin - Deal to speed up NBN rollout

OLD Telstra and Optus pay-TV cables will be used to roll out the National Broadband Network quicker and cheaper, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 03:45PM

Darwin - Burnt truck driver flown to Sydney

A ROAD train driver has been flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition with burns covering 70 per cent of his body.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 03:28PM

Darwin - Police taser baseball bat man

A MAN wielding a baseball bat allegedly used the weapon to “smash car windows” before hitting a man in the head with it in northern Darwin, police have said.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 02:51PM

Darwin - Bids for nuclear dump in March

BIDDING to host Australia’s nuclear waste dump will begin in March, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has said.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 02:31PM

Darwin - Teen arrested for hooning as police abused

POLICE were abused by a crowd of 30-40 people as they arrested a man for hooning at Berrimah on Friday night.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 02:15PM

Darwin - “Violent” escapee caught on CCTV

A “violent” escapee was caught by CCTV footage hiding on a roof in Alice Springs.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 02:01PM

Darwin - Was miracle Tsunami ending a lie?

THE story of two children swept away from their parents in the Boxing Day tsunami and then reunited 10 years later captivated the world. But is it all a lie?



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 12:04PM

Darwin - Road train remains ‘critical’

A ROAD train driver remains in a critical condition after sustaining burns to 70 per cent of his body after his vehicle collided with another road train in East Arm



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 11:57AM

Darwin - Pokies cap lift a pay-off, says Wood

INDEPENDENT MLA Gerry Wood yesterday said the Government’s decision to lift the cap on poker machines was a pay-off to the hotels industry for a $150,000 donation to the CLP at the last election



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 11:31AM

Darwin - The Territory’s super nits

TERRITORY tough nits are thriving in humid Top End conditions and outliving the most potent chemical concoctions



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 11:43AM

Darwin - Claus in as Darwinites stick by naughty Nick

SO AN unemployed, unshaven, obese man with a large red sack breaks into an endless number of houses. But does anyone ever call to the police?



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 10:43AM

Darwin - Headless croc found in harbour

ILLEGAL trophy hunters are believed responsible for this gruesome sight of a headless crocodile floating in Bynoe Harbour.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 10:12AM

Darwin - Fly in then flies down

THE demand for sex in the Top End is so high, escort agencies are having to employ fly-in, fly-out prostitutes to keep up.



via Darwin and Local News December 14, 2014 at 10:02AM

Darwin - Road train driver ‘critical condition’

A ROAD train driver is in a critical condition after sustaining burns to 70 per cent of his body after his vehicle collided with another road train in East Arm



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 12:04PM

Darwin - Rehab ‘rugged’ as inmates want out

A FORMER employee at Darwin’s mandatory alcohol treatment facility says one man escaped 13 times during the period he was at the rehab centre.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:36PM

Darwin - Not sweet on Honey Pot move

SIX public complaints over the Honey Pot’s proposed move to opposite a children’s playground have been received by the Northern Territory Licensing Commission.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:52PM

Darwin - Extra pokies to cost NT dearly

THE Giles Government’s move to scrap the cap on pokies in pubs and clubs effective from January 1 will have dire consequences for the Territory, Labor says.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:30PM

Darwin - Anula tops buyers’ list

ANULA is the Northern Territory’s new property hot spot, topping a list of most-searched suburbs to buy in during the past three months.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:21PM

Darwin - Maggie hops you’ll enjoy festive snaps

ON THE first day of Christmas our readers gave a scream, gushing: “OMG, that is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.”



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:18PM

Darwin - Station wagon ‘bowed’ by impact

A MAN is in a critical condition in Royal Darwin Hospital following a single vehicle accident at Noonamah.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 04:13PM

Darwin - Road train driver badly burned

A ROAD train driver has sustained burns to 70 per cent of his body after his vehicle collided with another road train in East Arm



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 12:04PM

Darwin - Mayor’s ‘forgery’ attack on CEO

LITCHFIELD Mayor Allan McKay has accused the council’s chief executive of forging his signature, as infighting plaguing the council becomes increasingly bitter.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 10:04AM

Darwin - Google finds Darwin after all

THE Darwin CBD and southern suburbs will finally be visible on Google Street View.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 10:32AM

Darwin - Photo ban going off the deep end

The world has gone mad. Or at least bureaucracy has with parents banned from taking photographs of their own kids at public swimming pools.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 10:46AM

Darwin - Croc mutation a slow process

NEW research has revealed crocodilian species, including the Australian saltwater crocodile, are in no rush to make changes to their DNA.



via Darwin and Local News December 13, 2014 at 10:22AM

Darwin - NT Government announce reshuffle

THE Northern Territory Government has announced the latest cabinet reshuffle, and MLA Dave Tollner remains on the backbench.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 03:52PM

Darwin - NT hero a national treasure

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who resuscitated a three-year-old family friend who almost drowned in a waterhole is the national winner of the Pride of Australia Awards.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 03:45PM

Darwin - Firie says he was pushed over edge

A VETERAN firefighter was “bullied” for rebelling against paid overtime policies and one of his colleagues posted on social media.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 03:40PM

Darwin - Scullion no-show angers council

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion was a no-show at this week’s Northern Land Council full delegates meeting because of plane trouble.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 03:56PM

Darwin - Wandering cocks invade Darwin

IS this the first photo of the elusive, much-talked about wandering cock or has this Darwin driver simply taken overcompensating to a new level?



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 04:02PM

Darwin - Mum traded dead son’s bike for drugs

A GRIEVING mother traded her son’s motorbike for methamphetamine after he killed himself on an ice-fuelled bender, a court has heard.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 08:57AM

Darwin - Wandering cocks migrate to Darwin

IS this the first official photographic evidence of the elusive, much-talked about wandering cock or has this Darwin driver simply taken overcompensating to a new level?



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 01:40PM

Darwin - Police look for frying pan fugitive

HAVE you seen Levi Storm Stephen? He is one of the Northern Territory Police Force’s most wanted.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 11:08AM

Darwin - Dangerous fugitive arrested

A DANGEROUS fugitive, who was on the run after escaping custody from Alice Springs Hospital, has been arrested.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 09:55AM

Darwin - Teen’s party pick-up horror

A TEEN was allegedly punched in the face “for no reason” and his car “smashed and slashed” when he picked his girlfriend up from a party in Wagaman.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 09:15AM

Darwin - Peron blasts euthanasia ‘shirker’ MPs

THE Territory’s federal MPs have been accused of “shirking their responsibilities” over voluntary euthanasia by former chief minister Marshall Perron.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 09:27AM

Darwin - Speech proves tax for pearl queen

ONE of Australia’s richest women, Marilynne Paspaley was caught out in a bid to escape NSW land tax by a speech she made in Darwin almost 10 years ago.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 12:43PM

Darwin - RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today

AUDIO of the moment a New Zealand tourist plunged to her death from accused killer Gable Tostee’s Gold Coast balcony has been leaked online.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 08:28AM

Darwin - Bus brawl women caught on CCTV

WATCH: TWO women have been caught on camera biting, punching and spitting on a bus driver in another attack on Melbourne’s public transport.



via Darwin and Local News December 12, 2014 at 08:32AM

Darwin - Do these cases prove the existence of aliens?

UNTIL the day we make contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life, there will always be speculation, hope and fear about the existence of aliens. This year was no different.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 07:01PM

Darwin - Secret hostie language decoded

“DEADHEAD. Coach roach.” Wait, what? Flight attendants seem to have their own mysterious language. Here’s what they’re really saying about you.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 03:16PM

Darwin - Beard baubles: The hipster gift

BEARDS have long had a Christmassy feel, thanks to their close association with Santa. Now you can make your fuzz look truly festive with shiny decorations.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 04:49PM

Darwin - NT dole scheme ‘slave labour’

The NT government’s proposed work-for-the-dole scheme is tantamount to slave labour, Aboriginal traditional owners say.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 10:50AM

Darwin - Vandals turn out the lights

A TOP End family is desperately trying to hold on to the Christmas spirit after their holiday light display was vandalised.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 07:33AM

Darwin - Drunk fuel thief sparks police chase

AN alleged drunk woman, who took off without paying for a tank of petrol, led police on a chase through Darwin’s streets when she refused to stop.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 08:29AM

Darwin - Build or bust, look for warning signs

THE future of building in the Top End is in the spotlight following the recent collapse of four major firms.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 08:57AM

Darwin - Mate drought leaving Aussies lonely

MANY Australians feel there is limited mateship in their lives, with social isolation affecting a large part of the population.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 07:16AM

Darwin - RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today

A five-year-old girl has died after her parents forced her to drink so much soft drink it caused her brain to swell. Now they’re being punished.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 07:31AM

Darwin - Family struggles with son’s death

THE grieving grandfather of Sam Trott who was found drowned today has told how the autistic toddler brought “so much sunshine into our lives”.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 11:52AM

Darwin - David Hicks heckles ‘coward’ Brandis

FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has heckled federal Attorney-General George Brandis at an awards ceremony in Sydney, calling him a coward.



via Darwin and Local News December 11, 2014 at 07:13AM

Darwin - Buffaloes coach to miss match

DARWIN Buffaloes will be without coach Mark Motlop and star Joe Anderson for Saturday’s blockbuster clash with Palmerston at TIO Stadium.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 08:04PM

Darwin - Big smartwatch also phones home

IS your wrist ready for the world’s biggest smartwatch? Samsung’s Gear S puts a two-inch touchscreen on your arm and it can act as a phone.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 06:00AM

Darwin - Machete man serves up street justice

A MAN fed up with vandals destroying others’ property took the law — and a machete — into his own hands to dish out some “street justice” after the group allegedly targeted his brother’s car.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 05:09PM

Darwin - Forgotten island full of secrets

WE’VE all heard about the darker side of this island. But there’s a lot we don’t know about it, according to an Aussie traveller.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 01:31PM

Darwin - Clarke cracks courageous ton

LIVE: Michael Clarke has posted an inspiring century, battling through a debilitating back injury to honour Phillip Hughes.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 02:50PM

Darwin - “Harsh and unhygienic” conditions

A REMAND prisoner has claimed he was forced to wear the same clothes for two weeks until he was taken to hospital with a festering bite on his hand.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 01:37PM

Darwin - Albanian men refused bail

FOUR Albanian men have been refused bail over a sophisticated attempt to steal money from an ATM at a rural Darwin bank.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 01:22PM

Darwin - Accusations of inappropriate meetings

EMBATTLED Litchfield mayor Allan McKay will face his aldermen to explain allegations he has met inappropriately with developers.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 12:13PM

Darwin - Giles paves way for Tollner return

FORMER Deputy Chief Minister Dave Tollner appears to be back on his way to cabinet after he resigned over homophobic slurs in August.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:04AM

Darwin - Drug dealer faces fresh stint in jail

A CONVICTED criminal should have learnt his lesson when he served more than five years’ jail for cooking “ice” a decade ago, a prosecutor has said.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 11:41AM

Darwin - Territory kids slip through gap

NORTHERN Territory students continue to fall behind their interstate counterparts, with a significant gap in literacy and numeracy capabilities.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 11:12AM

Darwin - Airnorth reduces flights to Gove

AIRNORTH will reduce services to Nhulunbuy, four months after QantasLink withdrew the operation of its Boeing 717 operation.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:47AM

Darwin - Knife man threatens woman in bed

AN intruder armed with a knife “smashed his way” into a home in Darwin’s northern suburbs and demanded money from a woman in her bedroom.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:54AM

Darwin - Airnorth reduces flights to Gove

AIRNORTH will reduce services to Nhulunbuy, four months after QantasLink withdrew the operation of its Boeing 717 operation.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:43AM

Darwin - Putting life on line part of the job

SHE’S been thrown off a lighthouse, shot in the back, run over by a bus, kidnapped and fallen off a cliff.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:36AM

Darwin - Sickening truth of CIA torture

EXTREME sleep deprivation. Waterboarding. Rectal rehydration, and threats of sexual assault. We knew the US tortured prisoners, but the full, horrifying truth has only just been revealed.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 07:09AM

Darwin - Bali Nine duo will face firing squad

INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo has ruled out issuing pardons for any drug convicts on death row, including two Australian members of the Bali Nine.



via Darwin and Local News December 10, 2014 at 03:45AM

Darwin - Nightcliff Cafe to go ahead

THE $1.5 million Nightcliff Foreshore Cafe will go ahead after Darwin Council voted in favour of the development.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 07:28PM

Darwin - Maniac drives on wrong side of the road

A MOTORIST has been filmed driving at speeds of up to 90kph - on the wrong side of a busy road in Palmerston.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 06:15PM

Darwin - Hey Hey It’s Saturday returns

THE popular Australian TV show Hey Hey It’s Saturday is making a comeback online, and Daryl Somers’ announcement has crashed its new website.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 07:21PM

Darwin - The dying town everyone forgot

THIS village deep in the rugged mountains of Japan once was home to hundreds of families. Now, it’s vanishing. And it’s not the only one.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 12:49PM

Darwin - Plan for boozy cafe hits a nerve

A proposed master plan for the Nightcliff foreshore is welcomed by an opposing community group, but the organisation is left questioning why ratepayers’ money is being invested in a liquor outlet.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 05:02PM

Darwin - Former TV star reveals she’s homeless

A FORMER star of the UK TV drama series Eastenders has revealed she is homeless and living in sheltered accommodation with her children.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 05:03PM

Darwin - Wish you were here, Mayor

DARWIN Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim has racked up almost 40,000 frequent flyer kilometres on junkets to sister cities and other international events.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 07:28AM

Darwin - Men charged over ATM heists

NT POLICE apprehended four men after a brazen and “highly sophisticated” attempt to steal an ATM from a Coolalinga business.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 12:30PM

Darwin - 10 most read NT News stories

CROCS, nudity, sex scandals and mythical tunicorns - it has been a big year here at the NT News.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 10:36AM

Darwin - One in four Aussie jihadists ‘dead’

ABOUT 20 Australian jihadists have been killed in the Islamic State’s ‘graveyards for the gullible’ since the insurgency began more than six months ago.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 09:13AM

Darwin - Dangerous fugitive escapes custody

A DANGEROUS fugitive is on the run after escaping custody from Alice Springs Hospital.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 08:14AM

Darwin - Youth egged on to kick ‘racist’ victim

A “SHY” boy kicked a man in the head because he was intimidated by a new friend who urged him to punish the victim for being racist.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 08:06AM

Darwin - Police call for sense on roads

SAFETY on Territory roads this Christmas period is “not looking good” if the past week is anything to go by, according to police.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 07:52AM

Darwin - RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today

YOUTUBE sensation Zoella has quit the internet as it emerges she didn’t really write the book that made her a more successful author than JK Rowling. Now trolls have forced her offline.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 07:46AM

Darwin - Huge fires rage through LA

MORE than 350 firefighters have battled two huge infernos that shut down freeways in Los Angeles during the morning commute.



via Darwin and Local News December 09, 2014 at 06:47AM

Darwin - Vigilante python on toad-killing rampage

A HIGH rolling python with a penchant for amphibian asphyxiation has been strangling cane toads Dexter-style at Darwin’s Sky City Casino.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 05:38PM

Darwin - Man jailed for spying on teen stepdaughter

A FORMER prison officer will spend nine months behind bars for secretly filming and photographing his stepdaughter in her bedroom.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 07:17PM

Darwin - Man directs traffic with frozen peas

A man trying to direct peak-hour traffic using a bag of frozen peas confused motorists on Bagot Road.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 06:45PM

Darwin - Crime gang busted

MEMBERS of a crime gang wanted by interstate police for alleged thefts from dozens of ATM’s have been arrested in Darwin’s rural area.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 03:42PM

Darwin - Council bans pool photos

PARENTS who want to take photos of their own children at public swimming pools in Darwin are now required to gain council approval days in advance as part of a new policy.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 10:30AM

Darwin - ‘F***ing cyclist’: World’s worst place to ride

A DANISH traveller who’s spent four years circling the globe says there is one place that is the worst in the world when it comes to abuse.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 02:10PM

Darwin - Why can’t I just leave on my terms

EVERY night John Baylis goes to sleep and prays he won’t wake up. A loving husband, father and grandfather it’s not that he has nothing left to live for it’s that John doesn’t call what he’s doing living.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 12:20PM

Darwin - Egg fanciers burning rubber

A NEW Territory cooking innovation has been described as “bizarre” and “dangerous” by police after a group of Moulden residents were caught cooking eggs over a burning tyre on their driveway.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 08:35AM

Darwin - Firework explodes in man’s face

A PYROTECHNICIAN is in intensive care after a firework exploded in his face during Christmas celebrations at Carols By Candleight in Darwin’s Botanic Gardens last night.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 10:19AM

Darwin - Subversive spice art for world peace

A GUERILLA condiment artist has been working the aisles of Woolworths supermarkets in Darwin.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 07:42PM

Darwin - Bird accused of urinating on cop car

ORIGIN star Greg Bird has been issued with an infringement notice for allegedly urinating on a police car in Byron Bay just one day after his wedding.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 11:04AM

Darwin - Guru’s lover ‘raped with double barrelled shotgun’

THE handmaiden to a guru who had sex with his young followers has revealed she had to drink his urine as a form of contraception, the sex abuse royal commission has heard.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 10:23AM

Darwin - The stories you need to know today

FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has hit out at Australian actor Cate Blanchett labelling her speech at Gough Whitlam’s funeral “outrageous”.



via Darwin and Local News December 08, 2014 at 09:44AM

Darwin - Shirtless man chased kids

A SHIRTLESS man hiding in bushes and touching himself inappropriately chased two 14-year-old girls near the Palmerston Lakes, police have said.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 06:54PM

Darwin - What you’ll be calling your baby in 2015

AUSTRALIANS are turning away from 2014’s trend of borrowing names from popular TV shows like Game of Thrones. But are we moving on to something even worse?



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 01:24PM

Darwin - Deadly game of Russian roulette

POLICE have confirmed that an 18 year old man who died last week had been playing Russian roulette.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 02:37PM

Darwin - Dieter loses 64kg with brekkie curry

A DIETER managed to lose 64 kilograms in less than a year with a surprising eating regime — eating a chicken vindaloo every morning at 6am.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 05:58AM

Darwin - Hagupit winds smash Philippines

TYPHOON Hagupit has reportedly claimed two lives in a region still haunted by the massive death and destruction wrought by a monster storm last year.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 11:00AM

Darwin - “Too drunk to know better” says driver

A DRUNK driver has been busted behind the wheel with a baby on board and another crashed while driving on the wrong side of the road with no headlights.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 12:36PM

Darwin - Nurse accused of fraud and boozing

THE Department of Health has refused to answer questions over why a remote area nurse accused of fraud and drinking while on shift was not referred to the relevant authorities.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 11:57AM

Darwin - Hark – it’s time for carolling

It’s Carols by Candelight time in Darwin again.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 12:17PM

Darwin - Inpex workers fired without notice

INPEX workers are being fired on site without notice – sometimes on their smoko breaks – as managers are moved from camp into top Darwin hotel rooms.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 01:16PM

Darwin - Meth, ecstasy and coke at airport

THREE people have been nicked after police busted an interstate drug ring at Darwin International Airport.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 11:41AM

Darwin - Teen dies playing Russian roulette

POLICE have confirmed that an 18 year old man who died last week had been playing Russian roulette.



via Darwin and Local News December 07, 2014 at 09:41AM

Darwin - Fresh sex abuse evidence needed

NEW evidence is needed to bring charges against Donald Henderson, despite the allegations of sexual abuse levelled at him, police said.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 03:58PM

Darwin - Two trucks collide at Winnellie

A COLLISION between two trucks detoured outbound traffic on Tiger Brennan Drive for more than an hour.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 03:34PM

Darwin - 11 most popular NT News tweets

WE’VE been called the “masters of social media” - mainly by ourselves. Some call what we do trolling, but we think of it as “engaging our audience.”



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 03:06PM

Darwin - Veronicas to perform at Monsoons

POP duo The Veronicas are making their way to Darwin for a special gig ahead of their official 2015 tour.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 01:19PM

Darwin - Northern Suburbs top for profit

NIGHTCLIFF, Wulagi and Leanyer are the Northern Territory’s top suburbs for growth and profit, an exclusive property report has revealed.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 01:04PM

Darwin - Accused killer refused bail, may sue bank

UPDATE: A MAN charged with the one-punch murder of Joshua Hardy has been refused bail. He is thinking of suing ANZ after being sacked from his job while on remand.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 11:18AM

Darwin - Motorcyclist dies after hit-and-run

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after being hit by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle left the scene but has been located, police say.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 10:21AM

Darwin - Decking someone in the halls likely

IT’S quite the quandary that the Top End’s mango madness season falls smack bang in the lead-up to that other mental time of the year — Christmas



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 10:47AM

Darwin - BUSTED: We’re a bunch of sellouts

THE NT News What A Croc! book is selling like beers in the build up. But they are brewing up some more.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 09:56AM

Darwin - VIDEO: Baboon charges down golfer

A CHARGING baboon nearly ran into former world No. 1 Luke Donald at the Sun City Golf Challenge in South Africa.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 07:12AM

Darwin - Haircuts butchered by amateur

AN AMATEUR hairdresser has allegedly left several Darwin women with butchered hair after nightmare cuts and colours.



via Darwin and Local News December 06, 2014 at 09:25AM

Darwin - Defence Minister cops a pasting

EMBATTLED Defence Minister David Johnston is under heavy fire on social media over his expensive dining habits, denigration of shipbuilders and the defence force pay cut.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 11:00PM

Darwin - More Sony celebrity salaries leaked

THE Sony hacking saga just got bigger, with more than 47,000 workers’ private information leaked, including celebrity salaries and their home addresses.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 01:51PM

Darwin - Revheads use muscle for charity

SOME Territorian revheads are putting their drive and ­passion for muscle cars into raising much-needed funds to help leukaemia patients across the Top End.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 02:20PM

Darwin - Driver’s love ends up on the rocks

AN erratic drunk driver tried to run down his ex-girlfriend and threw her packed suitcase into Darwin Harbour.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 02:12PM

Darwin - Teachers accept new agreement

TEACHERS in the Northern Territory have overwhelmingly accepted an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement after a 16-month dispute.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 01:41PM

Darwin - Sob story fails to sway court

A SECURITY guard stalked a French backpacker through a Territory supermarket, watching him steal more than $670 worth of groceries.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 10:15AM

Darwin - Bold vision aims high

A bold vision has been unveiled to build a new railway station and tourism precinct in the heart of Alice Springs.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 01:38PM

Darwin - Stranded at sea after horror yacht crash

INCREDIBLE footage from an on-board camera shows the horrifying moments a nine-man crew became shipwrecked and stranded on a remote reef.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 08:35AM

Darwin - Crocodile kills golfer in dare gone wrong

A DARE between two South African golfers went horribly wrong when one was dragged under the water by a huge crocodile.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 08:57AM

Darwin - Smee’s work lands Walkley Award

NT NEWS chief of staff Ben Smee has won a Walkley Award for examples of his in-depth coverage of politics and public affairs in the Territory.



via Darwin and Local News December 05, 2014 at 09:38AM

Darwin - Monsooner or later

DARWIN can expect more rain over the next few days but Top Enders shouldn’t expect the monsoon anytime soon.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 07:51PM

Darwin - Expect more blackouts: Giles

CHIEF Minister Adam Giles has no confidence Power and Water can make it through the wet season without another outage.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 12:33PM

Darwin - What’s the best phone of 2014?

IT’S been a big year of big phones with everyone from Apple to Samsung to Sony pulling out all stops to garner consumer coin. But which phone takes the cake as the best for 2014?



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 05:07PM

Darwin - Boss calls for intervention

The Human Rights Commission has found four Aboriginal men with mental impairment were held for years in prison despite being unfit to stand trial.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 01:46PM

Darwin - Crabber’s burnt car mystery

POLICE are unable to locate the owner — who they presume is out crabbing — of a burnt out car and boat trailer.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 01:36PM

Darwin - Internationals in massive pot busts

A CANADIAN national and his Kiwi friend have been arrested in a massive cannabis and cash bust in Tennant Creek.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 01:27PM

Darwin - “F**king come out and listen”

MINING executives and political representatives used the convention centre’s underground entrance to avoid a small protest led by Aboriginal traditional owners.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 12:13PM

Darwin - “F**king come out and listen”

MINING executives and political representatives used the convention centre’s underground entrance to avoid a small protest led by Aboriginal traditional owners.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 11:53AM

Darwin - Overseas tourists flock back to NT

THE NORTHERN Territory has seen international visitor numbers grow in the last 12 months to end a decade-long tumble.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 08:02AM

Darwin - Thieves crash car through fence

A STOLEN car has crashed through the front fence of a home in Marlow Lagoon.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 07:40AM

Darwin - Subbies hit with Matrix closure

ANOTHER construction company has reportedly folded in Darwin, the fourth in recent weeks.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 07:30AM

Darwin - The truth about the FIFO life

A FIFO worker has revealed how he went from a promising career and owning two properties, to losing everything in a six-month, $130,000 alcohol-fuelled bender.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 06:56AM

Darwin - Is a GFC just around the corner?

HE PREDICTED the tech bubble bursting and the GFC. Now he’s predicting a global financial collapse in 2016 that will make the GFC look like a picnic.



via Darwin and Local News December 04, 2014 at 05:55AM

Darwin - Are Aussie travellers this dumb?

FOR Aussie travellers consular staff are saviours in times of need, but it seems not everyone understands their role. Here are 20 bizarre calls they have received.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 04:00PM

Darwin - School rejects global budget

Casuarina School Council has taken the extraordinary step of rejecting the Government’s controversial new global budget process, which it says will leave its school $672,000 in the red.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:55PM

Darwin - All faiths remember the horror of Tracy

Almost 500 turned out to Darwin’s Christ Church Cathedral for the 40th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy all faiths commemoration.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:12PM

Darwin - Have we reached ‘peak prank’?

SHOCKING footage of a father throwing his son over a balcony went viral this week. Does the ‘killing my own kid’ clip prove prank videos have gone too far?



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 06:59PM

Darwin - A celebration of a wonderful life

FROM the moment Phillip Hughes’ coffin was carried into the Macksville Recreational Hall to the moment he was carried out, this was a beautiful occasion.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 05:21PM

Darwin - Reckless traveller? You’re on your own

LAST year the Government helped more than 15,000 Australians in trouble overseas. Now, its warning those who do illegal or reckless things that they shouldn’t expect assistance.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 01:05PM

Darwin - Bats held aloft in silent farewell to Hughes

ROLLING COVERAGE: As the hearse drove the coffin away from an emotional funeral service, the people of Macksville laid on a special farewell.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 02:55PM

Darwin - Toyota announces more job cuts

MORE than 300 white-collar workers could be out of a job after Toyota announced the closure of its Sydney office.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 05:23PM

Darwin - Honk if you’re Santa

SMITHFIELD motorists were greeted with quite the sight on Sunday, as seven Territory blokes all dressed as Santa tried to hitch a ride north for some festive fun.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 05:26PM

Darwin - The most bogan wedding in Australia?

A BRIDE ended up in hospital with alcohol poisoning and the groom and his best man in police custody at this wedding!



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 12:33PM

Darwin - Teen girl viciously assaulted

A teen girl was allegedly viciously assaulted and robbed by three girls after getting off a bus in Darwin’s northern suburbs.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 03:59PM

Darwin - Toyota announces more job cuts

MORE than 300 white-collar workers could be out of a job after Toyota announced the closure of its Sydney office.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 03:40PM

Darwin - Ilma’s life-changing haircut

Ilma Ali is chopping off her curls for a good cause.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 02:20PM

Darwin - High security inmates in lockdown

TWENTY high security prisoners are still in lockdown at the new Holtze jail — more than two days after a “disturbance” during a blackout.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 12:46PM

Darwin - Farewell the hero of little boy lost

RHYS Lavercombe was devastated when he heard the news one of his favourite Australian cricketers had passed away.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 10:57AM

Darwin - Nitschke’s latest salvo in war of words

RIGHT-to-die doctor Philip Nitschke says a meeting to expel him from the Australian Medical Association NT branch is nothing but a late-notice kangaroo court.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 11:04AM

Darwin - Great mo bro, worth $50k easy

DARWIN businessman Nick Halkitis is finishing off Movember with an impressive o-mo and the top spot on the Australian individual fundraiser leaderboard.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 11:07AM

Darwin - ‘Rude Lambie’s insult to Hughes

JACQUI Lambie has been slammed on Twitter after she interrupted tributes for Phillip Hughes to force a debate on her private bill to raise defence force pay.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 10:30AM

Darwin - Brutal ads to keep kids out of drains

THE family of a boy killed in a raging stormwater drain have thrown their support behind a shocking new ad campaign.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:43AM

Darwin - Taxi driver held at knifepoint

A TAXI driver was held at knifepoint by one of three passengers who robbed him in Alice Springs.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 08:44AM

Darwin - Troops prepare to face Territory

MARINES heading for deployment in Darwin have been advised to take care when they take a walk on the Top End’s wild side.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:10AM

Darwin - No kebab leads to inky stab

A DRUNK man stabbed a kebab shop worker in the hand with a pen when she refused to give him a free meal.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:15AM

Darwin - Heroic aviators raced into history

IT takes about 18 hours to fly from London to Darwin. But when Ross and Keith Smith flew in 1919, it took them almost 28 days.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:21AM

Darwin - Abbott back in nets before Hughes funeral

SEAN Abbott returned to bowling on Tuesday on the eve of Phillip Hughes’ funeral, which he will attend alongside NSW teammates.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 08:30PM

Darwin - New problem with the iPhone 6

OWNERS of Apple’s latest iPhone reckon they’ve spotted another irritating issue with the gadget. They’re not happy.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 04:22AM

Darwin - Beaten, banned, fined...

A DRINK-driver was allegedly punched in the face after a family – whose car he accidentally forced off the road – followed him to a house in rural Darwin.



via Darwin and Local News December 03, 2014 at 07:38AM

Darwin - Trauma our Aussie sailors face

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Pulling dead bodies of asylum seekers out of the water is just some of trauma described by sailors engaged in border protection.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 09:04PM

Darwin - Heartless looters target struggling couple

WHEN Alex Kaczmarek got the phone call telling him his girlfriend had been taken to hospital after a serious car accident he didn’t think things could get much worse.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 08:41PM

Darwin - Council “cock-up” CBD crossings

A bright idea has turned into a “council cock-up” for Darwin motorists stuck in peak hour traffic jams in the CBD.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 08:27PM

Darwin - Genius crocs make a meal of toads

GENIUS Territory crocs have worked out how to chow down on poisonous feral cane toads without killing themselves.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 08:02PM

Darwin - Court hears banned driver crashed the next day

AN allegedly drunk man banned from driving after he was filmed on the wrong side of a busy Darwin road reportedly got back behind the wheel and crashed the following day.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 01:48PM

Darwin - Australia prepares to farewell Phillip

MICHAEL Clarke will deliver a tribute at Phillip Hughes’ funeral. Here are all the details for Wednesday’s celebration of his life.



via Darwin and Local News December 02, 2014 at 08:31PM