Lee Robinson

As Alice Springs residents brace for a potential summer crime spike, a youth centre offers a place where children can feel safe and have a "sense of belonging".

More than a year after former Barkly mayor Jeff McLaughlin was filmed restraining a child in a so-called citizen's arrest, police have closed their investigation into the incident "with no criminal prosecution to occur".

Leaders in Kintore are calling for additional support for their remote Indigenous community amid a spike in young people petrol sniffing and the temporary closure of its only school.

All elected members of the Barkly Regional Council have been officially dismissed following an investigation into its management, the ABC can reveal.

David Walsh wins the bikes section of the Finke Desert Race yet again as Beau Robinson finally clinches his first ever victory in the cars section.

The NT government opened expressions of interest for the voluntary buy-back of grocery store liquor licences but has so far been unsuccessful striking a deal with Alice Springs operators.

Another chief executive resigns at the beleaguered Barkly Regional Council based in Tennant Creek, which is currently under investigation over governance concerns.

An Aboriginal corporation in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is facing allegations it misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funding.

From searching for missing people in the outback to car crashes and drug smuggling investigations, Michael Potts has lived and worked through some of the most tumultuous yet pioneering years in NT Police history.

The NT government first announced it would open expressions of interest for the voluntary buyback of grocery store-based liquor licences in March, as part of suite of measures introduced to curb alcohol-related harm and violence in the territory.

A wide-ranging report that investigated misconduct within the council should be made public “in some form”, says the newly appointed official manager of the Barkly Regional Council.

A public housing tenant from the remote Central Australian community of Santa Teresa has won a High Court bid to sue her landlord for distress and disappointment over the failure to carry out repairs.

The Victorian senator travels to several remote Northern Territory communities, to meet with residents and explain why she is advocating for treaty processes before a Voice.

A court has heard police officers in Tennant Creek targeted Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeff McLaughlin and misused their police powers when they arrested him for drug-related offences twice in four months.

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says current alcohol restrictions in Central Australia will be kept in place for at least 12 to 18 months.

Following the manslaughter of Kwementyaye McCormack, a Supreme Court judge has described domestic violence as “a scourge on our society” that causes “deep and lasting trauma”.

Police say the month of May was the quietest recorded in Alice Springs since 2019, allowing for some pause for officers on the ground.

The national motorsport regulator says it intends to issue a permit for the cars component of the 2023 Finke Desert Race “subject to specific safety measures being implemented”, amid uncertainty over the status of the event.

A compromise has been reached after Alice Springs’ council banned this years’ community competition from Traeger Park citing concerns about crime, with four weeks to be played in town and four weeks in remote communities.

A native title determination recognising commercial rights for the first time in Central Australia has been settled, seven years after the claims process began.