Recent News Headlines : Darwin - Australia

AMERICAN HIKER DIES AFTER TAKING WRONG TURN IN 42C HEAT


The US embassy said it was aware of reports of the death of a US citizen in the Northern Territory ... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 1216

WORLD'S SECOND-MOST POWERFUL BATTERY AFTER TESLA MOOTED FOR TOP END


Territory Generation, the NT Government-owned corporation that runs power plants in the jurisdiction, wants to build a large-scale renewable energy storage system for Darwin and Katherine... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 622

TOURIST DIES ON AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK HIKE


The 223km Larapinta Trail is a popular trek through rugged bush west of the city of Alice Springs, where temperatures reached 42C on Wednesday... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 517

THE SEASONAL 'CALENDARS' OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA


Each of these seasons is associated with distinctive patterns of weather, but also changes in flora, fauna, and human activity... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 4

AIRFARES TO DARWIN, ALICE SPRINGS TO GET SENATE SCRUTINY AS AIRLINES 'TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MONOPOLY'


In July, the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia visited Alice Springs, Darwin and Yulara as part of its inquiry into stimulating northern Australian tourism... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 436

CAMOUFLAGED NT POLICE WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS TO COMBAT YOUTH CRIME


Commissioner Reece Kershaw said deploying the TRG was necessary to allay community concerns during the Christmas period, when crime was known to spike... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 8833

NORTHERN TERRITORY PASSES LAWS TO SET UP ICAC


Northern Territory passes laws to set up Independent Commission Against Corruption... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 279

MATURE WHITE CROCODILE SPOTTED IN AUSTRALIAN RIVER


Such crocodiles are not uncommon at a young age, particularly in crocodile farms, according to Mr Britton... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 587

VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR NOVEMBER'S CURIOUS DARWIN INVESTIGATION


Voting is now open for November's Curious Darwin investigation... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 28

Trending News Headlines : Darwin

TEN BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD


That would be the world without Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories Tragedies, published in large-scale double-columned folio format in 1623... READ MORE

7th August, 2015 7942

WOMAN USES THONG TO SCARE OFF STALKING CROCODILE IN NORTHERN TERRITORY


Crocodile expert Adam Britton, a researcher at Charles Darwin University, said alcohol was frequently involved when attacks occur... READ MORE

3rd October, 2016 2641

3,000KM WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE KICKS OFF IN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)


The World Solar Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide incorporates cutting-edge battery and solar panel technology, with lightweight chassis of approximately 135kg... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 500

MATTHEW GARDINER'S WAR


A week after our meeting, Gardiner attended the Perth funeral of YPG volunteer Jamie Bright, 44, shot dead in Syria in May... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 375

AUSTRALIAN MAN CALLS POLICE AFTER FATHER BURNS DRUGS


An enraged Australian man called police after his father burned his prized cannabis plants in a bonfire, reports say... READ MORE

6th July, 2016 278

FORMER DON DALE DETAINEE CLAIMS HE RECEIVED 'DEATH THREATS'


But his father, Colin Rogan, has told NITV the family has been getting death threats because of the evidence the teenager plans to give... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 240

WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE OFF TO A BUMPY START


Mississippi Choctaw High School's Tushka Hashi III did not make it far, pulling over in a side lane and flanked by challenge officials... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 198

DON DALE A PRISON OF 'DESPAIR'


A report into the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre has revealed an overwhelming impression of disrepair and despair ... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 155

FRENCH TOURIST SLAIN IN NT, MAN IN CUSTODY


NT Detective Superintendent Travis Wurst said on Thursday the 33-year-old French national was stabbed in the neck and died at the scene... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 143

MAN FENDS OFF CROCODILES WITH TOOLS AFTER FRIEND DROWNS


Air ambulance Careflight spokesperson Ian Badham recounted the survivor's experience, saying the crocodiles kept coming back at him during the terrible tragedy ... READ MORE

18th May, 2016 141

HISTORIAN 'UNCOVERS NAMES OF DOZENS OF FORGOTTEN NT WWI DIGGERS'


Up to 40 Northern Territory diggers were forgotten by the history books, a military historian believes, and he hopes his research will set the record straight... READ MORE

24th April, 2017 111

FIRST ONLINE DICTIONARY FOR YOLNGU LANGUAGES


Creator John Greatorex, from Charles Darwin University, said it was a way to make the languages accessible to students and researchers around the world... READ MORE

17th February, 2015 65

FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY SPENDS FIVE HOURS WITH ARM TRAPPED IN VENDING MACHINE


Delicate operation to free Leo Shorthouse, who had put his hand in the dispensing slot of a Melbourne vending machine, takes 12 emergency personnel... READ MORE

29th February, 2016 54

AUSTRALIAN COPS TO POKEMON FANS DO NOT COME LOOKING FOR PIKACHU IN OUR POLICE STATION


Pokemon Go is Game Freak and Nintendo's upcoming mobile game that allows players to catch Pokemon found in real world locations using your phone's camera... READ MORE

7th July, 2016 42

MAL MENINGA HOPING TO RETURN TO DARWIN FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP


The NT Government and Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga promote the Rugby World Cup by unveiling a new sporting mural at a controversial site... READ MORE

5th September, 2017 35

EAST TIMOR DROPS SPYING CASE AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT UN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE


East Timor has officially dropped its spying case against Australia at the UN's International Court of Justice... READ MORE

12th June, 2015 23

WILDLIFE OFFICERS DESTROY CROCODILE AFTER IT TORE OFF PART OF WOMAN'S ARM


Wildlife officers have destroyed the crocodile responsible for attacking a woman in the far north of Western Australia... READ MORE

15th January, 2016 22

VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR SEPTEMBER'S CURIOUS DARWIN INVESTIGATION


We're working on our next Curious Darwin investigation... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 19

THE GHAN RUNS ONE OF WORLD'S LONGEST EVER TRAINS


The extension will make the service Australia's longest passenger train... READ MORE

25th May, 2016 18

SENIOR LABOR FIGURE RELEASED AFTER BEING DETAINED AT AIRPORT ON FOREIGN FIGHTER SUSPICIONS


It's believed Matthew Gardiner left Australia earlier this year to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State... READ MORE

4th April, 2015 17

'CAGED ANIMAL' FEEL AT AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE JAIL, HEARING TOLD


The inquiry was called in July after the ABC showed graphic footage of teenagers being tear-gassed, stripped naked and roughly restrained at the centre in Darwin... READ MORE

11th October, 2016 16

AUTUMN STORMS LEAVE HOMES WITHOUT POWER IN TASMANIA


A succession of rain belts has swept from the Great Australian Bight to cross the southeast mainland and Tasmania... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 11

EAST TIMOR DROPS SPYING CASE AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT UN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE


East Timor has officially dropped its spying case against Australia at the UN's International Court of Justice... READ MORE

12th June, 2015 6

NATURAL GAS OPERATOR'S ATTEMPT TO WITHDRAW FROM ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS STALLS


The Northern Territory government, a partner in the project, is refusing to comment on whether it supports Inpex's proposal... READ MORE

4th April, 2016 4

SOLAR CARS BEGIN RACE ACROSS AUSTRALIAN DESERT IN WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE


Solar cars begin race across Australian desert in World Solar Challenge... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 2

RECOVERY TO BEGIN AFTER CYCLONE LAM


Recovery teams will on Saturday begin flying into remote communities lashed by Cyclone Lam to assess the damage and begin repairs... READ MORE

19th February, 2015 1

GIANT CATTLE-EATING CROCODILE CAPTURED IN AUSTRALIA


An angry giant saltwater crocodile hunting cows at a northern Australia cattle station has been captured and relocated to a breeding farm, authorities an... READ MORE

2nd September, 2016 0


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