Fia Walsh

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has released findings that reveal escalating student complexity, unmanageable workloads, and an alarming shortage of counselling and wellbeing support in Northern Territory public schools.

The Territory government has welcomed the Commonwealth’s long-awaited move to open expressions of interest for a new NT aged care facility, calling for the process to be completed with urgency.

The federal government special envoy for men’s health was in the Northern Territory this week to meet with men’s health advocates, service providers and local communities to hear first-hand about the unique challenges and opportunities facing men in the Territory.

Territorians continue to face some of the highest cost of living pressures in the country, with new data laying bare the challenge faced by low income households to afford rent, fuel and other daily needs.

Territorians will be able to turn more empties into earnings while helping the environment, with an expansion of the container deposit scheme officially passed into law.

The Northern Territory government is calling on the Commonwealth to increase the price cap set for first home buyers under the new low-deposit home loan scheme, warning Darwinites are being locked out of the scheme.

Darwin couple Anusha and Praveen mark the thousandth recipients of the Northern Territory’s housing grants, a significant milestone which comes as the government extends the scheme for another year.

Economist and public servant Tom Leeming has been named chief executive officer of the Northern Territory Housing, Local Government and Community Development Department (DHLGCD).

Indigenous Territorians on the Community Development Program (CDP) are among thousands of First Nations people who are suing the federal government over a controversial Work for the Dole scheme.

Ironbark Aboriginal Corporation has won a contract to deliver the incoming Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES) in the Northern Territory Darwin-Daly region.

A new gallery has opened in Smith Street Mall offering a bright new space for locals and visitors to experience stunning contemporary art in the centre of the CBD.

Five council elections will not go ahead as planned this month due to insufficient numbers of Territorians stepping us as candidates.

The Automobile Association of the Northern Territory has acquired naming rights of the Top End’s premier live entertainment venue, in a 10-year deal that will rebrand the Darwin Entertainment Centre to the AANT Centre.

Guy Sebastian will open this year’s Darwin Festival with an unmissable show, promising Territory audiences a world premiere of new music.

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) and Red Lily Health Board have condemned the Northern Territory government’s move to quietly reallocate $20 million promised for a crucial health facility in Gunbalanya.

The Northern Territory’s four Aboriginal land councils have accused the Country Liberal government of ‘racist’ policies and sidelining Indigenous authority, in one of the most sweeping political displays by the group in recent memory.

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has named Ben Grimes as its chief executive, hoping to turn the page on a chapter of leadership marred by instability and nasty legal battles.

A justice advocacy group is arguing a recent boost to Neighbourhood Watch NT aimed at bringing down opportunistic crime is instead increasing a culture of “vigilantism” and “sense of fear”.

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Top End fireys rushed to a large structure fire in Palmerston, which a witness claims started after a firework went off, while a caravan has gone up in flames in the rural area.