Natasha Macfarlane

A man is yet to be identified after being killed by a road train on the Stuart Highway near the town of Mataranka.

The boy, who was visiting the Northern Territory from interstate with his family, died after being hit and pinned to a wall by a large ute Wayne Peter Hunt was driving.

Emergency doctors in Darwin’s busiest hospital say difficulty navigating the Northern Territory’s new digital health system is threatening patients’ safety.

Across the Darwin CBD, 58,000 square metres of commercial office space lies vacant. The NT Property Council expects these grim figures to worsen in the new year, calling for more to be done to activate empty spaces in the city.

NT Police superintendent Virginia Read is found not guilty after she was accused of assaulting a woman after pulling her over for speeding on the Stuart Highway last year.

Aussie rock legends Jet and Top End favourites King Stingray will hit the stage for Darwin’s Bass in the Grass festival next year, which is set to include a new Boiler Room-inspired stage.

The officer — who cannot be named for legal reasons — was arrested on Friday and charged with sexual intercourse without consent, choking, strangling or suffocating in a domestic relationship and aggravated assault.

Natasha Fyles has taken aim at “attention-seeking senators” for criticising the $1.5 billion taxpayer-funded Middle Arm industrial hub, in a speech to the territory’s business community.

The Indigenous boy, who authorities have confirmed had done nothing wrong, was dragged kicking and screaming from a house and placed into the cage of the vehicle by police officers.

When Mr Marika felt sudden chest pain in a remote Northern Territory community, emergency services were out of reach. His community wants answers.